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St.
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All you need to know about St.Patrick's day in Ireland
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Long-lost
love ends in marriage 36 years later
RETURNING to Ireland John Walsh never imagined he'd meet
his childhood sweetheart 36 years later.
Ireland
ninth in well-being list
IRELAND has been ranked ninth out of 21 industrialised countries
in a report assessing the well-being of children but Britain
has come in bottom of the list.
ILIR
Set for Biggest Rally Ever
THE Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) is two weeks away
from its biggest rally ever in Washington, D.C., according to
the group's executive director Kelly Fincham.
NY
GAA Chief Slams British Anthem
THE playing of 'God Save the Queen' at GAA headquarters
at Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday for the historic Ireland/England
rugby game has drawn the ire of New York GAA Chairman Seamus
Dooley.
Finucanes
to Meet Clinton, Obama
THE family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane is to meet with
Democratic presidential candidates Senators Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton during a visit to the U.S. next month.
PDs
Promise Major Tax Cuts
SUBSTANTIAL tax cuts and improved relief for first time home
buyers were promised last weekend by Michael McDowell if his
Progressive Demo crats party is returned to coalition power
with Fianna Fail.
New
venue choices for Irish weddings
IRISH couples will be able to marry wherever they want by the
end of the summer except outdoors.
Life
for Travellers worse now than 30 years ago
PUBLIC hostility to Travellers in Ireland is worse now than
it was 30 years ago, according to Fr Pat Cogan, head of the
Respond voluntary housing association.
Rising
cost of keeping prisoners in jail
The cost of keeping a prisoner behind bars in Ireland is three
times higher than in Britain according to figures released last
week.
Campaign
drive begins for free travel in Ireland
IT is one the major issues affecting the Irish community in
Britain but one man has decided to take matters into his own
hands.
New
Child Protection Laws Proposed
THERE seems certain to be a constitutional referendum before
the end of the year, strengthening and consolidating children's
rights and protecting them from sexual abuse.
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Sinead’s
Tangled Love Life Unravels
SINEAD O'Connor seemed happy as recently as two weekends
ago, when she walked the red carpet with Frank Bonadio, the
father of her new son, at the Irish Film and Television Awards
in Dublin.
ND
Says No to Bono
THERE'S not too many people in the world who would confuse
the one and only Bono U2 frontman, political activist with the
late Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher fame, but one clueless dude
in North Dakota managed to do just that last week.
Hansard
Happy to Be Framed
GLEN Hansard is a busy man. He has just finished wrapping up
a series of dates on his first solo album, Swell Season, an
acoustic masterpiece he released in collaboration with Czech
singer and multi-instrumentalist Marketa Irglova, and two other
friends, Marja Tuhkanen from Finland on violin and Bertrand
Galen from France.
Hanks
trades Hollywood for Ireland to film new movie
ACTOR Tom Hanks is set to film a £47million movie in Ireland
this summer.
Landmark
Dublin theatre is set to close
One of Dublin's best loved theatres is to close. Andrew's
Lane, which is located in the heart of the city between Trinity
College and the Central Bank, has been purchased by property
developers.
Manchester
set for latest Irish festival
The twelfth Manchester Irish festival kicks-off on March 3 with
the Lord Mayor of Manchester David Sandiford opening the event.
When
Craic Meets Culture
ANY Irish person can tell you that the word craic means fun.
And with that lofty principle in mind, New York's 2007
Craic Festival will, starting on March 6, unveil a four day
full on celebration of Irish music and film that the locals
here have placed at the top of their St. Patrick's annual
events.
Saving
the Earth
AMONG the 100 acts taking part in the Live Earth concerts on
July 7 being organized by former Vice President Al Gore are
Snow Patrol and Damien Rice.
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Winner
Moore on a Mission
UNBEATEN Wicklow middleweight James Moore is now 10-0 after
a successful search and destroy mission on Edson Aguirre at
the Plattduetsche Park restaurant in Franklin Square, Long Island
Friday night.
Waterford
to Replace Shels
WATERFORD United have accepted an offer from the FAI to replace
Shelbourne in the Premier Division of the new eircom League
after Shels were relegated to the First Division after an investigation
into their financial troubles.
Cats
claw a draw
All-Ireland champions Kilkenny remain unbeaten since 2005 but
they rode their luck and were fortunate to get a draw against
a hard working Dublin side on Sunday.
Our
field of dreams
There have been many false dawns in Irish sport recently.
GAA
Warns About Lansdowne Status
INTERNATIONAL soccer and rugby will be played at Croke Park
in 2008 but only if work has commenced on the redevelopment
of Lansdowne Road, home to the Irish teams in both codes.
FDNY
Play Transfer Market
THE biggest winners in the New York trans-fer market this past
week were the Fire Department of New York and their junior team,
with the addition of five players to their panel for the upcoming
season.
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Rolling
in the isles
A definition of an island in days gone by would have been a
place where the children drive cars and noone has a television
licence.
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Sunday
Bloody Sunday
IT was a small aircraft that flashed a light as a signal to
those Auxiliaries waiting around Croke Park.
Get
on the Bus
THERE are just two weeks to go before the Irish lobby day in
Washington, D.C. to push for immigration reform.
Where
the Streets Have No Trucks
DUBLIN became a transformed city this week as the new ban which
keeps trucks out of the city during the day came into operation
on Monday morning.
Intelligencer
Barack, Hillary Compete - Barack, Hillary Compete - Who Will
Show Up for ILIR? - Richardson for VP Slot? - McAleese for U.S.
New
Outrage Over Irish Remains
A COALITION of Irish Americans is calling on New Yorkers to
support their efforts to find a dignified final resting place
for the remains of Famine era immigrants recently taken from
underground on Staten Island.
My
Sister's Heroic Dying Days
LET me tell ye a big wee family kind of story, and after reading
it some of you might be inclined to do me a small favor while
you're at it!
Mother,
Life, Landscape, and the Connection
Edna O'Brien returns to world of The Country Girls in
The Light of Evening, with the mother-daughter relationship
as the main theme.
Imagining
the Unknown
In his latest novel, Zoli, Dublin-born Colum McCann proves that
part of his talent as a writer lies in his ability to imagine
and capture the lives of the forgotten and oppressed.
Touring
Ireland 2007
Do you fancy a trip to the old country in 2007? Or maybe you
have your dates already booked? Either way, the following event
guide lists upcoming musical, cultural and sporting festivals
over the next six months.
Tara
Keeps Her Crown
Tara Conner, Miss USA 2006 and Irish America cover story (Oct./Nov.)
has been called to task about conduct unbecoming a beauty queen.
It seems that the transition from the small town of Russell
Springs, Kentucky to New York City has been a lot to handle
for the petite blonde.
Book
corner
Tom Deignan reviews the latest Irish and Irish-American
books.
Roots:
O'Brien
Liam Moriarty looks at one of Ireland's signature names.
Making
the Move
"I WAS born in the U.S., love my Irish heritage and now
have dual citizenship. I am in graduate school in New York and
will be finished in a year. I would then like to live in Ireland.
Would my degree from the City University of New York (CUNY)
be worth anything in Ireland? I know the Irish education standards
are much higher than in America. I am obtaining a school counselor
degree and wonder if those types of positions are available
in Ireland."
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Cooleeney
A
Master of Rhyme Who Wanted to Starve the Irish
The Old English of Munster rose in 1569 in a revolt that lasted
four years and they rose again in 1579, this time aided by the
Spanish.
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Scares a Man?
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