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Rally for Kieran
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January 19, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Greyhound racing gone to the dogs in NE
Smith, whose parents came to the U.S. from County Cavan, invented the mechanical lure in 1912 to prevent the killing of live jackrabbits by greyhou...
January 19, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Continental gives Shannon a lift
Continental currently operate a daily year round service from Shannon to its Newark hub and from there a wide range of connecting flights throughou...
January 19, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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In Boston, a Haitian-Irish story
"I'm doing double duty right now," said the Boston Irish Reporter's managing editor Bill Forry, referring to his journalism and to the humanitarian...
January 19, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Buckley on familiar, tortured ground
Many of his age might be thinking of retirement, Buckley, hale and hearty, got on a plane to go to the center of a maelstrom: Port-au-Prince, Haiti...
January 19, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish government, aid agencies, respond to Haiti disaster
The technical team, which will be drawn from Irish Aid, the Irish government's program for overseas development, will initially be charged with ass...
January 19, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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A worthwhile gathering
This was the Obama administration's broadest outreach to date and the response was indeed appropriate. There were few empty chairs in the briefing ...
January 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Haiti's agony
But this week we are distracted by events on another island. And rightly so. Haiti's history mirrors that of Ireland in some respects. The Haitians...
January 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Cowen gives ground on inquiry into bank mess
Cowen had taken view that there was an onus on the government to prioritize its work towards a stable banking system rather than divert resources i...
January 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Three out of six for T2
But thus far, only three of the six transatlantic carriers that fly out of Dublin have signed up for T2. American Airlines and Continental Airlines...
January 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Artist N
David McDermott, of McDermott & McGough fame, suggested to Rose Burlingham that she take in the work of a young painter at the Kevin Kavanagh Galle...
January 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Not quite a 'Home' run
A few years ago, a well-known Broadway actress was playing the female lead in a show in which her character was killed off at the end of the first ...
January 18, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff