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Obama needs to toughen up
Voting has consequences. Non-voting has even more! Some hatfuls of votes in Florida caused George W. Bush to be elected 43rd President of the Unite...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Cranking up the reform campaign again
Well, just as we thought that the immigration reform effort was gone for its tea there was that meeting in Washington, D.C. last week between Obama...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Byrne confirms he is not a presidential candidate
Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne has confirmed he will not run as a candidate in October's presidential election, saying he does not believe he is what ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Dev grandson now FF number two
A grandson of former Irish leader Eamon de Valera has been appointed the new deputy leader of Fianna Fáil, succeeding the late Brian Lenihan in the...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Chicago parade to make a comeback?
There's the Southie parade in Boston and there is, or at least was, the South Side St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago. The latter was put on ice a...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brooklyn Hibs elect new leaders
The Kings County, Brooklyn, Ancient Order of Hibernians elected a new leadership in a recent vote. The new board is comprised of: James Sullivan Sr...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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New team for Harp and Shamrock
The San Antonio-based Harp and Shamrock Society has new officers at its helm. Terence Peak was recently elected president while Kevin Dowd took up ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Milwaukee Fest includes Derry, Donegal theme
The Milwaukee Irish Fest is a calendar standout, not just in the Wisconsin city but throughout the Midwest and beyond it to Irish America. This yea...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brehons, Globe, take different tack on BC archive
The gathering legal battle over Boston College's archives dealing with the Northern Ireland Troubles is witnessing the drawing up of battle lines w...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
DONEGAL: BEWARE OF DOLPHINS: EXPERT A large colony of bottlenose dolphins has taken up residence off Donegal - but a marine expert has warned swimm...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Blocks to be renamed in honor of Olympians
Members of the Irish-American Athletic Club posed for the photographer in 1909 on the street that will soon be renamed in its honor. PHOTO COURTESY...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Table talk
Under the gaze of Teddy Roosevelt, a man noted for action, the near total inertia on the immigration reform front was a more pertinent backdrop in ...
August 17, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff