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Pendulum Summit swings into New York
Frankie Sheahan (center) packing down for Munster against the All Blacks By Ray O’Hanlon When it comes to getting up close and personal with like-m...
August 29, 2018
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Peter Ryan takes up ambassadorial post in New Zealand
Ambassador Peter Ryan in a “Korowai” Maori cloak with New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy, who has Irish ancestral ties to County Laois. By Ir...
August 29, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
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Learning in the big, bright city
Garda Mary Gallagher with her husband Joe Walsh at the reception for the 2017/18 McCabe Fellows at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in March. P...
August 28, 2018
by Mary Gallagher
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Death of Senator John McCain, 81
Senator John McCain The passing of Senator John McCain has prompted an outpouring of praise and condolences from around the nation and the world. A...
August 27, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
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Varadkar speaks of ‘new chapter’ to Pope Francis
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Pope Francis in Dublin Castle on Saturday. Photo by Maxwells Photography. By Anthony Neeson Welcoming Pope Francis on hi...
August 27, 2018
by Anthony Neeson
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Pope arriving in an Ireland very different to 1979
Marie Collins, a survivor of clerical abuse, former member of the Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors, and patron of “The Marie Collins ...
August 24, 2018
by Ray O'Hanlon
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In Ireland, changeable never changes
There was blue sky over the papal altar in Dublin’s Phoenix Park today. RollingNews.ie photo. By Ray O’Hanlon Countless words are being spoken and ...
August 23, 2018
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Wake and funeral for Patrick Clarke, 41
Patrick Clarke, a prominent member of the County Tyrone community in New York, will be waked today, Wednesday, after his sudden passing in his slee...
August 22, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
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Foster taking flak for missing papal visit
Arlene Foster in Dublin last year. RollingNews.ie photo. By Irish Echo Staff The pope will be in the island of Ireland. DUP leader Arlene Foster wa...
August 22, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland on verge of a ‘seismic shift’
Mitchel McLaughlin By Anthony Neeson A former Sinn Féin Assembly member has hit out at the denial of rights by the DUP and British government. Mitc...
August 21, 2018
by Anthony Neeson
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Beautiful game in the rain
The Shamrocks held their annual all-day 6-a-side soccer tournament on Sunday in Sunnyside Gardens Park, Queens, New York City, and it was adjudged ...
August 21, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff
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Nassau Hibs plan festival for Nickerson Beach
Irish dancing, as seen here in this photo from last year’s festival, will be featured again in this year’s gathering. Photo by John O’Connell By Ir...
August 20, 2018
by Irish Echo Staff