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Maura Lennon returns to a haunted land
Maura Lennon in Ethiopia in 1985. Dublin-born Maura Lennon is living proof of the folly of rash categorization. She is a petit woman, who looks any...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Moynihan came of age on global voyage
"His unshowy prose has genuine immediacy. He's good company on the page," said the New York Times' reviewer of John Moynihan's "The Voyage of the R...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Obama, Kenny, confer Tuesday in Oval Office
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March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Higgins criticized for prison visit
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March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Aiming to lure North American visitors
Minister Leo Varadkar. The number of American visitors to Ireland's shores is falling, latest tourism figures have revealed. The republic's Central...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Soldier injured by Cork pipe bomb
An Irish Army bomb disposal expert has been treated for serious injuries following an explosion in a County Cork housing estate. The officer, who i...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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RTE facing demands for debate inquiry
Sean Galalgher. Irish national broadcaster RTÉ is facing demands for an inquiry following a row over a televised presidential election debate last ...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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U.S. Irish groups, Adams, salute Donald Payne
[caption id="attachment_70138" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The late Congressman Donald Payne."][/caption] A number of Irish American a...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tribunal to legally examine Irish Famine
A "Famine Tribunal" will be held at Fordham Law School, in New York this coming October 20, it has been announced. The tribunal will assess the Gre...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2012 Teachtaireacht ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn
Is mian liom beannachtaí Fhéile Pádraig na bliana seo a ghuí ar mhuintir na Éireann anseo agus thar lear agus ar ár muintir Éireannach sínte ar fud...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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251 in the sun
Grand Marshal Francis X. Comerford led the 251st. New York St. Patrick's Day Parade into the history books last Saturday. Picture by James Higgins....
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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E3 in need of a St. Patrick miracle
[caption id="attachment_70331" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Sen. Scott Brown. "][/caption] The Irish E3 Visa campaign could do with a l...
March 14, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff