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Sinn Fein Confirms
Police Board Members
A FORMER IRA prisoner who the British press once dubbed the Beauty Queen
Bomber broke new political ground this week by becoming the first Irish
Republican to join the North’s Policing Board.
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Ulster
Unionists Try to Regroup
THE Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), which suffered heavy defeats in the recent
Northern Ireland elections, will undergo an overhaul if party leader Sir
Reg Empey has his way.
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Election
Looms as Parties Prepare
THE Dail (Parliament) resumed this week after the Easter recess, with few
in Ireland believing it will sit for much more than a week. As politicians
returned to work at Leinster House speculation was widespread that Taoiseach
(Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern would call a general election within days
despite the latest poll indicating sliding support for the government..
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Ferris Drunk
Driving Arrest
RED-faced Sinn Fein TD (member of parliament) for Kerry North, Martin Ferris,
has admitted he is embarrassed and disappointed over his arrest on suspicion
of drunk driving..
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Shock
as Couple, Two Children Killed
THE Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has urged an
independent child protection investigation into the circumstances surrounding
the weekend deaths of a couple and their two young children in Co. Wexford..
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Survey
Confirms Happy Couplings
WEDDED bliss has Irish couples ignoring the seven-year itch, according to
the report of a special survey commissioned by Accord, the Catholic marriage
support service. more...
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Family
Guy Calls Irish ‘Drunks’
THE Family Guy, the hit animated show broadcast by both Fox and the Cartoon
Network, is loved by viewers for what its own producers call its “irreverent
and subversive humor,” but Irish watchers are irate over a recent episode
which resorted to the usual stereotypes.more...
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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The Perfect
Wedding Day
Former Irish Voice reporter GEORGINA BRENNAN returned home to live and get
married. Here, in the last of her series of articles leading up to her big
day, she reports on the wedding.
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Disabled
Tourist Rates New York
AS thousands of Irish visitors came to snowy New York to celebrate St. Patrick’s
Day, many found refuge from the bitter temperatures in the countless bars
and hotels scattered around the city, but for one particular gentleman refuge
wasn’t that easy to come by.
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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New Work Site for
Construction Workers
IRISH construction workers will no longer have to worry where their next
job will come from. Construction-project.com, a new website created to act
as a recruitment site specifically for the construction industry, has the
answer.
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(Irish Voice) 26 April 2007
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Families
Unite at ILIR Dublin Rally
MORE than 1,500 family members and supporters of the estimated 50,000 undocumented
Irish in the U.S. traveled to Dublin last Saturday for the first meeting
in Ireland hosted by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) with
one goal in mind to once again see their kids, with U.S. visas in hand,
back on Irish soil.
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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‘It’s Not
Easy Being Left Behind’
IT’S not easy being a 7-year-old on the cusp of a big day, Holy Communion,
knowing that the one guest who matters most, an undocumented aunt in America,
won’t be able to travel home for the festivities.
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Neal Leads Bipartisan
Delegation to Ireland
CONGRESSMAN Richard E. Neal, chairman of the Friends of Ireland group in
the House, led a bipartisan delegation of members of Congress to Dublin,
Belfast and London last week to underline U.S. support for the peace process
in Northern Ireland.
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Ryanair Proposes
U.S. Flights
RYANAIR, Ireland’s low fares airline, announced last week it plans to create a sister
airline that allows passengers to fly from the U.S. to Europe for just $12 one-way
by 2009. . more...
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Loyalist
Threaten Human Rights Worker
NORTHERN Ireland was on course for the re-establishment of the Stormont Assembly
next month despite a human rights worker being warned that his life was in danger
from Loyalist paramilitaries..
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Ahern Denies
Manchester Cash Stash
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern has denied carrying a briefcase full of
cash to Manchester 13 years ago when he was finance minister.
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Donegal Fights
Multi Nationals
DONEGAL has become the launch pad for the opening shots in a battle for control
of $610 billion of oil and gas resources.
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Fianna Fail Promises
Big Cuts
FIANNA Fail this week spelt out its financial policy for the next five years –-
and pledged billions of dollars worth of tax cuts, most to be introduced next year,
if returned to power in the summer general election..
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Pedophile Priest
in Dublin
FAMILIES in a close-knit Dublin community are furious they weren’t warned that notorious
pedophile ex-priest Oliver O’Grady described as one of the worst and most dangerous
predators in the Catholic Church is their neighbor.
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(Irish Voice) 18 April 2007
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Bush Touts
Reform for 2007
IN a speech on immigration reform delivered at the U.S./Mexico border at
Yuma, Arizona on Monday, President George W. Bush said he is working towards
a bipartisan immigration reform bill that he hopes will be delivered by
the end of the year.
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Concern
Seeks Funds for Darfur
AS New Yorkers are training for the five kilometer fun-run in Central Park
this coming Saturday, April 14, to raise money for Concern, Ireland’s largest
charitable organization, a tremendous amount of work is being done in the
back offices of the organization in an effort to raise $1 million to get
desperately needed supplies to Sudan’s Western Darfur region.
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Families
Push for Undocumented
AS the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) gears up to take their
campaign across the Atlantic with a meeting set for this Saturday, April
14, at Jurys Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin, family and friends of the undocumented
are putting the work in place to ensure that Jury’s will have a full house.
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Paisley, Ahern
Shake on It
THE landmark historic handshake between Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie
Ahern and hardline northern Protestant leader Ian Paisley has been widely
acclaimed throughout Ireland and Britain..
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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UDA Leader
Ready for Peace
ONE of Northern Ireland’s leading Loyalist paramilitaries has admitted that
he will now have to work with Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness,
the men he spent years trying to kill.
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Bombings Report Blames
Police Bungling
THE report of an inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings 33 years
ago has prompted calls from victims’ relatives for the resignation of serving
cops found to have botched the Garda (police) probe into the atrocities.
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Church
Condemns New Violence
POLICE and the Catholic Church have launched a twin attack on the growth
of gangland violence in Ireland.more...
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Nursing
Dispute on the Brink
A SLIVER of hope of a breakthrough in the nurses’ dispute at hospitals throughout
the country may depend on personal intervention by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern..
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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A Soldier’s Story
Sergeant Frank Carvill, a 20 year veteran of the National Guard, was 51
when he was killed in Iraq in June 2004. Before that fatal day he wrote
long marvelous letters home to his friends and family about the beauty of
Baghdad, and its hidden dangers, as well as his profound relief that he
never had to fire his gun. A pillar of Irish American New York, he was also
that rare thing a standup guy who never let you down. The following article
by CAHIR O’DOHERTY includes excerpts from letters he sent home..
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(Irish Voice) 11 April 2007
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Young Irish
Woman Dies in Fire
A PASSIONATE Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) supporter who was
in Washington, D.C. with the group only last month died in a Bronx hospital
on Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained in a fire in her Upper West
Side apartment earlier in the week.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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ILIR Is
Set for Dublin Meeting
THE U.S.-based Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) will host a meeting
in Dublin on Saturday, April 14 to create an opportunity for Irish families
and friends to get the latest information on the estimated 50,000 undocumented
Irish in the U.S.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Immigration Hearings at Ellis Island
AMERICA’S front door, Ellis Island, through which 12 million immigrants
over the course of 61 years passed, once again opened its doors to immigrants
last Friday, March 30.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Bush
Proposes Immigration Plan
THE immigration debate continues to gather pace on Capitol Hill, as the
Bush administration circulated a set of proposals last week designed to
elicit as much Republican support as possible while still offering the chance
of legal status to undocumented residents of the U.S.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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More
Progress Made Towards May 8
NORTHERN Ireland underwent even more dramatic change this week, with the
last British soldier leaving Crossmaglen, the walls of the notorious Maze
prison being torn down and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley
joining with the man he had previously branded as an “IRA leader” to demand
that the secretary of state vacates his ministerial offices..
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Donaldson
Killer Still at Large
DETECTIVES hunting the killers of double agent Denis Donaldson have admitted
they are no nearer solving the mystery than they were in the week he was
killed exactly a year ago.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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More Money
for Owad Victims
CHRISTINE Owad, the scam immigration practitioner whose crimes against the
undocumented were first uncovered by the Irish Voice in 2005, has been ordered
by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to pay an additional $150,000
in restitution to her dozens of victims.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Aisling
Hosts Drug Abuse Seminar
THE Aisling Irish Center on McLean Avenue in Yonkers hosted a substance
misuse workshop on Friday evening, March 30 to inform the Irish community
on the misuse of drugs and alcohol..
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Fired Attorney’s
Irish Trip
U.S. ATTORNEY John McKay of Seattle, one of the fired U.S. attorneys at
the center of the scandal involving Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, went
to visit family in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary to get away from his political
trouble with the attorney general’s office..
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Neal Leads Irish
Trip
MASSACHUSETTS Congressman Richard Neal, chairman of the Friends of Ireland
group in the House, is leading a 10-member congressional delegation this
week on a trip to Ireland and London.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Nurses Act Over
Pay Rise
INDUSTRIAL action in Irish hospitals by 40,000 nurses, which started on
Monday with a work-to-rule, is to be stepped up next week unless there is
a significant breakthrough in their pay and conditions dispute with the
Health Service Executive (HSE).
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Galway
Water Contaminates Dozens
POLITICIANS, both national and local, and public officials are wading deep
in a river of blame over who is responsible for failing to prevent widespread
contamination of Galway’s water supply with a bug that is causing havoc
in the county. more...
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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Creative
Commuter’s Ferry Plan
IRELAND’S most unusual commuter, Seamus Boyle, is planning to launch his
own ferry company so others can be like him and live on their island home
and still travel daily to work on the mainland.
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(Irish Voice) 05 April 2007
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History Made as Adams, Paisley Deal
IT was a day and an image, captured by a single pool photographer, that
few people thought they would ever see in their lifetime.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Archenemies
Finally Find Common Ground
FEW thought they would ever witness Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley sitting
shoulder to shoulder, let alone sharing power.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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McGuinness Seeks Renewed U.S. Support
SINN Fein’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness, soon to be the deputy first
minister of Northern Ireland’s new devolved government, says that Irish
Americans who helped bring the peace process to fruition still have a vital
role to play in the North, particularly in regard to promoting economic
investment..
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(Irish Voice) 29 March
2007
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U.S. Leaders
Rejoice Over North News
LEADERS in the U.S. have welcomed the agreement between Sinn Fein and the
Democratic Unionist Party to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive
by May 8.. more...
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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McDonald Elected Mayor of Malverne
PATTI McDonald, wife of Steven McDonald, the NYPD officer who was paralyzed
from the neck down in 1986 after being shot while on duty in Central Park,
was elected mayor of her hometown, Malverne in Long Island, last week.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Immigration
Hearing Set for Ellis Island
IN a meeting bound to be rife with symbolism, the House Immigration Subcommittee
chaired by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California will begin discussions
on the issue of immigration reform on Friday morning, March 30 at Ellis
Island, first port of call for hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the
U.S. from around the world during the last century.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Aer Lingus Expands Via Open Skies
AER Lingus has announced three groundbreaking new non-stop services out
of Ireland to the U.S. thanks to the new Open Skies agreement signed by
the United States government and the European Union last week, will allow
EU airlines to fly from any city in the 27 member countries to any city
in the U.S., and vice versa.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March
2007
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Tragic Death of
Bar Owner
A 27-YEAR-old New York bar owner from Aughna cloy, Co. Tyrone was found
dead in his apartment in lower Manhattan on Sunday afternoon by a friend.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Business
Eyes New North Boom
FOR ordinary working folk, the most obvious response from the Republic to
the new Northern Ireland that is emerging from the historic Sinn Fein/ Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP) power-sharing agreement will be a pile of money for
property and business development.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Ahern Promises Big Tax
Cuts
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has been accused of “the most remarkable u-turn in
recent political history” after promising a massive $9.3 billion package
of tax cuts, pensions and public service spending if he is returned to power
after the general election.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Police
to Undergo Reform
JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell said damning Supreme Court criticism of
Garda (police) corruption in Donegal which resulted in a night club boss
being “fitted up” and serving 27 months in jail for bogus drugs offences
justifies his policy of introducing a major shake up of the force.
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(Irish Voice) 29 March
2007
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Business briefs
More Jobs - More Homes Needed - Irish Pizza Salemore...
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(Irish Voice) 29 March 2007
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Emeralds Seek Dunleavy Resignation
AFTER a deluge of criticism over his decision to downgrade the Fire Department
of New York in Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade including verbal slaps
from Cardinal Edward Egan and a representative of the Ford Motor Company,
financial backers of the march Parade Committee Chairman John Dunleavy faces
a new crisis this week.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Council Speaker
in Dublin, Belfast
JUST a week ahead of the March 26 deadline for the transfer for power in
Northern Ireland, a high powered Irish American delegation led by City Council
Speaker Christine Quinn has witnessed positive signals from the Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP) that a new political deal may be on the cards in the
north.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Taoiseach Pushes Immigration Reform
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, in Washington, D.C. and New York
last week for St. Patrick’s celebrations, said he is looking forward to
working with Senator Ted Kennedy and President George W. Bush to promote
passage of a comprehensive immigration bill that would secure legal status
for an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish citizens currently living in
the U.S. more...
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(Irish Voice) 22 March
2007
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Shuffle at Speaker’s
Lunch
IT all happened so fast, it was easy to miss the table switching at the
annual St. Patrick’s House speaker’s luncheon on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Waterford Memorial to Priest Unveiled
IRISH engraver Sean Egan’s portrait of the firefighters who carried Father
Mychal Judge from the burning World Trade Center on September 11 was dedicated
on Wednesday, March 14 at a pre-St. Patrick’s Day ceremony at the West 31st
Street firehouse.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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My Attempt to Change
His Mind
A SMALL lobby group who arrived on Capitol Hill for the Irish Lobby for
Immigration Reform (ILIR) lobby day on March 7 after a 4 a.m. start in the
Bronx were asked by the group’s fiery charismatic Vice Chairman Ciaran Staunton
to head to an appointment with Congressman Thaddeus McCotter from Michigan
in the Longworth building.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Weather Can’t Spoil St. Pat’s Parades
THE undulating luck o’ the Irish has rarely been so pronounced as during
this year’s St. Patrick’s week. .
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(Irish Voice)22 March
2007
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Woman Miscarries
in Waiting Room
IRELAND’S under-siege health service has come under more criticism after
a woman miscarried her baby in front of visitors when left waiting seven
hours for treatment in a Dublin hospital and another hospital, claiming
under-staffing, told women they can’t see an obstetrician until the fifth
month of their pregnancy..
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Fianna
Fail Pushes Credibility
FIANNA Fail has given a clear hint that its general election campaign for
votes will center on who has the greatest credibility.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Punter Fury Over
Big Bet Shutout
A PUNTER banned for winning too much during the Cheltenham horse racing
festival last week has said he is plotting a revenge gambling coup against
the bookie who refused his bets.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Paisley
Ready to Do a Deal?
IS Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley edging closer to a
historic deal with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, or will he turn back
at the doors of Stormont and refuse to share power with the embodiment of
Irish republicanism?
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(Irish Voice) 22 March
2007
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Ahern Meets
with ILIR Leadership
.TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern met with the Irish Lobby for Immigration
Reform (ILIR_ leadership in New York on Wednesday, March 14, and also with
a Donegal undocumented family, including grandparents who had traveled from
Ireland to meet their only grandchild for the first time.
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Crowley
to Hold Hearings
CONGRESSMAN Joe Crowley, Democrat of Queens, is attempting to put together
a public immigration meeting in his district next Thursday, March 29, and
provided that last minute House business doesn’t derail the effort, Crowley
has attracted a stellar line-up of House colleagues who will travel to New
York to discuss the issue..
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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House Immigration Bill
Ready
THE House version of the Kennedy/McCain immigration bill is to be introduced
on Thursday, March 22 by Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) and Congressman
Floyd Flake (R-Arizona).
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(Irish Voice) 22 March 2007
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Pols to
ILIR: Let’s Get It Done!
MORE than 3,000 volunteers from the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR)
braved snow and bitter cold last Wednesday to descend on Washington, D.C.
and make the case for a comprehensive immigration bill.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Reid Vows to Push Reform
SENATE Majority Leader Harry Reid gave his strongest indication yet that
he’s prepared to make immigration reform a top priority on his legislative
agenda this year,. more...
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Gas
Poisons Dozens at Sligo Ball
PANDEMONIUM ensued at the tail end of the Sligo Association of New York
dinner dance last Saturday evening at Leonard’s catering hall in Great Neck,
Long Island when a poisonous carbon monoxide leak filtered deadly fumes
into the banquet room.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March
2007
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Oh, What A Night
to Remember
WHEN Bridie O’Reilly, president of the Sligo Association of New York, phoned
me a few months back to ask if I’d like to accept the group’s Person of
the Year award at their annual banquet, I was thrilled beyond words.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Anniversary Trip Results in Death.
A TRAGIC helicopter crash on a dream trip to Hawaii to celebrate their 25th
wedding anniversary resulted in tragedy last week for a Mayo couple living
on Long Island.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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U.S. Envoy Wants
Immigration Reform
THOMAS Foley is a plain spoken businessman who became ambassador to Ireland
in September 2006. He had previously served the Bush administration in Iraq
where he spent seven months, ending in March 2004, helping kickstart the
economy there. more...
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Kenny Meets
ILIR Leaders
A GROUP of Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) volunteers pressed
the Fine Gael party leader Enda Kenny for the urgent need for immigration
reform when he visited the Irish neighborhood of Yonkers on Friday March
9. more... |
(Irish Voice) 15 March
2007
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Pressure on Paisley
to Deal
DEMOCRATIC Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley was this week coming
under increasing pressure to sign up to a power-sharing Executive with Republicans.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Police
Members in U.S. for Talks
MEMBERS of the North’s Policing Board will visit the U.S. this week for
a round of talks with American politicians..
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Mother, Child Death
Controversy
GARDA (Police) Com-missioner Noel Conroy has delivered a stinging rebuke
to newspapers over coverage of the death of a woman member of his force
while giving birth to twins.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Patrick
Legends Questioned
A NEW book on St. Patrick questions the truth of two of the most famous
legends linked to Ireland’s patron saint.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March
2007
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Holiday Booze Clampdown
ST. Patrick’s day revelers in Dublin face an unprecedented alcohol clampdown
by cops.. more...
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(Irish Voice)15 March 2007
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Welcome
Back, Shelbourne
THE grand old dame of Dublin’s Stephen’s Green, the Shelbourne Hotel, has
reopened its doors two years after it shut down for the first time in its
colorful history for a $132 million makeover..
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Making Their Case for
Reform
THE wind was whipping, and snow was softly falling – in short, last Wednesday
wasn’t a great day to walk around Capitol Hill to put forward the case for
immigration reform.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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On the One
Road With ILIR
AT 4 a.m. last Wednesday morning artic temperatures filtered through the
Bronx and Queens, causing ILIR rally goers to huddle together under lit
lamp posts while wrapping their hands around hot cups of coffee from Sean’s
Deli and the Butcher Block as they awaited instructions from group leaders
to board buses to Washington to attend the third national rally organized
by ILIR more...
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(Irish Voice) 15 March
2007
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Irish Pols Unite
at Rally
THOUGH their political differences will soon be on display with a general
election on the horizon, a bi-partisan group of politicians from Ireland
traveled to Washington, D.C. for the ILIR lobbying day last Wednesday and
guaranteed to do all they could to help legalize the undocumented Irish
in the U.S more...
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Hero Cop
Galvanizes Crowd
THE ILIR members who traveled to Washington, D.C. to battle for immigration
reform were given an emotional reminder of how perseverance and determination
can bring desired results when paralyzed New York Police Department Detective
Steven McDonald urged them to stay focused on their cause.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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O’Cealleagh Deported
from LA
AN Irish bartender in Los Angeles who has been in jail fighting his removal
from the U.S. has been deported.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Free, and
Honest, at Last
In 2004 Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stood
before the media and declared himself a gay American, and announced his
resignation. CAHIR O’DOHERTY spoke to the ex-governor about his journey
through life. more...
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(Irish Voice) 15 March
2007
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Spitzer Will
Not March in NYC
NEW York Governor Eliot Spitzer, in his first year in office, will not march
in this year’s New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17, the Irish
Voice has learned, instead choosing to celebrate the holiday by taking part
in a march in upstate Rochester.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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Ahern Set for U.S.
Meetings
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern will commence his annual St. Patrick’s
trip to the U.S. with a series of meetings in New York on Wednesday, March
14, followed by two days in Washington, D.C. that will culminate with a
meeting with President George W. Bush in the White House on Friday morning
for the traditional exchange of shamrock.
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(Irish Voice) 15 March 2007
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FDNY Emeralds Booted by NYC Parade
THE Fire Department of New York’s Emerald Society, accustomed to its usual
position as one of the first units to step off in the city’s St. Patrick’s
Day Parade, has been booted back in the march as a punishment handed out
by controversial Parade Committee Chairman John Dunleavy.
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(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Council
Speaker to March in Dublin
NEW York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who refuses to march in the
annual Fifth Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade as long as it bans gay groups,
has announced that she will march with her father in the St. Patrick’s Day
parade in Dublin.
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(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Key Hearing on Immigration Reform
A KEY hearing on new efforts aimed at immigration reform was held Wednesday,
February 28 on Capitol Hill, where two Bush administration cabinet members,
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify on behalf
of the president..
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(Irish Voice) 08 March
2007
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Clinton/Kennedy to Headline Rally
SENATORS Hillary Clinton and Edward Kennedy will headline the speaker’s
list at the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) rally in Washington
D.C. on Wednesday, March 7..
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(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Sinn
Fein Seeks Place in Gov’t
SINN Fein delegates made clear at their Ard Fheis (national conference)
in Dublin last weekend that participation in government on both sides of
the border in the short term is their priority aim
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(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Students
Sick on Continental Flight
A CONTINENTAL Airlines jet on a flight from Newark, New Jersey was isolated
on landing at Dublin on Sunday during preliminary fears of a terrorist threat.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Mystery Over Car Murder
THE family of a former blood cancer sufferer have demanded answers about
his death when he was struck by a car driven by an off-duty cop.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 08 March
2007
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Family
Finally Reunites – After 9 Years
THE life of an Irish undocumented resident of the U.S. unquestionably has
its moments, but for Kildare native Brian Hughes it’s was “heartbreaking”
and “gut wrenching” when he was told over the phone 3,000 miles away that
his mother had passed away last July.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Ahern
Warns of Joint Authority
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern has warned that the British and
Irish governments will implement joint authority if the northern parties
do not sign up to a power-sharing deal following this week’s elections.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Irish Gov’t to Fund
Scholarships
THE US-Ireland Alliance announced this week that the Irish government would
match whatever figure the Alliance raises, to the level of 20 million euros
over the next five years, to endow its George Mitchell Scholarship program.
It is the largest commitment the Irish government has ever made to a US
organization.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 08 March 2007
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Pregnancy Strands Irish Couple
AN Irish couple have been left stranded in New York after unexpected complications
with their unborn child, Marie-Therese Feenan and her partner Stephen McQuoid,
from Downpatrick in Co. Down, had just arrived in New York for a short break
last month when the 22-year-old collapsed in the bedroom of her hotel suffering
from severe stomach pains.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 08 March
2007
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Senate
to Unveil Immigration Bill
THE thousands of Irish expected to travel to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday,
March 7, to take part in the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform’s rally
on Capitol Hill could have a brand new bill to advocate for when they arrive.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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ILIR Set for
Record D.C. Rally
THE Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) has been inundated with calls
from the offices of senators and representatives to schedule appointments
for meetings with members from the organization on Wednesday, March 7, when
ILIR volunteers will arrive on Capitol Hill for their third rally in the
space of a year. more...
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(Irish Voice) 28 February
2007
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Immigration
Nightmare For Dad-to-Be
NINE weeks ago, a Limerick man was ringing in the New Year with his new
American bride in his native town of Newcastlewest and was looking forward
to getting back to his adoptive home in Iowa to prepare for the birth of
his first born this summer. .
more...
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(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Irish
Extra Happy About Departed
“I happened to be in Rory Dolan’s at the bar that evening chatting to a
few lads when they opened the doors to the function hall and I got swept
into the crowd,” he remembers.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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North Elections
Slow to Get Going
THE most important election in the history of Northern Ireland has yet to
come to life with only a week left until polling day.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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NYU Furor Over Illegals Game
THE “Catch the Illegal Immigrant” game carried out by New York University’s
College Republicans group attracted about a dozen participants and over
300 counter demonstrators last week on the famous college campus.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February
2007
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ILIR Members
Get ‘Bebo’
THE Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) draws on traditional methods
such as media, posters, word of mouth and its website to reach out to people
about its fight for immigration reform, but a young Irish American girl
has come up with a unique way of communicating with the younger members
of the Irish community in the U.S. It’s called Bebo. .
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Abuse Inquiry Fails to Produce Evidence
VICTIMS of clerical sex abuse reacted angrily to a Garda decision to conclude
its inquiry into the Dublin diocese, the largest diocese in Ireland.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Suspects
Identified In Dublin Riots
SERIOUS rioting that broke out in Dublin’s O’Connell Street during the controversial
“Love Ulster” parade was not planned in advance, according to Garda sources
more...
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(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Irish
Visitor Lucky to be Alive
AN Irish tourist is fortunate to be alive after he was shot in the stomach
in San Francisco three days before Christmas, but the cost of saving his
life has reached an astronomical $300,000. Now friends are hoping to rally
around and pay off at least some of his expenses..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February
2007
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U.S. Woman Saving Irish Greyhounds
A NEW Jersey woman has made it her business to find loving American homes
for discarded greyhounds in Ireland and most recently found a family for
a beautiful young Lurcher greyhound named Lily, who was on deaths door when
Limerick Animal Welfare got hold of her. .
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Protests
Fizzle at Croke Park
THE English national anthem “God Save the Queen” was played at Croke Park,
the GAA headquarters, on Saturday and there wasn’t a single boo or catcall.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Outrage Over
Journalist Arrest
JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell was severely criticized by opposition
speakers in the Dail (Parliament) and accused of endangering the freedom
of the press when a crime writer was arrested by cops probing the leak of
an official report.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Cop,
Firefighter Killed in Duty
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has paid tribute to a Garda and fireman who were
killed while on emergency duty at a road traffic accident..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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Aer Lingus
Calls Off Strike
A PLANNED strike at Aer Lingus was called off on Tuesday after the company
agreed to postpone its cost-cutting plan pending an investigation of the
dispute by the Labor Court.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 February 2007
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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.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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D.C. Irishman Killed
by Drunk Driver
A CORK native living and working in Washington was killed while driving
home from work last Friday morning when a speeding and drunk Turkish national
collided with his car, causing him fatal injuries.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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ILIR to Meet
Rangel
CONGRESSMAN Charles Rangel, the powerful head of the Ways and Means committee
in the House, will meet ILIR Chairman Niall O'Dowd this week, ILIR have
announced. more...
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(Irish Voice) 21 February
2007
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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.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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Record Malpractice Award for Family
THE family of a 34-year old Irish woman who died from pneumonia in Newport,
Rhode Island in 1999 was awarded $21.5 million on February 6, after the
courts concluded that she received negligent care at the hands of an emergency
room doctor in Rhode Island. It is the largest malpractice award in the
history of the state.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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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.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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Call for
Truth Commission
NORTHERN Ireland Policing Board chairman Des Rea has called on the British
government to establish to a truth commission to deal with outstanding issues
relating to the 3,500 people killed during the Troubles.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February
2007
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Sinn Fein
Meets Police
SINN Fein recorded another milestone last Friday, when a party delegation
met with PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde at police headquarters in East Belfast.
The meeting was organized after Sinn Fein members voted to accept the North’s
police force at a special convention last month..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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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.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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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.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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Sickening Incest Inquest Ends
JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has been urged to order a prompt investigation
into Garda (police) handling of inquiries into the murder of a newborn infant
34 years ago.. more...
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(Irish Voice) 21 February
2007
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Family
Still Seeks Killer
THE family of murdered French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier have made
an emotional plea for the person who killed their daughter at her west Cork
holiday home 10 years ago to be brought to justice.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 February 2007
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Obama
Reaches Out to Irish
MY family’s story may be familiar to Irish Americans a distant homeland,
a journey across an ocean in search of opportunity. Like many Americans
of Irish descent, I too have made the journey to my family’s homeland. .
more...
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(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Hain Asks for Economic
Support
NORTHERN Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain, confident that Sinn Fein
and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will finally agree to share power
in a devolved Northern Ireland government by a March 26 deadline, is urging
Irish Americans to shift from political to economic activism given the historic
changes that have taken root in the North during the past 18 months.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Randalls
Island Deal Over for NYGAA
MONTY Moloney, president of the New York GAA Board from 1998- 2003, has
criticized the decision to fund the renovation of the Gaelic Park pitch
in the Bronx instead of building a new grounds at Randalls Island. The Gaelic
Park lease is owned by Manhattan College who sublease it to the GAA during
their season..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February
2007
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Ahern Set for
U.S. Next Month
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern will travel to New York and Washington,
D.C. next month to celebrate the St. Patrick’s season with a series of political
and economic meetings that will culminate with the annual shamrock ceremony
at the White House with President Bush on Friday, March 16.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Second Act for
the Irish Rep
THIS week the New York theater world was abuzz with the welcome news that
the Irish Repertory Theatre in Chelsea has raised over $4.7 million to purchase
its theater, rehearsal studio, and administrative offices on West 22nd Street.
. more...
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(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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PSNI Thanks Sinn
Fein for Help
ONE of Northern Ireland’s most senior police officers has officially acknowledged
Sinn Fein’s help in urging Nationalists to assist a murder investigation.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Last British Watchtower Removed
THE last remaining British Army watchtower was this week removed from the
Republican heartland of South Armagh.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February
2007
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An Orde Love
Child Surprise
POLICE Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Constable Hugh Orde looks set
to remain in place as the north’s most senior police officer despite his
recent admission that he fathered a child outside marriage.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Candidates Promise Lower Tax Rates
THE government has dismissed a pledge by Labor Party leader Pat Rabbitte
that the income tax standard rate will be slashed by two points from 20%
to 18%, one of the lowest in the history of the state, if a Fine Gael/Labor
coalition wins power in this year’s general election..
more...
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(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Writer Kiely Dies
CELEBRATED writer, journalist and broadcaster Ben Kiely has died aged 87
in a Dublin hospital after a year-long illness and was buried on Tuesday
in Omagh, near his native Dromore.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Police Mishandle
Child Porn Probe
RED-faced Garda (police) leaders have launched an investigation into why
no action was taken on information that two computer users in Ireland were
part of a massive international child porn ring..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February
2007
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Pfizer
Denies Irish Withdrawal
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, whose Co. Cork Viagra production plant
focused the world spotlight on its Irish operations, has denied it intends
to pull out of Ireland..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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A Woman of Importance
Her recent report into police collusion with Loyalist killers was hailed
as a groundbreaking investigation. In New York last week, Northern Ireland
Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan met with CAHIR O’DOHERTY..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February
2007
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The Dating
Game: Irish or America
LADIES, are you searching for love this Valentine’s Day, but not sure if
you’d prefer to date an Irish or American guy?
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 February 2007
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Pelosi Pledges
Support to ILIR
More than 1,500 Irish Americans packed into the United Irish Cultural Center
in San Francisco last Thursday at a mega rally in support of comprehensive
immigration reform, with another 150 signing up for the Irish Lobby for
Immigration Reform’s March 7 rally in Washington, D.C.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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ILIR to Host
Meeting in Dublin
The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) will host a meeting in Dublin
on Saturday, April 14 to create an opportunity for Irish families and friends
to get involved in the fight for legal status for the estimated 50,000 undocumented
Irish in the U.S. more...
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(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Irish Ban Contaminated
British Birds
The Irish government has banned imports to Ireland of live birds from Britain
as measures are stepped up to prevent Avian Flu crossing the Irish Sea.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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EU Says Assaults Higher
in Ireland
A dispute has flared between the European Commission and the Irish government
over a report that the level of sex assaults in Ireland is more than 100
times higher than the Dublin administration admits.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Deadly Bug Plagues Hospitals
MRSA, the superbug which can kill, is “endemic” in hospitals throughout
Ireland, according to an eminent expert.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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DUP Tries to Rein In Dissidents
The leadership of the anti-Agreement Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has
been accused of being “Stalinist” after ordering its election candidates
to sign a contract which includes a resignation letter.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Mitchell Praises North Pols
The North’s politicians were given a collective pat on the back Monday by
respected peacemaker and former U.S. Senator George Mitchell.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Informer Begs for Return
Home
A fugitive Republican informer responsible for the arrest of dozens of men
and women has appealed to be allowed to return to his native Derry city.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Spitzer May Review License
Ban
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is coming under pressure from immigrant
advocacy groups to uphold his campaign promise to support changes in policy,
introduced by Governor George Pataki in 2004, that refuse driver’s licenses
to undocumented residents of the state who do not have a Social Security
number. more...
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(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Handcuffed, Shackled
and Deported
An Irish girl suffered humiliation at the hands of U.S. immigration authorities
while she was handcuffed and shackled like a terrorist as a consequence
of living in the U.S. as an undocumented resident for five years.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Suspect Freed in Murder Case
The man arrested in connection with the 2006 murder of Clare native John
Kelly in the Bronx was released Wednesday, January 31 when witnesses testified
to a grand jury that he was dining with them at the time of the shooting.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Aer Lingus Links With Jet
Blue
Irish airline Aer Lingus will significantly expand its reach into the U.S.
market thanks to a new strategic alliance with popular U.S. carrier Jet
Blue that was announced on Tuesday.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Bloomberg Visits
Knock for New Service
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg touched down at Knock Airport last
Sunday to celebrate the securing of new direct flights between Knock and
the U.S.. more...
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(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Irish Woman Masters
Yiddish Translation
Daring to be original, an Irish-born Catholic girl has found her niche by
translating and performing Yiddish plays.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 February 2007
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Sinn Fein Says Yes
to Police
Republican backing for the North’s policing and justice system has taken
the Irish peace process another major step forward, politicians of all parties
have claimed. more...
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(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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IRA Ceasefire Confirmed
by IMC
The IRA has been given a clean bill of health by a body appointed to report
on the state of the Republican and Loyalist ceasefires.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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Casey Says John Paul
II Supportive
Former runaway cleric Eamonn Casey has claimed that Pope John Paul II did
not want him to resign as Bishop of Galway when the scandal of his affair
with Annie Murphy was exposed almost 15 years ago
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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Lawlor Widow Fights Back
Disgraced politician Liam Lawlor’s widow Hazel has won the first round of
her battle to clear his name and stop her own being smeared..
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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Minister Under Pressure
to Resign
Presure continues to mount from the opposition for the resignation of junior
minister Tony Killeen over his representations to the government seeking
early release for a number of prisoners.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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Trinity Flag Controversy
Trinity College and its students are at loggerheads over a move to fly the
Irish Tricolor from the flagpole every day.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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Trans-Atlantic
Flights for Knock Airport
In a major boost for Irish tourism, travelers from Boston and New York wishing
to fly directly to the west of Ireland via Knock Airport in Mayo can now
do so. more...
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(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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NY Consul General to Depart
The news last week that popular Consul General Tim O’Connor will depart
his New York post at the end of next month for a major promotion as secretary
general to President Mary McAleese was greeted with mixed emotions by Irish
American community members.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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House Votes for Finucane
Resolution
The House of Represen-tatives has called on the British government to proceed
with a “independent public judicial” investigation into the murder of Belfast
defense attorney Patrick Finucane, who was slain in 1989 at his home in
front of his wife and three children.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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SF Policing Move Welcomed
Sinn Fein’s vote last weekend to support the Police Service of Northern
Ireland (PSNI) has been broadly welcomed by political representatives in
the U.S. more...
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(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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The Sounds of Silence
How does a deaf young Irishman start his own construction business and make
a life in the U.S.? April Drew finds out.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 January 2007- 5
February 2007
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Irish to
Spend Billions on Development
The Irish government unveiled a $245 billion new development plan for the
country for the next seven years on Tuesday.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Minister in
Prison Release Scandal
Junior Minister Tony Killeen is at the center of a scandal over attempts
to obtain early releases from prison for a convicted murderer and an elderly
child sex-abuser.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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No Tax for Quinn’s ‘Art’
The political biography of former Finance Minister Ruairi Quinn has been
ruled to be a work of art -– which means he doesn’t pay any tax on the income
from the book. more...
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(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Arrest in Bronx Murder
The year-long murder investigation into the shooting of Co. Clare native
John Kelly has taken a surprising turn with the arrest of a suspect after
an eyewitness came forward and identified a neighbor of Kelly's.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Facing Deportation After
32 Years
A Belfast native who has spent the past 30 years saving lives as an Emergency
Medical Service technician (EMS), including time served at Ground Zero after
9/11, may face deportation back to Northern Ireland if he can't produce
the visitor's visa he arrived on in 1974. He has been undocumented since.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Mitchell Reiss Steps Down
Mitchell Reiss, President Bush’s special envoy on Northern Ireland, will
step down from his position next month, and a prominent neoconservative
from the State Department will take his place.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Faces Identified in
Famous Picture
Two persons from one of the most famous pictures in American history of
11 ironworkers in New York eating lunch on a beam hanging high over the
cityscape have been identified, it has been claimed.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Old Sod Sales to Help Emigrants
A Co. Cork businessman has come up with a way to bring a piece (literally)
of Ireland to emigrants, and at the same time give financial support to
the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR).
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Kennedy Reacts to Bush
Proposals
Senator Edward Kennedy, chief Democratic architect of comprehensive immigration
reform in the Senate, applauded President Bush’s State of the Union address
remarks in regard to comprehensive immigration reform, and pledged to work
for bipartisan support to ensure a bill passes.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 January 2007 - 3
February 2007
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Sinn Fein Inches
Closer to Policing
Sinn Fein is set to embark on a series of public meetings as part of a consultation
process ahead of the party’s special Ard Fheis (convention) on policing
later this month.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Police Corruption
Exposed in Report
An explosive report on the role played by police in several murders in the
North is due to be published by Police Ombudsman (complaints commissioner)
Nuala O’Loan next week.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Gang Abducts Couple,
Steals Millions
Garda (police) chiefs are seriously concerned at the detail known to criminals
of the family lives and movements of staff working for security firm Securicor.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Fishing Community
Mourns Tragic Loss
The fishing community in Ireland is mourning the loss of seven trawlermen
in two separate tragedies within a few hours of each other in mountainous
seas off the south-east coast.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Somali Student Wins Science
Prize
A 16-YEAR-old Somali-born student who arrived in Ireland two years ago has
been named Young Scientist of the Year 2007 for his attempts to break the
world’s most hacker-proof security system.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Election Strategies Discussed
Speculation is rife that Labor Party leader Pat Rabbitte could keep Taoiseach
(Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern and Fianna Fail in power after the general
election if the figures don’t add up to a Fine Gael/Labor coalition.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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McDowell Studies U.S.
Crime Techniques
Irish Tanaiste (Deputy Leader) and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell
was in the U.S. last week as part of a fact finding mission in advance of
the unveiling of a new Irish government committee dedicated to policing
and security. more...
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(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Crisis Center for Immigrants
Opens
A crisis center to cope with major overseas emergencies was unveiled by
the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin last week.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Irish Gov’t to Up Grant Amounts
Irish organizations in the U.S. that provide assistance to immigrants are
to once more benefit from Irish government grants this year, Minister for
Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern announced last week.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Nanny 911 to the Rescue
Irish American parents Sean and Siobhan McCafferty were finding it tricky
to raise six children all under the age of six, so they called on the help
of Nanny Stella from the hit Fox TV show Nanny 911, which each week sends
a British nanny to administer tough love to an American family with out
of control kids. more...
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(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
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Fatal At-Tractors
at Culchie Lovefest
McLEAN Avenue in Yonkers was awash with talk of tractors and muck spreaders
on Saturday night as patrons crammed into the Heritage Bar to see Irene
Delaney being award the title Culchie of the Year.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 January 2007 - 24
January 2007
|
DUP Balks Over
Policing Transfer
Widespread optimism about an agreement on power-sharing government for the
North has been diluted following apparent backpedaling by the Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP).
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 January - 17 January
2007
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Bank Heist Charges
Dropped
Two men charged with involvement in the record-breaking robbery of the Northern
Bank in Belfast have walked free from court after charges against them were
dropped. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17
January 2007
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PUP Leader Ervine Dies
The death of David Ervine, one of the few politicians who could articulate
the concerns of working class Loyalists, has caused widespread shock in
his community. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17
January 2007
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Party Members Question
Kenny Leadership
Enda Kenny has moved to quell a mini-revolt against his leadership of Fine
Gael. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17
January 2007
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Unionist May Run for Dail
A maverickUnionist peer who regards the Republic as “a political sewer”
is considering running for the Dail in Donegal.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17
January 2007
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Missing Pilgrim Found Dead
Police in Bosnia are trying to trace the final steps of Medjugorje pilgrim
Winnie Brady, whose body was discovered this week four months after her
disappearance. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17
January 2007
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Women Score in Business
Irish women are destined for most of the quality professions, according
to new government details showing the numbers of applications for places
in university and other third level education institutions.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 January 2007 - 17
January 2007
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SF’s Maskey Says DUP Must
Move
On Saturday Sinn Fein’s ruling body will meet in Dublin to decide if they
should reconsider their plan to hold a special Ard Fheis (convention) on
policing in the North at the end of the month.
more... |
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