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Garda stabbed in Donegal brawl
A 46-year-old man has been charged after four people, including a garda sergeant, were stabbed outside a pub in County Donegal. John Boyle (46), fr...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Veteran journalist Kelly dead at 100
He created a headline of his own by making the century. Veteran Belfast journalist James Kelly has died aged 100. Kelly, from the Falls Road, was a...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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The big dig
Federal authorities have broadened their demands for the contents of oral history testimonies dealing with the Troubles in Northern Ireland and giv...
August 24, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Galaxy’s new star
Ireland’s captain and all-time top goal-scorer Robbie Keane is headed for California after signing a two-year contract Monday for Major League Socc...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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21 plucked from sea off Fastnet
Special to the Irish Echo Baltimore, West Cork --- Amid scenes of relief and jubilation, the crew of a 100-foot American registered sailboat, "Ramb...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Leitrim teen still awaits transplant
A family whose teenage daughter was unable to travel to London for a liver transplant last month, this due to an apparent breakdown in communicatio...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Uncertainty still hangs over U.S. IFI funding
President Barack Obama and Congress are relieved to be done with the recent debt ceiling increase crisis, but the next battle over spending is just...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brooklyn Irish to mark battle
Brooklyn's Irish will this weekend remember the heroics of the "Maryland 400" at the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn. A series of commemorative events are ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irishman facing NY rape charge
A 22-year-old Irishman is facing a charge of rape in a New York court. Damien McGuinness, who lives in Queens and works as a barman in Manhattan, w...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Lillis moved to Belfast hospital
Seriously ill republican prisoner Brendan Lillis has been transferred from jail to a hospital in Belfast. Lillis was moved to Belfast's City Hospit...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Internment brought to trial
Court proceedings against the British government over the policy of internment in the North of Ireland are set to get underway within a week. In th...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Army shooting victim was innocent
A young Catholic who was shot in the back by the British army 40 years ago in Belfast was innocent, it has been revealed. Billy McKavanagh was just...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff