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In better times, memories of harder days
A few Sundays ago I spent a short time, along with scores of other republicans, remembering and celebrating the live and courage of IRA Volunteer J...
August 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Trouble flares during 12th marches
Trouble flared in Belfast last week following the annual Orange Order July 12 celebrations. On Thursday, violence erupted in the outskirts of North...
July 26, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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On your marks
He would probably prefer to be running north to cooler climes, but south is the direction that Tom McGrath will be taking this Friday when he sets ...
July 24, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Meet me in....
....St. Louis. Not at the fair, but rather at the 2014 Ancient Order of Hibernians National Convention which will take place in the Missouri two ye...
July 24, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Romney, Kenny to meet
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Republican Party presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, are to meet in London this Friday, this according to a statement fro...
July 23, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Grief, anger follow acquittal in Michaela trial
The Irish government is set to launch a formal complaint with the Mauritian government after a newspaper in the Indian Ocean island published graph...
July 23, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Mitchells are far more than a line item
THE DEPARTMENT of State recently announced it plans to eliminate funding for an overseas post-graduate scholarship program named in honor of Senato...
July 19, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Navy commandeers ambassador's back yard
It was a most friendly and non-amphibious landing. The U.S. Navy landed in the back yard of Ireland's ambassador to the U.S. Michael Collins last w...
July 19, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hibs gather for biennial convention
The men and women of the Ancient Order of Hibernians are gathering in Verona, New York this week for the order's 96th biennial national convention....
July 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Of ballots and petitions
US-Ireland Alliance head Trina Vargo may or may not embrace the irony, but after taking swipes at the influence, or lack thereof, of Irish American...
July 17, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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LSE bound
Twins Alba, seated left, and Anastasia Somoza, with their mother Mary behind her, personal-care aides Barbara Henderson and Nicola Swinehart, and f...
July 16, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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A new deal on mortgage debt
WITH the Republic's economy still taking a hammering, a new bill by the Irish government aims to ease the pressure on those declared bankrupt. The ...
July 05, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff