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A Pearl Harbor tale awaits its ending
“A Matter of Honor” is now out in paperback By Ray O’Hanlon Today is the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. And it’s the first anniver...
December 07, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Ireland takes issue with Trump Jerusalem move
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount By Irish Echo Staff The move by President Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his stated intention t...
December 06, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brexit dominates and Stormont fades into background
Michelle O’Neill By Anthony Neeson As the fall-out from Brexit continues to dominate Irish politics on both sides of the border, the prospect of re...
December 06, 2017
by Anthony Neeson
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Irish government to start (reluctantly) biting Apple
Protests have urged the Irish government to take the €13 billion and use it for domestic spending. RollingNews.ie photo. By Evan Short The Irish go...
December 05, 2017
by Evan Short
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DUP takes fright over reported Brexit deal
In Brussels, Belgian MEP Phillipe Lamberts told Sky News that a Brexit/border deal had been reached. Subsequent reports indicated that final agreem...
December 04, 2017
by Anthony Neeson
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‘Relentless’ Irish rowers to ford Atlantic
The Relentless Rowers are counting down to December 12. Pictured (l-r) Patrick O’Connor, Eoin O’Farrell, Seán Underwood and Thomas Browne. By Irish...
December 01, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Varadkar appoints Coveney to Tánaiste post
Minister Simon Coveney was in the U.S. earlier in the year and is here speaking at the Irish Embassy in Washington. By Irish Echo Staff Taoiseach L...
November 30, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tom McGrath readies for a new mega run
Tom McGrath is warming up to run from Boston to New York By Ray O’Hanlon The weather is cooler. It could be his native Fermanagh. So it’s time for ...
November 29, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Irish America’s story and today’s immigrant crisis
In this 1882 Puck illustration, the Irish immigrant is causing all the trouble in “Uncle Sam’s Boarding House.” U.S. Library of Congress Prints and...
November 29, 2017
by Eugene O'Driscoll
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On Europe’s edge, now front and center
The Irish Sea from space. NASA photo. By Evan Short It was an issue that sat under the radar during most of the Brexit negotiations between the EU ...
November 28, 2017
by Evan Short
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Kathleen Rice weighs in behind Gallagher ship petition
Congresswoman Kathleen Rice By Ray O’Hanlon Chalk up another member of Congress supporting the naming of a U.S. Navy destroyer after Vietnam War he...
November 27, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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JFK’s Murder: 31,344 Documents and Counting
President Kennedy By Dr. James Kelleher And the documents just keep on coming as the National Archives in College Park, Maryland released another 1...
November 22, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff