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Flag removals ignite more riots
Further unrest on the streets of the North has been caused by the removal of flags in loyalist areas. Last week saw yet more rioting, as a 100-stro...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Teen feared dead after pier plunge
A teenager from Derry City is feared dead after falling off a pier in a small County Donegal fishing village. Divers have been carrying out a searc...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Artist Ballagh angry at health service
Against the backdrop of local fury over the Irish government's decision to close the accident and emergency unit at Roscommon Hospital, artist Robe...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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The man with the all seeing eye
George Kimball had a glass eye. Oddly enough, that wasn't the first thing you noticed when he would barrel through the door of The Bells of Hell. I...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Quinn, Kelly linked to mayor's job
Now that Anthony Weiner's New York ambitions have turned to dust attention is turning increasingly to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. "Eying ...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Successful 'Ties' exhibit enters final few weeks
The "Ireland America: The Ties That Bind" exhibition at Lincoln Center attempts an almost impossible task at its entrance: put Ireland in historica...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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VIP guests cost a bundle
The bill for the visits of President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth to the Republic was €40 million, almost double the previous estimate. Several...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Wheel failure but no injuries
Passengers on a weekend flight between Britain and Ireland escaped injury after the plane's nose wheel failed on landing. Aer Arann, which was oper...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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TDs balk at efforts to button them down
A new dress code ruling that would have compelled TDs to wear a "tailored jacket and a collared shirt" in the Déil have been consigned to the close...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Women of Concern Awards held in NY
The 2011 Women of Concern Awards were recently held in New York at the Jumeirah Essex House. This year's recipient of the Women of Concern Humanita...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Mayor who greeted queen dies
The Sinn Féin mayor of Cashel, who caused a stir within and outside his party when he shook hands with the queen during her recent visit to the Cou...
July 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Darren’s destiny
The phenomenon that is golfers from Ireland winning majors just keeps rolling along. And if we might be running low on superlatives, there is only ...
July 20, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff