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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
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Play ball as Irish hall announces nominees
Nolan Ryan. Hand in glove with the new baseball season, the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (yes, there is such a thing) has announced its nom...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bushnell is tech firms’ letter of introduction
[caption id="attachment_70837" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Niamh Bushnell is the CEO of MarketSprint."][/caption] Niamh Bushnell believ...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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David O'Leary sings for his....lunch
Tenor David O'Leary was the star turn at the recent St. Patrick's Day Speaker's Lunch on Capitol Hill when he performed songs including "When Irish...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Titanic remembered
[caption id="attachment_70775" align="alignright" width="600"] The Titanic leaving Queenstown, now Cobh. This was the last view of the ship from la...
April 11, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Gunned down
Tipperary native Tom Walsh shot dead in Florida restaurant robbery. A Tipperary man has been shot to death while attempting to thwart a robbery at ...
April 04, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff