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Perplexing parades
Everyone loves a parade, but not all parades make this grade in the North. First up, it should be stated that parading is not the sole preserve of ...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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West Ocean String Quartet celebrates 10 years
The collaboration among the four proved fresh and inspiring. It has led to three superb recordings: "Unwrapping Dreams," "The Guiding Moon" (with g...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Oi, Ireland's no porker
The lately used derisory acronym is meant to denote Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. According to the Irish Independent, NCB's claim tha...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bad week for jobs
The move comes just eight months after the U.S. medical devices company announced the creation of 45 jobs at its plant at Ballybrit in Galway as pa...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Harrington gets good look at Open course
Despite his competitive finish, Harrington regretted not having his game where it needs to be in order for him to win. "To be honest, I wish I was ...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland's hopes of 2nd Slam end with 10-33 Paris defeat
Not alone did hopes of a second successive Grand Slam disappear, but the way the Irish were so totally dominated for most of the second half hardly...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish media lacks sense of perspective, nuance
Funny then that by last Saturday night, the very same team was being castigated. Now, they are also-rans and has-beens, a squad whose best days are...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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O'Reilly moves into U.S. market
There are currently 1.16 million lawyers in America, with a support staff of at least three times that figure, and recruitment in the sector is its...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Parade plea
With the economy lame, the parade's committee is turning to the Irish American community in New York and beyond hoping that boots on the ground on ...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kennedy's exit ends family's 64 year run
For the past 64 years, a member of the famous Kennedy clan has been in either the White House, Senate, or House of Representatives, a lineage which...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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D.C. donning green
With the big Irish day now just a month away, the nation's capital is preparing for the annual crescendo of shamrock themed activities, and certain...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Haiti an island nation, Ireland an island nation
And yet, when disaster strikes, island people are made vulnerable by the very thing that makes them unique. They are stranded within a small univer...
February 16, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff