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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...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 26, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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Banking inquiry is beginning to take shape
The Green Party, the junior partner alongside Fianna F
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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 ...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff
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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...
January 25, 2010
by Irish Echo Staff