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Stepped up campaign to name Navy ship after Marine hero
Patrick Gallagher By Ray O’Hanlon A campaign to have a U.S. Navy ship named after a County Mayo-born Vietnam War hero is set to go into overdrive i...
December 30, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Both sides find things to cheer in Bronx court parade ruling
Judge Robert Johnson By Ray O’Hanlon The judge was having none of it, and allowing some of it. Bronx Supreme Court Judge, Robert Johnson, has denie...
December 29, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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In ’17, rocks, hard places etc.
Days after the June “Brexit” referendum, Taoiseach Enda Kenny was in Downing Street to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May. They will be m...
December 28, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Today Monaghan and Cavan, tomorrow……
Rucksnacks received the Best Startup award at the 2016 at Monaghan IBYE Awards. Pictured (l-r) Eilín Connolly, John McEntegart, Genna and Colm Conn...
December 27, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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Nominee is top of guilty list
The name of ultimate oilman John D. Rockefeller is attached to one effort to rein in the energy industry in the 21st century. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS B...
December 23, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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A new way to practice
J.P. Hartigan is revolutionizing how American Football teams practice. By John Mooney It all started when J.P. Hartigan was studying Product Design...
December 23, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
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A Trump tariffs threat
Reince Priebus By Ray O’Hanlon As if Brexit wasn’t bad enough a prospect for Irish exporters, the incoming Trump administration is reportedly consi...
December 22, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Undocumented Irish wish for a truly ‘great’ bill
Senator Mark Daly and President Barack Obama in the White House on St. Patrick’s Day By Ray O’Hanlon President-elect Donald Trump has promised a “g...
December 21, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Gilman, longtime friend of Ireland, dead at 94
Ben Gilman with Fr. Sean McManus By Ray O’Hanlon Ben Gilman, for many years a republican member of the House of Representatives, and one of the mos...
December 21, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon
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Former British soldiers charged with murdering IRA man
Joe McCann as Belfast burned following the introduction of Internment. By Anthony Neeson Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is pro...
December 20, 2016
by Anthony Neeson
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Foster survives for now after defending herself in a near-empty Stormont chamber
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster By Anthony Neeson It has been a day of high drama at Stormont with walk-outs and a no-confidence vote...
December 19, 2016
by Anthony Neeson
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Amid election noise, Neal quietly rises
Congressman Richard Neal By Ray O’Hanlon Some things happen in Washington with great fanfare, noise, uproar. Some things happen rather more quietly...
December 15, 2016
by Ray O'Hanlon