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Rory mourned
[caption id="attachment_70820" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Rory Staunton was mourned on both sides of the Atlantic this past week. "][...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish girl in polar record
[caption id="attachment_70871" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Proud dad Richard Donovan pictured here in the Antarctic."][/caption] An Ir...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Dubliner Barney McKenna laid to rest
The funeral has taken place of the last member of the original Dubliners line-up, Barney McKenna, who inspired Irish music fans across the globe. I...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Murdered Tipperary man mourned
[caption id="attachment_70866" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Tom Walsh."][/caption] Hundreds gathered in a Florida church on Holy Thursd...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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All sides await BC appeal decision
All sides in the Boston College Troubles archives case are this week awaiting a federal appeals court decision following a hearing held last week. ...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Thousands mark 1916 anniversary
[caption id="attachment_70861" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Marchers on the road to Milltown Cemetary."][/caption] Thousands of republi...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Taking five sparks anger
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been criticized after taking over an hour to arrive at a bomb alert. A hijacked taxi, containing a suspe...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Too long a sacrifice
There seems little doubt that Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will be proved guilty on 17 charges of murder in Afghanistan. The real question is - what...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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It was a dinner to die for
[caption id="attachment_70853" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Titanic visitor center in Belfast."][/caption] As they sat down to dinn...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Poverty spreading across Irish society
[caption id="attachment_70849" align="alignright" width="600" caption="A man begging in Dublin. "][/caption] The number of Irish households officia...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish priests challenge ban
[caption id="attachment_70846" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Fr. Tony Flannery."][/caption] Division between the Irish Republic and the V...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Rugby now a measure of emigration
The professional rugby game is thriving in Ireland right now with clubs such as Leinster, Ulster and Munster standing among the most dominant in Eu...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff