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New York stalls out on multi-million fund
Announced in April 2008, the Emerald Fund planned to raise $750 million in projects across the Northern Ireland and border counties as well as in t...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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All Nighter
Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew into Belfast on Monday in a last bid attempt to rescue the power sharing governm...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Amnesty uproar
Rep. Patrick Murphy is at the receiving end of Irish ire after he signed up to a statement along with other Congress members that pledges their opp...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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A magnificent seven rides into town
That's the apparent thinking behind an initiative launched by seven Irish universities to raise their collective profile in America while attractin...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Educators seminar this Saturday at AIHS
The topic for the seminar is "The Lessons of Ireland's Great Famine." Speakers include Ireland's Consul General in New York, Ambassador Niall Burge...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish aid arrives in stricken Haiti
The supplies of blankets, plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, water tanks, tents, mattresses and kitchen sets will be given to the Irish aid ag...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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No visa to see dying sister
And one of them who is not being granted a waiver is desperate to get to Missouri where his sister is suffering from terminal cancer. Kevin O'Brien...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bullied in school, takes her own life
Phoebe Prince and her mother had moved from Ireland to the western Massachusetts town of South Hadley last fall to be near relatives. She became po...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Down, down, down
Houses prices in the Republic fell by almost 20 percent last year. Homes in Dublin have lost value by about
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Yikes, a million missing
The Irish government's Central Statistics Office has calculated that overseas visits to Ireland fell by 881,200, or 12 percent, in the first 11 mon...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Raytheon winds up in Derry
"As part of the planning process for 2010, we carefully considered the overall workload for the Northern Ireland systems and software center site a...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Banking inquiry is beginning to take shape
The Green Party, the junior partner alongside Fianna F
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff