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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
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Hardening of positions risks a hard border
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and his British counterpart Boris Johnson in Dublin last week. RollingNews.ie photo. By Anthony Neeson...
November 21, 2017
by Anthony Neeson
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Adams to relinquish presidency next year
Gerry Adams salutes his Ard Fheis audience. RollingNews.ie photo. By Evan Short Gerry Adams will stand down as Sinn Féin president in 2018. Mr. Ada...
November 20, 2017
by Evan Short
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On Brexit, young Irish border farmer speaks for many
Colm Connolly with packets of his Rucksnacks. By Ray O’Hanlon Colm Connolly’s cows are Irish. And European. Right now they share their cow version ...
November 17, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Donohoe focuses on Brexit in Brookings speech
Minister Paschal Donohoe. RollingNews.ie photo By Irish Echo Staff The overarching challenge for Ireland today is Brexit. So said Ireland’s Ireland...
November 16, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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In Boston, building bridges over uncertain waters
The Seaport Hotel, venue for the Golden Bridges conference By Irish Echo Staff The old saying that this is a time of flux has never been more the c...
November 15, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Geldof rages, mayor cites irony
Bob Geldof at City Hall in Dublin with his Freedom of the City scroll. RollingNews.ie photo. By Evan Short Bob Geldof has been accused of hypocrisy...
November 14, 2017
by Evan Short