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'Nailer' casts cold eye on abuse scandals
On a bleak weekday morning a few months ago, novelist Tom Phelan painted an almost idyllic picture of his childhood growing up in County Laois in t...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Death of Philly stalwart
The death occurred on July 26 of Annabella Manley, a County Tyrone native and a long-time active member of the Irish community in the Philadelphia ...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
ROSCOMMON SENTENCED MAN LEADS HIGH-SPEED CHASE Garda Caitríona O'Malley, who graduated from Templemore Garda College just last month, had a baptism...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Chicago group gets new base
Moving from the city's Southeast to its Northwest represents a good move overall for Chicago Irish Immigrant Support. So believes the Rev. Michael ...
August 04, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Brehons back BC
Call it a holding action. The PSNI’s decision to seek sensitive archive information about the Troubles, held in confidence by Boston College, is ri...
August 03, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Millrose man
New York’s Millrose Games are heading uptown next year and leading the way is famed Irish miler Ray Flynn, who will be running the campaign to rebo...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bailout relief not enough says union leader
Initial optimism surrounding a revised European bailout deal for Ireland's struggling economy is beginning to dissolve after claims the Republic's ...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Moves to better Dáil debates
The Irish parliament, the Oireachtas, is facing operational changes this autumn after members recently voted for a raft of reforms. New rules for t...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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House committee votes to dump diversity visas
The House Judiciary Committee last week voted to abolish the diversity visa program, the last legal path to a green card that most Irish can access...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish Repertory to receive IAW&A's O'Neill award
The Irish Repertory Theatre has been named as the 2011 recipient of the Irish American Writers & Artists' Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Five arrests in Kerr murder probe
Police in Northern Ireland have made five arrests and are carrying out a major search operation in connection with the murder of PSNI officer Ronan...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Body recovered from Donegal lough
The body of a 17-year-old Derry boy has been recovered from Lough Swilly in County Donegal eight days after he drowned. Sean McNair jumped from Rat...
July 27, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff