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Educators seminar this Saturday at AIHS
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Educators seminar this Saturday at AIHS
The topic for the seminar is "The Lessons of Ireland's Great Famine." Speakers include Ireland's Consul General in New York, Ambassador Niall Burge...
Irish aid arrives in stricken Haiti
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Irish aid arrives in stricken Haiti
The supplies of blankets, plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, water tanks, tents, mattresses and kitchen sets will be given to the Irish aid ag...
No visa to see dying sister
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No visa to see dying sister
And one of them who is not being granted a waiver is desperate to get to Missouri where his sister is suffering from terminal cancer. Kevin O'Brien...
Bullied in school, takes her own life
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Bullied in school, takes her own life
Phoebe Prince and her mother had moved from Ireland to the western Massachusetts town of South Hadley last fall to be near relatives. She became po...
Down, down, down
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Down, down, down
Houses prices in the Republic fell by almost 20 percent last year. Homes in Dublin have lost value by about
Yikes, a million missing
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Yikes, a million missing
The Irish government's Central Statistics Office has calculated that overseas visits to Ireland fell by 881,200, or 12 percent, in the first 11 mon...
Raytheon winds up in Derry
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Raytheon winds up in Derry
"As part of the planning process for 2010, we carefully considered the overall workload for the Northern Ireland systems and software center site a...
Banking inquiry is beginning to take shape
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Banking inquiry is beginning to take shape
The Green Party, the junior partner alongside Fianna F
Great Scott
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Great Scott
It seems that there were multiple forces in play as voters went to the polls but many around the country, we sense, would prefer to believe that th...
Small bore again
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Small bore again
Being allowed to parade down one street as opposed to the next, or another street, would appear to be well down the list of fundamentals. Not, appa...
It's a great time to learn Irish!
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It's a great time to learn Irish!
As always, there is an action-packed calendar of Irish language and Irish-themed events taking place all over the city. There is an Irish Language ...
Doyle's brilliant year
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Doyle's brilliant year
On Sun., Jan. 31, we'll find out if he and Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll win the best traditional world music album Grammy for "Double Play" (Compass...

 



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