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Six stories, one reclaimed life
The odds were against Mary Kate O’Flanagan on the opening weekend of her one-woman show at the Irish Repertory Theatre, “Making a Show of Myself”. ...
February 12, 2026
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An Gaodhal Project is launched
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Pic of Day: Domestic abuse survivor and campaigner Margaret Loftus speaks at an event hosted by Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh and Senator Pauline ...
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California’s coffee king back on the Belfast beat
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February 12, 2026
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Denis Troy, a towering presence in Orangetown, NY civic life for more than three decades and a defining figure in Rockland County’s Irish-American ...
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An Gaodhal Project is launched
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