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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Star power at Oscar Wilde awards
[caption id="attachment_70108" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Colin Farrell and Hilda Quaelly enjoying the evening."][/caption] The US-Ir...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Rory Mc1lroy
Rory McIlroy's world number one status is a boon for Irish golf.The drive is on this week to raise Ireland's status in the world of golfing tourism...
March 07, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Canada is seeking Irish construction workers
Vancouver is set to be a popular destination for Irish construction workers. Go west young men! West to Canada! Irish construction workers left job...
March 05, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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A parade in Hoboken would have been quieter
In the eye of the storm: Mayor Dawn Zimmer. The noise around the Hoboken St. Patrick's parade-that-won't-be is nearing the level of bagpipes that w...
March 05, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff