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Wasn't budget enough
Budget Travel, Ireland's largest tour operator, is but the latest casualty and has been closed down after a provisional liquidator was appointed by...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Reformers try again
Also languishing are millions of people, thousands of Irish included, who have taken a gamble that their future is to be found in a new American li...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Shamrock run ends ahead of 12-week break
The Rocks' first defeat of the season proved costly as they surrendered first place to CD Iberia, 4-1 winners over FC Japan. Shamrock [6-1-2, 20] n...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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All four provinces win in European competition
This rare clean sweep was all the more surprising in that it came the week after all four had lost in the Celtic League. It wasn't that form was su...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Out-of-form Keane's options are limited
Yet, here Spurs stand, on the brink of making a legitimate bid for achieving top four status, and Harry Redknapp is reportedly keen to sell him on ...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Reflections on Liam Clancy (1935-2009)
We spoke transatlantically for nearly two hours, and Liam's generosity in granting that time was matched by his humor and insight throughout it. I ...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Q&A with Kate Baldwin
Q. So give us a thumbnail sketch: where were you born and raised? A. I was born in Evanston, Illinois and lived there until I was 7 years old. Then...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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The Buzz
This week's holiday tips were a mixed bag of excellent and, um, offbeat. One reader (who requested anonymity) said he was planning to enroll his br...
December 15, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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MacBride Principles video footage
December 11, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hartnett's Law
There was a fire overnight in an electrical sub-station, and now there's news of a chlorine leak at a water facility. When you are the commissioner...
December 09, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Law & Order Honoree
Assistant Chief George W. Anderson joined the New York City Housing Police Department in January 1982 and began his career on patrol in Police Serv...
December 09, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Law & Order Honoree
Larry Byrne, the co-managing partner of the New York office and the head of the US litigation practice, handles complex white-collar criminal, gove...
December 09, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff