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How Spain conquered the world
By Peter McDermott Highgate Cemetery in London is famous as the final resting place of Karl Marx. But Jimmy Burns (pictured above), a writer for th...
July 05, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Embezzling paid for U.S. flights
A DUBLIN woman found guilty of stealing more than €2 million from U2 bassist Adam Clayton used some of the money for flights to America. Carol Hawk...
July 05, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Alliance launches petition for Mitchell funding
The US-Ireland Alliance is not taking no from the U.S. state Department as an answer. The organization, which runs the Mitchell Scholarships progra...
July 05, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Still running after all these years
The first time that IF caught up with Tom McGrath the catching up but was more metaphorical than literal. Tom was running a thousand miles for Sloa...
July 03, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Martin and Ma'am
This handshake would have been unimaginable just a handful of years ago. Sinn Féin is describing the decision to agree to today's historic meeting ...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Dept. of State cuts Mitchell funds
In what is a clear blow for the enormous prestige in Ireland enjoyed by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, the U.S. State Department has moved to...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Conviction for '71 murder quashed
A Belfast man, who was the last person to be sentenced to death in the United Kingdom, has had his conviction for murdering a British soldier in 19...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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IRISH language speaking areas in the Republic could soon be facing their biggest shake-up in decades, with fears that some could lose their status ...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Most emigrants are men
YOUNG men are emigrating from Ireland at almost twice the rate of women, new findings have shown. Fears of a "gender imbalance" among the Irish pop...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Former prisoner takes seat at Stormont
A former IRA prisoner is to become a new Sinn Féin MLA at Stormont. Rosie McCorley's nomination comes after the party announced on Monday that Paul...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Death of Boston's John Curran
John Curran, an Irishman with a generous heart and a golden voice, died on Wednesday, June 21, after battling heart disease for many years. He was ...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Adams statement on queen meeting
This is an edited version of the statement from Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams after the party's ard comhairle meeting which cleared the way for t...
June 27, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff