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Paisley out of intensive care
Ian Paisley has been moved out of intensive care in the hospital where he is being treated for heart problems. The former Democratic Unionist Party...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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nuncio relays pope's dismay over child abuse
[caption id="attachment_69948" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown presents his diplomatic credentials t...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Schumer presses ahead in E-3 visa negotiations
Senator Pat Toomey. Senator Charles Schumer is this week attempting to secure support for an Irish E-3 visa deal in Congress from his Republican co...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Artist Brian Mór Ó Baoighill dead at 70
Brian Mór Ó Baoighill. The artist and lifelong Irish Republican activist, Brian Mór Ó Baoighill, died Sunday after being admitted to hospital. He w...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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No parade, but Hoboken is sure greening up
[caption id="attachment_69938" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Mayor Zimmer."][/caption] Without its lately controversial annual parade, H...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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NYPL treasure trove aids roots searchers
[caption id="attachment_69934" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Carmen Nigro of the New York Public Library talks about its genealogical re...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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IACI honors Giblin
The Irish American Cultural Institute is this weekend honoring Assembly-man Thomas P. Giblin at its 19th annual Washington Irish Saint Patrick's Da...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Take me to the river
San Antonio will not be having a St. Patrick's Day Parade this year due to rising costs. But the Texas city does have a back-up for the annual Iris...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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First the fun run
The Union County, NJ, St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee will host its annual Finnegan's Wake party and Guinness Fun Run/Walk this Saturday, Februa...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Price is being interned says priest
A poster charging that Price is being interned. The continuing detention of a dissident republican has been described as "internment" by a priest k...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Women targeted in Belfast carjackings
Anna Lo defied teen carjacker. Police in Belfast have defended their actions after another spate of carjacking in which women drivers have been tar...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Garda more dragnet than internet
[caption id="attachment_69918" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Garda Siochana has ranks aplenty but not enough files."][/caption] Up t...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff