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Some serious books for the silly season
Now is the summer of our discontent made better by a few good books. Over the course of a year, quite a few books find themselves into the Echo off...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Bulger pleads not guilty as families seek justice
BOSTON - Legendary mobster James "Whitey" Bulger pleaded not guilty to a 32-count indictment, which included 19 murders, during his arraignment las...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Life on the edge isn't a gimme
By Irish Echo Staff U2 have famously lived along the coastline of South County Dublin but lately the band's lead guitarist, Dave Evans, better know...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Around Ireland
CORK LOCALS OBJECT TO WIND FARM PLANS Communities in Inchigeela and neighboring Réidh na nDoirí are to fight against a wind farm proposal - which, ...
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Roots searchers get top advice in Dublin
The groundskeeper can point you in the right direction in the cemetery. The librarian can hook up the microfilm machine and find the files for you....
July 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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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