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EDITORIAL: Taxes on the Road to Reunification
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EDITORIAL: Taxes on the Road to Reunification
Back on March 12, as Taoiseach Micheál Martin sat with a fixed smile on his face in the Oval Office and President Trump did most of the talking, it...
GERRY ADAMS: Can it really be eight years since Martin died?
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GERRY ADAMS: Can it really be eight years since Martin died?
FRIDAY past was the eighth anniversary of the death of our friend and leader Martin McGuinness. Like many others, I am sure, I was perplexed as it ...
LETTER: Need to Reconsider
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LETTER: Need to Reconsider
Editor: Thank you for your article "Firing and Resignations Rock the AIHS." This article should have every Irish American to take time to think how...
EDITORIAL: No Irish Spring
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EDITORIAL: No Irish Spring
"The list of potential tripwires to disaster was lengthy and, to Martin’s officials, terrifying. I have never seen such obvious stress as I saw on ...
OPINION:  Time to make St Patrick's Day a public holiday in the North of Ireland
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OPINION: Time to make St Patrick's Day a public holiday in the North of Ireland
This editorial was first published in the Andersonstown News, our sister paper in the North of Ireland where St Patrick's Day is not a public holid...
KIRWAN: Danger Crossing an Asphalt Canal
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KIRWAN: Danger Crossing an Asphalt Canal
Canal Street in Lower Manhattan runs just over a mile from East Broadway to West Street. It’s big, broad and bustling and many the famous person fr...
LETTER: No Room For Hedging
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LETTER: No Room For Hedging
Editor: At the Irish Echo-supported HEAL Palestine fundraiser on Feb. 26, many longtime supporters of Irish freedom were there. Of course, our comm...
EDITORIAL: A Bad Hand Well Enough Played
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EDITORIAL: A Bad Hand Well Enough Played
Taoiseach Micheál Martin came and went. On his own steam. He duly delivered the bowl of shamrock and could probably pat himself on the back for avo...
GERRY ADAMS: Belfast gets ready to welcome the world
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GERRY ADAMS: Belfast gets ready to welcome the world
IT has been a very busy and eventful couple of weeks for all of those who speak and enjoy the Irish language and who have campaigned for decades ag...
Opinion: Why, this St. Patrick's Day, I'm urging President Trump to appoint an N.I. Envoy
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Opinion: Why, this St. Patrick's Day, I'm urging President Trump to appoint an N.I. Envoy
This year, as we mark the 101st anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of Ireland, we celebrate a partnersh...
Opinion: Honoring the Legacy of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
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Opinion: Honoring the Legacy of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
It has been nearly five years since Quinnipiac University closed Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum for unclear reasons. The art collection remains shut...
EDITORIAL: Any Room For A Saint?
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EDITORIAL: Any Room For A Saint?
"The United States and Ireland also enjoy a long friendship strengthened by economic ties, a shared commitment to democracy, and the timeless value...


 



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