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Wolf Departs Homeland Security
Chad Wolf By Irish Echo Staff Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Chad Wolf, is no longer at his post. He resigned at the beginning o...
January 13, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Damning Mother and Baby Homes Report is released
Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Dail presenting a state apology to the survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, this following the publication of the fi...
January 13, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Death of Northern Ireland Bureau's Norman Houston
Set head: North diplomat Norman Houston, 62 Caption with Norman jpg: Norman Houston. Caption with Greet jpg: Norman Houston with then vice presiden...
January 12, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Reports From America's New Front Line
Members of the United States Senate being directed to safety by a police officer standing at the podium as insurrectionist rioters invaded the Capi...
January 12, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
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And not a moment too soon
Ireland's Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, tweeted Tuesday: “Great to see the first delivery of the Moderna vaccine land in Ireland. The firs...
January 12, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish hospitals under Covid siege
As Covid-19 surges in Ireland the Health Services Executive has finalized an agreement with almost every private hospital in the country to handle ...
January 11, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hard border emerging on the high seas
Rockall might be in the middle of nowhere, but it's a rock with multiple claims on its ownership By Anthony Neeson An Irish fishing trawler was boa...
January 11, 2021
by Anthony Neeson
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Martin, Coveney, condemn Capitol assault
Taoiseach Micheál Martin dismayed over the storming of the Capitol. Julian Behal Photography via RollingNews.ie By Irish Echo Staff Taoiseach Miche...
January 08, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Walsh Tapped by Biden for Labor Post
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaking at the Echo's Golden Bridges conference in Boston By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been tapped...
January 07, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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Not the First Storming of the Capitol
The last time the U.S. Capitol - an earlier version of today's building - was stormed was by the British in 1814 led by General Robert Ross, who wa...
January 07, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
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America Shook And The World Shuddered
CNN Reporter and Kerry native Donie O'Sullivan reporting from the Capitol on Wednesday. CNN Screengrab By Ray O'Hanlon On 9/11 the world shuddered....
January 07, 2021
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Tarnished City, Trashed Democracy
Editor's Note: This is the editorial in this week's Irish Echo. It was written before Wednesday's assault on the U.S. Capitol. The "City on a Hill"...
January 07, 2021
by Irish Echo Editorial