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Home are the Oscar heroes
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Home are the Oscar heroes
Oscar at the Divis. Oorlagh and Terry George, along with their Oscars, atop the Divis Flats in West Belfast.Belfast Oscar-winner Terry George has m...
A solemn reburial
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A solemn reburial
Human remains have been unearthed from under the roots system of this tree at Duffy's Cut. They were buried with little or no ceremony 180 years ag...
Payne had extensive Irish record
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Payne had extensive Irish record
Congressman Donald Payne. Congressman Donald Payne, one of the nation's leading African American legislators who died this week from colon cancer a...
FF sorry as young bail
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FF sorry as young bail
Martin at the ard fheis. Thousands of people have attended a Dublin jobs fair advertising overseas work opportunities, this as Fianna Fáil simultan...
Hoboken not the same without its parade
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Hoboken not the same without its parade
[caption id="attachment_70132" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Some lady leprechauns take a smoke break."][/caption] Pub crawls didn't rep...
Urban isn't alone
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Urban isn't alone
Cops were more in evidence this year than in parade years. Urban Outfitters is not alone among major retail corporations flogging clothing that man...
 Leaders' BC appeal in advance of Cameron visit
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Leaders' BC appeal in advance of Cameron visit
Cameron in D.C. next week. Three of the most prominent Irish-American organizations have issued a joint statement on the Boston College archive cas...
Two charged in Belfast murder
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Two charged in Belfast murder
A husband and wife have been charged with the murder of a man who was shot dead in Belfast last week. Charles Stephen Valliday, 40, and Julie-Ann V...
Three icons looked at anew
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Three icons looked at anew
They stared down at us from the walls of musty parlors. Seven somber men, faces cased with conviction: the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation. Th...
George returns to home shore
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George returns to home shore
Terry and Oorlagh George back in Belfast. Film director Terry George has returned to his native County Down following his Oscar triumph in Hollywoo...
Manhattan Mass in memory of Rosemary, Pat
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Manhattan Mass in memory of Rosemary, Pat
[caption id="attachment_70115" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Pat Finucane."][/caption] The Brehon Law Society and he Rosemary Nelson Cam...
Sunnyside parade is big hit with young, old
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Sunnyside parade is big hit with young, old
Irish Minister of State Kathleen Lynch with Grand Marshal Peter Quinn before they marched down Skillman Avenue. “It’s a boy!” So announced the ball...

 

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