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Biden picks Kamala Harris
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ended weeks of speculation Tuesday evening by naming Senator Kamala Harris (pictured) as his vice presi...
August 11, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Probe into Neal primary challenger
Mayor Alex Morse By Jim Smith Alex Morse, the 31-year-old mayor of Holyoke in western Massachusetts, is under investigation by UMass Amherst follow...
August 11, 2020
by Jim Smith
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A new week in Ireland's Covid-19 battle
Pictured is today's Department of Health Covid-19 update held in Dublin. The meeting reported No deaths but 57 new cases as there has been a spike ...
August 10, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Sober SPD plans 2021 big tenth celebration
A sober yet always lively celebration St. Patrick's Day has been held for the past decade By Irish Echo Staff The Sober St. Patrick's Day organizat...
August 10, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Covid closes down Kildare food plant
In Timahoe, County Kildare, the company O’Brien Fine Foods has confirmed that 80 of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 and that it is ...
August 07, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Critical of decision not to prosecute
From left: Patrick Rooney, Hugh McCabe and Samuel McLarnon By Anthony Neeson A decision not to prosecute former RUC officers over the deaths of thr...
August 07, 2020
by Anthony Neeson
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Journalistic giant Pete Hamill dead at 85
Pete Hamill could turn raw journalism into journalistic poetry By Ray O'Hanlon The world of journalism and books, and the world generally, has lost...
August 05, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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He shone a light for peace
Candles illuminate a portrait of John Hume whose funeral took place in Derry today. Pool Photo by Stephen Latimer Photography via RollingNews.ie.
August 05, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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John Hume's funeral takes place in his beloved Derry
The funeral Mass for John Hume was held today at St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry. Pool Photo by Stephen Latimer Photography and via RollingNews.ie. ...
August 05, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Flag lowered in salute to Hume
In a salute to John Hume the Irish tricolor flies at half mast over Iveagh House, headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin. Roll...
August 04, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hume family mourns, extends thanks
John Hume arriving for the final day of talks leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. RollingNews.ie file photo. By Irish Echo Staff The family ...
August 04, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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On the road to a more peaceful future
It's April 1983 and pictured at a meeting of the New Ireland Forum are (l-r) John Hume, Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, Fianna Fáil leader Charles Hau...
August 03, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff