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Boston setting for Higgins Famine address
Boston, a city he hailed as the "capital of Irish America" was the setting last weekend for the keynote speech on the Great Hunger delivered by Pre...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Kenny forges ahead on vote
The election of new French president, Francois Hollande, has given a boost to hopes for approval of the EU fiscal treaty referendum later this mont...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Helping baby Eric
AJ Fogarty's Bar and Restaurant in Bronxville, NY will host a benefit for baby Eric James Baron on Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. "Baby EJ," according ...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Groups appeal to Clinton
The U.S. State Department recently hosted a discussion of issues of concern to Irish America and three of the groups in attendance responded with a...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Higgins lauds work of Emerald and Aisling centers
[caption id="attachment_71579" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="President Higgins had a packed itinerary during his New York and Boston vis...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Man drowns, man questioned
Police in Northern Ireland are questioning a 26-year-old man after a man drowned in the River Bann at the weekend. The man who died was Owen McKeow...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brady rejects resignation calls
[caption id="attachment_71574" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Cardinal Sean Brady."][/caption] Ireland's politicians have called for the ...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Michael D. rockin' in the....
[caption id="attachment_71571" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Villa Spada."][/caption] To say that Michael D. Higgins has a new lease on ...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hamiltonian lessons for today
[caption id="attachment_71568" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Alexander Hamilton. "][/caption] "Oh Burr, Oh Burr, what have you done. You...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Clare's where eagles dare
[caption id="attachment_71563" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A White Tailed Sea Eagle photographed in Scotland."][/caption] For the firs...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Saviour students Manhattan bound
[caption id="attachment_71560" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Hanna Loff (l) and Katherine O'Shea will be heading to Manhattan College's ...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
[caption id="attachment_71557" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Taoiseach Enda Kenny hugs Irish soccer manager Giovanni Trapattoni during t...
May 09, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff