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The ‘Murph’ is on the way
The USS Michael Murphy. U.S. Navy photo. By Ray O’Hanlon When the armada that President Trump spoke off in the context of North Korea eventually do...
April 27, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Martin McGuinness eulogized at St. Patrick’s Mass
Cathy Maguire’s passionate singing of “Only Our Rivers Run Free” drew sustained applause from the congregation. Photo by John O’Connell, Ancient Or...
April 26, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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North vote like no other
Colum Eastwood (right) with party colleague Mark Durkan. RollingNews.ie photo. By Anthony Neeson With six weeks to go before the snap general elect...
April 25, 2017
by Anthony Neeson
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O’Lunney to be honored Friday
Hugh O’Lunney (second from right) is pictured at a 1916 Societies event in New York. Pictured (l-r) are: Kevin Martin (National Finance Officer, 19...
April 24, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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All aboard to save ‘Quiet Man’ station
Ballyglunin Railway Station is in need of urgent repairs By Ray O’Hanlon To the legions of fans of “The Quiet Man,” John Wayne will always be looki...
April 21, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Caucus moves fast in the face of ‘mac attack’
Rep. Jeb Hensarling By Ray O’Hanlon The existence of the MacBride Principles owe much to the actions of mom and pop shareholders calling big corpor...
April 20, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Varadkar eyes top job but not an election
Leo Varadkar. RollingNews.ie photo By Evan Short Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar has quelled speculation that Ireland could be facing into a general elect...
April 19, 2017
by Evan Short
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Tough choices to be made
Gerry Adams speaking in Carrickmore, County Tyrone, on Easter Sunday By Gerry Adams All across the island of Ireland, and in faraway locations in t...
April 19, 2017
by Gerry Adams
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The Irish were the first targets of deportation
By Hidetaka Hirota President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend immigration from predominantly Muslim countries and the recent series of rai...
April 19, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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North voters get another summons
Theresa May in Dublin at the end of January By Anthony Neeson Northern Ireland will be heading to the polls for the fourth time in a year and the f...
April 18, 2017
by Anthony Neeson
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Remembering the Rising
President Michael D Higgins lays a wreath outside the GPO in Dublin on Easter Sunday. The wreath laying was part of the 101st anniversary commemora...
April 17, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
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Rory Staunton’s legacy is the gift of life
Rory Staunton at age 11 By Ray O’Hanlon Five years after his tragic death as a result of sepsis, the name of Rory Staunton has not faded from publi...
April 17, 2017
by Ray O'Hanlon