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The hard lessons that Sandy teaches us
By Larry Kirwan In the light of the death, disaster and loss of property that accompanied the recent super storm, we must face the reality that glo...
December 12, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ireland through a new gastronomic lens
by Frieda Klotz Anyone who grew up in Ireland or visited it during all but the very final years of the twentieth century might hesitate to associat...
December 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Frank Durkan gets his way
Frank Durkan got his way in more than one New York court case. Now he has his way with New York's streetscape. The late attorney, who championed in...
December 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bhoys buoyed Breezy
A week prior to the Irish Day of Action Lansdowne Bhoys FC organized players and club members to travel to the Rockaways and Breezy Point to take p...
December 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Two arrests in Kerr murder
Police investigating the dissident republican murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland last year have made two arrests. A 39-year-old man fro...
December 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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A bridge too far says Robinson
Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, wants an investigation into the decision to grant European Union funding for a cross-border brid...
December 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Showdown in Belfast flag flap
Battle lines have been drawn in Belfast ahead of next Monday's flag vote at City Hall. On Friday, Sinn Féin and the SDLP joined forces at the Strat...
December 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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IRISH DAY OF ACTION - ROCKAWAY
Irish “Day of Action” to help the residents of Rockaway who have been shattered by Hurricane Sandy, it will take place on November 24th the Saturda...
November 20, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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The bridge will be built
The Narrow Water bridge linking Northern Ireland and the Republic has been given the go ahead after securing €17.4 million from the European Union....
November 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Go easy on vulnerable
They might come across as besuited beancounters but members of the "Troika" overseeing Ireland's bailout are concerned about the most needy in Iris...
November 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Wrath over rural closures
Government Ministers and TDs will feel the wrath of constituents during their half-term holiday this week, as anger intensifies over the death by a...
November 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Yes we can, but we haven't
The most telling message of the Romney campaign has been to demonstrate the failure of the Obama administration to deliver on the vague but great a...
October 31, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff