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Jacqueline Goldberg leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Friday, May 17, 2013, after testifying in court.

The Convention Center in Dublin hosted a citizenship ceremony on Monday in which immigrants from around the world become citizens of the Irish Republic.

Police search for remains of missing Dubliner Gerard Daly

87-year-old sues Donald Trump over condo - ‘Somebody has to stand up to him’

Feisty octogenarian stands up for herself in court

Ireland's Eye – A roundup of top Irish news stories

A look at news from around Ireland

Dig in murdered rogue ex-policeman’s garden in Cavan for missing man’s remains

Police are searching for the missing Tallaght man Gerard Daly

Caroline Roddy, left and Fiona Roddy, leaving Sligo Circuit Court, where their abuser, Michael John Cunningham, was sentenced to two years prison for sexual assault.

Sisters abused over six years by their uncle - disgusted by two year sentence for sexual abuse

Two sisters who found the courage to give evidence at County Sligo Circuit Court about their sexual abuse as children at the hands of their uncle were left speechless and dismayed by what they called his light sentencing. ...

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A hoard of late Bronze Age gold ornaments that was found at Mooghaun North, Co Clare, in 1854. The newly recovered treasure trove found in the UK includes medieval silver coins, military items and a B

Looted Bronze Age treasure trove of 900 coins and weapons returned from Britain

A collection of nearly 900 artifacts from the late Bronze Age and medieval age were recovered from the UK and will be returned to Ireland. ...

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A depiction of a family during The Great Hunger

Scientists pinpoint organism which caused Ireland’s devastating 1845 potato blight

Scientists have identified the pathogen that caused the potato blight of 1845, one of the factors which led to the countries devastating Great Hunger, killing one million people. ...

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'I expect terror attacks during G8 summit' warns PSNI chief

Terrorist attacks are the sad reality of Northern Ireland and should be expected during the G8 summit, according to the the PSNI commander of the security operation. ...

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"Jim'll Fix It" star Sir Jimmy Savile suspected of being a mass pedophile

Sordid tale of Jimmy Savile to become a musical at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

It's hard to imagine that child sex abuse could be the stuff of a musical, but that's precisely what's about to happen at this years Edinburgh arts festival. ...

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Pope’s belief in the Devil evident as he lays his hands on ill boy in St. Peter’s Square

Did Pope Francis perform an exorcism at the Vatican Mass on Sunday? - VIDEO

Italian press, and media worldwide, are speculating that Pope Francis I performed an exorcism on a young boy in a wheelchair at the Pentecostal Mass last Sunday. ...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, the ranking member, as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembles to work on a landmark i

Immigration reform bill passes a huge hurdle with Irish E3 visas intact - VIDEO

The comprehensive immigration reform bill passed a huge hurdle on Tuesday night with the Senate Judiciary Committee voting 13-5 for passage out of the committee and on to the senate floor. ...

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Caskets at St. Peters Catholic Church - The Ancient Order of the Hibernians, provided a 19th century funeral service at St Peter’s Church on Staten Island

Thousands of Great Hunger victims who died in Staten Island quarantine remembered

Thousands of victims of Ireland’s Great Hunger remain buried under Staten Island’s modern structures in unmarked mass graves. ...

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Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (above) and Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin are rowing over the treatment of Catholics who support the new abortion legislation

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12-year-old Isabel Hughes and her Irish father, Aidan, who developed, Calculator Plus, the number one-rated app worldwide on Amazon’s Android App Store

Calculator Plus app invented by Dublin 12-year-old and her dad tops Amazon’s Android App chart

Calculator Plus, developed by 12-year-old Isabel Hughes and her Irish father, Aidan, has become the number one-rated app worldwide on Amazon’s Android App Store. ...