Culture
Chieftains mark 50 years with 'Voice of Ages'
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February 15, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Saw Doctors are ready to rock in U.S.
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February 15, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Sgt. Gerry Boyle snubbed?
Some eyebrows were raised recently when “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” got an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The 9/11-themed vehicle, star...
February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Brunnock’s ‘The Orchard’ has much to pick from
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February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
European bureaucrat or American as apple pie?
Saul Alinsky’s name came up again recently, and again, and again. Indeed, a Democratic Party activist told me that he heard Newt Gingrich mention h...
February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Dublin’s Tierney takes on the Big Easy
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February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Entranced by wildly beautiful Great Blasket
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February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Hinds is ‘amazing’ in spine-chiller: Daniel Radcliff
[caption id="attachment_69583" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ciarán Hinds stars in ‘The Woman in Black’."][/caption] British film star D...
February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Corporate greed, corruption and unaccountable financiers
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February 01, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Moonshiners become Rogues after makeover
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February 01, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Cover is flawless in 'The Philanderer'
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February 01, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Crowd approves of new band’s genre-blending
[caption id="attachment_69345" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Conor McGuirk and Brian McArtin of Broken Banjo Strings. "][/caption] When ...
January 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff