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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
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Belfast readies for Irish dance championships
Seamus O Sé, Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne dancers, Chloe Devine and Shannon Bradley, with Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile, at the la...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bollywood movie to lure Indian tourists
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February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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It's EK and JK
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is presented with a bust of President Kennedy by Joseph Kennedy at the Kennedy Library. Stephen Smith, son of Ambassador Jean ...
February 22, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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And back Again
[caption id="attachment_69832" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A light moment in tough times. Enda Kenny and Bill Clinton at the Invest in...
February 15, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Find Irish jobs and find a fee
Flanked by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and jobs minister Richard Bruton, Taoiseach Enda Kenny announces his government's new jobs creation plan in Dubli...
February 15, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tributes galore for actor David Kelly
[caption id="attachment_69823" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Actor David Kelly dead at 82. "][/caption] Tributes have been pouring in fo...
February 15, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
Mayo - IFA SLAMS SCHOOL CLOSURES Martin Gavin, chairman of the Mayo section of the Irish Farmers Association, believes the closure of rural schools...
February 15, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff