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Fondly Remembering All Those Sweaty Showband Years
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June 26, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
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We Need to Rally Once Again for the AIHS
Last month I was invited to the regenerated Robert Briscoe Awards benefiting the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, which in years past had been an e...
June 26, 2026
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We Need to Rally Once Again for the AIHS
Last month I was invited to the regenerated Robert Briscoe Awards benefiting the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, which in years past had been an e...
June 26, 2026
by Brian McCabe
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150 Years
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Murphy McGraw is New Museum Board Chair
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Fondly Remembering All Those Sweaty Showband Years
“Send ‘em Home Sweatin’!” was the battle cry of Irish showbands during their rambunctious dancehall reign back in the 1960s. Or, as Ben Dolan of Th...
June 26, 2026
by Larry Kirwan
No longer 'above the mire'
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Congress Should Not Support Britain Shutting the Door on Truth
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No longer 'above the mire'
Dan Wilson is so good, they pardoned him twice. He’s one of a cohort who’ve been looked upon with considerable favor by the Trump Administration, f...
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June 17, 2026
by Mike Houlihan
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June 12, 2026
by Anthony Neeson
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June 09, 2026
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O'Brien tipped for derby double
Ballydoyle-based trainer Aidan O’Brien expects that Epsom Derby winner Christmas Day will run in the Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday next wher...
June 24, 2026
by Sean Creedon
Kazak trip causes problems
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June 23, 2026
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