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Chieftains mark 50 years with 'Voice of Ages'
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Chieftains mark 50 years with 'Voice of Ages'
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Saw Doctors are ready to rock in U.S.
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Saw Doctors are ready to rock in U.S.
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Sgt. Gerry Boyle snubbed?
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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...
Brunnock’s ‘The Orchard’  has much to pick from
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Brunnock’s ‘The Orchard’ has much to pick from
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European bureaucrat or American as apple pie?
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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...
Dublin’s Tierney  takes on the Big Easy
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Dublin’s Tierney takes on the Big Easy
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Entranced by wildly beautiful Great Blasket
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Entranced by wildly beautiful Great Blasket
[caption id="attachment_69611" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Robert Kanigel. "][/caption] In his last book but one, Robert Kanigel looke...
Hinds is ‘amazing’ in  spine-chiller: Daniel Radcliff
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Hinds is ‘amazing’ in spine-chiller: Daniel Radcliff
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Corporate greed, corruption and unaccountable financiers
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Corporate greed, corruption and unaccountable financiers
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Moonshiners become Rogues after makeover
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Moonshiners become Rogues after makeover
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Cover is flawless in 'The Philanderer'
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Cover is flawless in 'The Philanderer'
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Crowd approves of new band’s genre-blending
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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 ...

 

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