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Child abuse report due for publication
A long-awaited report into the handling of clerical child sex abuse allegations in a diocese in Cork is due to be made public within weeks. Justice...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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McAleese to head Magdalene probe
Senator Martin McAleese, husband of President McAleese, is to head an investigation into the Irish state's role in alleged abuse in the infamous Ma...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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NOTW's end has Irish angle
The demise of the London Sunday tabloid, The News of the World, will have a direct effect on the Irish newspaper market where Irish versions of Bri...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Worried over more British nuke plants
The Sellafield nuclear plant, which sits on the coast of Cumbria on the far side of the Irish Sea, but in reality not very far from Ireland in nucl...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Republic's population hits 4,581,269
The numbers are in and according to the 2011 census the population of the Republic of Ireland now stands at 4,581,269. This is a rise of 341,421 ov...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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McIlroy success highlights North's identity dilemma
In Northeastern Ireland, in the statelet that is known by a number of names: the Six Counties, Northern Ireland, the North of Ireland, Ulster, or t...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hibs convene
Hundreds of Hibernians from all over New York State and beyond are converging on Pearl River in Rockland County this week for the Ancient Order of ...
July 13, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Linda inspires
Linda Finnnan is living her American dream. And the Listowel, County Kerry-born mother of two had a chance to tell it to the world when she became ...
July 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Murders at center of Bulger case
BOSTON - The dozens of racketeering and extortion charges that led to James "Whitey" Bulger's 16-year flight from justice were dismissed in federal...
July 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Diversity visa draw scheduled despite glitch
The U.S. State Department still terms the bungling of thousands of diversity visa applications as a "computer glitch," but wants applicants to hold...
July 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Rockland gears up for feis
Rockland County is about to mark a big 38. What is being billed as the 38th Rockland County Feis and Field Games is set for Sunday, July 17 at Anth...
July 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Orange Order blames violence on.....MTV
Sinn Féin has hit out at the Orange Order after the organization blamed the "MTV generation" for more rioting in East Belfast. Trouble broke out ne...
July 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff