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Ireland as the embassy (confidentially) saw it
The release of the Wikileaks cables has not left Ireland unaffected. In the latest batch, which came to light last week, topics such as the financi...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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As with IFI, Mitchell program also seeks U.S. funding
While a group of Congress members are currently petitioning the House of Representatives to resume funding for the International Fund for Ireland, ...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ambassador's wife rode shotgun to Moneygall
One of the photographers who was in the small pool of U.S. press members covering President Obama's visit to Ireland last month was surprised by th...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Death of Joan O'Dwyer Savarese
The death has taken place in New York of judge Joan O'Dwyer Savarese, a pioneering figure in the advance of women through the ranks of New York's j...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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A 1980s murder embroils Stormont appointee
The Sinn Féin woman at the center of the "special adviser row" at Stormont has said that the killing of a Catholic school teacher over 25 years ago...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Public session for South collusion tribunal
A tribunal set up to investigate allegations of Garda collusion in the murder of two of the most senior RUC officers killed in the Troubles held it...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Derry blast close to sleeping child
Children in Derry had a lucky escape after an explosion in the Brandywell area. Damage was also caused to properties, but no-one was injured. The a...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Back to the basics and the simple
Black 47 played the recent Joey Ramone birthday party at Irving Plaza. Now lest you think we were kissing the pinky rings of the men in suits, let ...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Another heave by a restless diaspora
It was perhaps inevitable that in the recent announcement of eleven new members of the Irish Senate by Taoiseach Enda Kenny there was neither sight...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Old words cause new problems for Norris
Controversial comments about pedophilia have come back to haunt the man tipped to be Ireland and Europe's first openly gay president. The remarks w...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Molloy event will focus on '81 hunger strikes
The Molloy College Irish Studies Institute is this weekend hosting a discussion focusing on the 30th anniversary of the "Great Irish Hunger Strike....
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Probe into diversity visa snafu
The U.S. State Department is reportedly investigating just how more than 20,000 people were wrongly told that that they had been selected as finali...
June 09, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff