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Philadelphia Council calls for a united Ireland
The City of Brotherly Love wants to see a brotherly reunion on the island based on the relevant provisions in the Good Friday Agreement. A resoluti...
December 29, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Here's how
Keane's mom and dad have set up the "Keane Patrick OBrien Foundation" and helping Keane battle against his rare and debilitating condition is now a...
December 29, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Echoes of '09
JANUARY 2009 opened with calls by community activists for a census of Irish seniors living in U.S. cities, this after the death of immigrant Tony G...
December 29, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Adams reveals that his father abused family
The revelation comes after the West Belfast MP called on his brother Liam to give himself up to authorities to answer allegations of sexually abusi...
December 23, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Technically better, but...
But the Central Statistics Office has urged caution when it comes to any calling an official end to the recession. Gross Domestic Product grew slig...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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All island unemployment rate is still rising
Seasonally-adjusted figures from the Central Statistics Office show the unemployment rate rose to 12.4 percent in the third quarter, up from 11.6 p...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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And so, Christmas
Be that as it may, we try to be optimistic and are not alone in hoping that 2010 is the opening year of a decade in which genuine progress can be m...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Shaw's 'Misalliance' and the Pearl: perfectly paired
"Misalliance," written in l9l0, was the last major play Bernard Shaw composed before World War I brought Europe to its knees. Among the Shavian com...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Carroll and Doyle get Grammy nod
Earlier this month, Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll and Dublin-born, Asheville, N.C., resident guitarist-singer John Doyle received a Grammy nomination...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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A 'Lovely' role for Saoirse
"I think it's a coincidence that that happened," the 15-year-old film star told the Irish Echo in a recent phone interview. "At the time, the quali...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Duddy to spend festive season in Brooklyn gym
"I'm used to training over Christmas," Duddy [27-1, 17 KOs] told the Irish Echo last Sunday. The Derry Destroyer, who's ranked 12th by the World Bo...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff
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Munster trounce French champions on the road
The two-time European Cup winners' 37-14 success at the Stade Aime Giral, aka the bear pit of French rugby, was as stunning as it was unexpected. A...
December 22, 2009
by Irish Echo Staff