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Chris Dodd to retire
Dodd announced his decision to retire after three decades in the Senate at a press conference Wednesday. His decision signals another standout mome...
January 06, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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UDA decommissioning welcomed
The move was widely welcomed. A statement from the U.S. Consulate in Belfast described the move as another important and necessary step along the p...
January 06, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish woes a portent for U.S.?
That's the question posed in a recent Washington Post report that examined the post-Tiger economy in the Republic and posed two direct questions: "...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Tourism Ireland going for the two point conversion
"Tourism Ireland has launched an ambitious $500,000 short-term marketing campaign in the U.S. aimed at reviving dwindling interest in the Irish hol...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Time for transfer
That didn't happen, so those same representatives are now looking into a year when the same questions are outstanding, though writ larger as a resu...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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A year for reform
To say that the matter has been poorly dealt with for many years would not be an exaggeration. That said, the issue is an extremely difficult one i...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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World Cup is next stop for U.S.'s O'Malley
"I came to the U.S. for a visit back in the early '80s. The Irish economy was bad and a lot of my mates were already gone from Ireland," O'Malley r...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Effective Ulster earn win vs. under-strength Munster
Although Munster decided to rest several of their Ireland internationals including Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara, Donncha O'Callaghan, Tomas O'Leary...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Helmet rule brings players' carping and other downsides
Ten years after Murphy's radical innovation changed the look of the hurling field forever, the National Hockey League (NHL) made those same helmets...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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His acting's a 'Nine'
"I really tried to think of every excuse I could not to do it because I thought he needed somebody else. I think I gave him a few names, actually,"...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Geraghty and Roche are a potent box duo
By a wide margin, Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon's "I gNoc na Grai" ("In Knocknagree") finished as the top Irish traditional album of the decade. Ther...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Just 'Wake' us when it's over
If pure, unabashed silliness were in extremely short supply on New York stages, "Flanagan's Wake," arriving in the city after a lengthy run in Chic...
January 05, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff