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North celebrates St. Patrick's Day
Rory McIlroy was high profile at the Belfast parade. Tens of thousands of people have taken part in St. Patrick's Day parades across Northern Irela...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Man died on hospital trolley
An elderly man died unnoticed after lying on a trolley for 22 hours in the Accident & Emergency unit of Belfast's busiest hospital. The man was dis...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Man dies from freak fall
A Derry man died after a "freak" fall outside his home on the Channel Islands. Michael Stewart, 30, who was originally from the Brandywell area of ...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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It's time to shake the sacrosanct tree
[caption id="attachment_70454" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Mitt Romney."][/caption] Sometimes it seems that things are so carved in st...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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McAllister family gets another year
Senator Bob Menendez. Malachy McAllister and his family have been granted another year's relief from deportation, this after the intervention of Ne...
March 21, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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