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After 64 years, ring travels full circle
By Ray O'Hanlon This is a story about a ring that traveled full circle. And it's journey took about as long as a Tolkien tale - 64 years to be prec...
March 13, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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New Bedford symposium on Douglass, O'Connell
By Irish Echo Staff In 1845, Frederick Douglass, then an escaped slave from Maryland living in Massachusetts, traveled to Ireland and Britain, in p...
March 07, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Denies murdering Wexford woman
By Sean Lehane An American man accused of murdering a County Wexford woman in Japan last year has said he had no reason to kill her. Nicola Furlong...
March 07, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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They’re back!
By Ray O'Hanlon Just when you thought it was safe to don your Aran knits. T-shirts and other clothing items depicting St. Patrick's Day as an excus...
March 07, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Eastchester set to march on March 10
By Irish Echo Staff The Eastchester Irish American Social Club is readying for the Westchester County community's 9th annual St. Patrick's Day Para...
February 27, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Dáil exchange over undocumented
By Irish Echo Staff John Deasy and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore "enjoyed a frank exchange in the Dáil" last week on the issue of the undocumented Irish i...
February 27, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish in the mix
Cardinals O'Malley and Dolan seen as papal contenders By Jim Smith BOSTON --- It might end up being Red Sox versus Yankees - in the conclave. The n...
February 27, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bayonne readies for celebrations
Bayonne's mayor, Mark A. Smith, is planning to turn the New Jersey city green to mark St. Patrick's Day. Three weeks of celebration kick off this S...
February 25, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Standing behind Irish tests
By Sean Lehane The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said it is confident in its meat testing after a supermarket chain appeared to cast doubt o...
February 20, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Gilmore hails free trade move
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, has welcomed the announcement by President Obama that the United States will la...
February 20, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Now’s the time
Calls grow for Oscar to honor Maureen O'Hara By Ray O'Hanlon Oscars will be flying around the room at the Academy Awards this weekend, but unless t...
February 20, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff
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Leaders renew assault against BC subpoenas
By Irish Echo Staff The leaders of three main Irish American organizations have renewed their offensive against the U.S. Justice Department subpoen...
February 13, 2013
by Irish Echo Staff