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Pupils cheer citizen Mary
They were cheering loudly from 6,000 miles away. A teacher from Buncrana, County Donegal, has beeen sworn in as a U.S. citizen in front of a very s...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Even a torch needs refueling
The Olympic Torch arrived in Ireland last Friday, six weeks ahead of schedule after a flight carrying it from Orlando, Florida to London Heathrow d...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish American nuns stunned by Vatican probe
[caption id="attachment_71444" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Archbishop Sartain. "][/caption] The last group of people you might expect t...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Natasha struggling to recover
[caption id="attachment_71441" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Natasha before the attack. "][/caption] Two years after she was brutally at...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bomb was a 600 pounder
A dissident republican bomb discovered outside Newry, County Down last week contained 600 pounds of explosives. It has also been revealed that the ...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Priest leaves Pomeroy parish
The Catholic priest who "inadvertently" showed pornographic photos during a First Holy Communion presentation has left the parish in Pomeroy, Count...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish passport a Scots pass
[caption id="attachment_71434" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Irish passport just the ticket for Edinburgh University."][/caption] Final ...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Passing of Bernie was end of an era
[caption id="attachment_71431" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Bernie Boyle."][/caption] To say that an era passed when Bernie Boyle died ...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Will euro events affect Irish vote?
There is a whiff of irony about the upcoming referendum in Ireland on the European fiscal compact treaty. On the one hand it would seem that a yes ...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Spot an Irish nanny and claim a prize
[caption id="attachment_71426" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Caroline Clarke."][/caption] The Irish nanny may be becoming extinct, judgin...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Third time the charm in BC archives battle?
[caption id="attachment_68794" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Burns Library at Boston College, repository for the North Troubles oral...
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Reilly wins high school JFK prize
[caption id="attachment_71420" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Patrick Reilly, Standing at rear, with his brother Keelin and sister Melina....
May 02, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff