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Quite a week
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Quite a week
Even from a distance it was possible to sense that the past week in Ireland has been extraordinary. An English queen and an American president as b...
Celebrating 175 years of Hibernian pride
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Celebrating 175 years of Hibernian pride
The great waves of immigration from Ireland to America were just beginning when in May, 1836 a group of Irish Catholic men in New York and Pennsylv...
Nothing new about hiding in plain sight
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Nothing new about hiding in plain sight
If you know anything about the struggle for Irish freedom nearly a century ago, you ought to be more than a little skeptical of assertions that Pak...
So why is the queen coming to Ireland?
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So why is the queen coming to Ireland?
The Queen of England will visit Ireland next week. The visit, the first by a British monarch since before the Easter Rebellion, is curious for its ...
Not a saint, but in the company of them
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Not a saint, but in the company of them
I never considered myself a saint growing up in Southie, but neither did I ever expect to ever get to know two people who are saints. A few days ag...
Here’s my post-bin Laden to-do list
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Here’s my post-bin Laden to-do list
If I was an American soldier that has served or is currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, I would give myself a well-deserved pat on the back. W...
The North decides
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The North decides
The voters of Northern Ireland have spoken and a new Assembly is set to take its seats in Stormont. That the election campaign was completed by the...
Royals in front line for our republic
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Royals in front line for our republic
Did you shed a tear while watching the prince and the commoner exchange vows in London the other day? Did you spent the next morning gossiping abou...
Bin Laden's end
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Bin Laden's end
In his final moment, Osama Bin Laden must have known that the United States had finally caught up with him. This will be a matter of grim satisfact...
30 years on
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30 years on
Here's what they died for. The right not to wear a prison uniform; the right not to do prison work; the right of free association with other prison...
Quinn's argument against religious education is shaky
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Quinn's argument against religious education is shaky
By John McCarthy Irish Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has asked that the Catholic Church be divested of half of the 3,000 national schools in ...
Easter Week
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Easter Week
By the middle of Easter Week 1916 it was evident to any impartial or detached observer that the odds were stacking up by the hour against the men a...

 

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