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EU poised to block travel from U.S.
The 27 member states of the European Union By Irish Echo Staff The European Union is poised to block travel into the bloc by Americans, this as a r...
June 24, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Second general election is possible
To the country again? Tánaiste Simon Coveney (left) and pictured with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, has warned that a failure to agree to a three-party g...
June 23, 2020
by Anthony Neeson
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Midsummer night's dreamy glow
This photo was taken by a Garda air patrol over Dublin at fifteen minutes to midnight on Sunday, the longest day of the year. The horizon is not co...
June 22, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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The lady in the aisle seat
Jean Kennedy Smith with journalist and author Tim Pat Coogan in 1998. RollingNews.ie photo. By Ray O'Hanlon I was happy. I had landed an aisle seat...
June 22, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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A light at the end of Covid tunnel
The historic Hook Lighthouse in County Wexford is set to reopen to visitors on June 29 as Covid-19 restrictions are slowly lifted in Ireland. There...
June 19, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Shock after Roscommon Garda detective shot dead
Detective Garda Colm Horkan By Irish Echo Staff The peace of an Irish country town was shattered early Thursday morning when a Garda detective was ...
June 18, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Schumer endorses Engel
Congressman Eliot Engel with Malachy McAllister By Ray O'Hanlon Long allied in their mutual effort to secure a permanent home in America for Malach...
June 18, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Jean Kennedy Smith, 92
The death, at age 92, has taken place of Jean Kennedy Smith, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998. Ambassador Kennedy Smith i...
June 18, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Jean Kennedy Smith dead at 92
Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith pictured in Ireland in 1997. Photocall photo archive. By Ray O'Hanlon Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith has died in New Y...
June 18, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Ireland wins UN Security Council seat
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney. Rolling News.ie photo. By Ray O'Hanlon Ireland survived the "group of death." T...
June 18, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Opening hours perhaps only days away
It is hoped that pubs in Ireland will be reopening by the end of this month, though they will have to comply with strict Covid-19 protocols, not le...
June 17, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland waits as UN votes
Ireland's Ambassador to the United Nations Geraldine Byrne-Nason By Ray O'Hanlon Today's the day. After three years of campaigning around world, an...
June 17, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon