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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Union County Golf Classic
(From left) Bill Neafsey, Kevin Connolly and Frank McGovern of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Union County congratulate Nick Sisk of Cranford, NJ...
July 24, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Working away the wee hours
Landings at Shannon airport should be even smoother as a result of work being carried out during the wee hours. Shannon Airport photo.
July 21, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Celebrating Ireland’s natural heritage
Coordinated by the Heritage Council, National Heritage Week focuses on Ireland’s natural heritage. This year, over 450,000 people are expected to p...
July 20, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Battle for Sam
Provincial champions Tyrone, Dublin, Roscommon and Kerry will be joined by the four qualifiers for the All Ireland Championship Quarterfinals on Su...
July 19, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Not your grandparents’ Gardai
Members of the Garda Armed Support units and the Emergency Response Unit took part in a simulated terror attack in Dublin in which two men take hos...
July 18, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Jump jockey
Frankie Dettori celebrating his and Enable’s win in the Irish Oaks at the Curragh Racecourse, Co. Kildare, on Saturday. INPHO/LORRAINE O'SULLIVAN
July 17, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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World-class stamp
A special €1 postage stamp celebrating Ireland's hosting of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup from August 9-23 in Dublin and Belfast was officially ...
July 14, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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It’s Leo’s Time
And we always thought Ireland was on the edge of things. Recently elected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is the cover story in the current TIME Magazine, E...
July 13, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Standing guard for the general
A Civil War reenactor stands guard at the newly unveiled bust of Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Full ...
July 11, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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War dead tribute overrides politics
Watched by members of the Diplomatic Corps, the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Dublin, Micheal MacDonncha, and the Alliance Party Lord Mayor of Belfast, N...
July 10, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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This way ladies….
President Michael D. Higgins guides Princess Takamado of Japan and his wife Sabina Higgins to the spot in the Áras an Uachtaráin gardens where a tr...
July 07, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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The ultimate flower girl
Tracey’s florists in Westport, County Mayo is getting into the spirit of the upcoming Rose of Tralee festival by way of its rose doll covered in, o...
July 06, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff