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Varadkar unveils phased reopening starting May 18
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announcing the phased re-opening of the Irish economy, and broader Irish society. RTE screenshot. By Irish Echo Staff It was...
May 01, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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For Aer Lingus, best laid plans lost in Covid fog
Aer Lingus is moving towards laying off hundreds of employees. RollingNews.ie photo. By Ray O’Hanlon At precisely 11.22 East Coast time this mornin...
May 01, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Easy does it for relaxing restrictions: Varadkar
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: RollingNews.ie photo. By Irish Echo Staff Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said a plan is being developed to relax the current Co...
April 30, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Going full Irish on Covid testing fiasco
Los Angeles-based Dr. Susan Butler-Wu. By Ray O’Hanlon “It’s a disgrace!” With just those three words Susan Butler-Wu cut through all the drivel an...
April 30, 2020
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Masks Or No Masks?
All in this photo, including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, are keeping an appropriate social distance, but the viewer can't avoid noticing that the visit...
April 29, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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IBO pivots
IBO President John Lee. PHOTO BY PETER MCDERMOTT By Peter McDermott John Lee stood up at the microphone at the Bar Thalia and pushed some buttons o...
April 29, 2020
by Peter McDermott
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Border counties hard hit by Covid-19
Gardai questioning motorists at a checkpoint. RollingNews.ie photo. By Irish Echo Staff Border counties in the Republic are being especially hard h...
April 28, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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A sunny lockdown
The recent warm and sunny weather in Ireland has made the idea of a lockdown all the more difficult to imagine. People are for the most part restri...
April 27, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Emerald Isle highlights exemptions to new Trump immigration restrictions
The Emerald Isle Immigration Center in New York has analyzed President Trump's immigration restriction order and has identified the exemptions to i...
April 27, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Mulvaney planning eventual Irish visit
U.S. Special Envoy Mick Mulvaney By Irish Echo Staff Northern Ireland can expect a visit from President Trump’s special envoy Mick Mulvaney as soon...
April 27, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Mitch now Marie Antoinette - King
Congressman Peter King By Irish Echo Staff Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been called a fair few things of late, most of them not compl...
April 24, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
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Covid-19 death toll in Republic passes 1,000
Dr. Tony Holohan at a press briefing Friday. RollingNews.ie photo. By Irish Echo Staff On the day that the death toll in the United States passed 5...
April 24, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff