Today's top Irish news stories:

JFK planned private family visit to Ireland at time of his death

President John F Kennedy was planning a return visit to Ireland with his family at the time of his assassination, according to his Wexford relatives...READ MORE

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News from around the 32 counties of Ireland, Nov 17 2013

What's been in the Irish news, around the country, this week...READ MORE

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Book reveals Adams, McGuinness were on British Army death squad hit list

In a compelling new book, ”MRF Shadow Troop” a former member of the Military Reaction Force reveals that the army black operations  and assassination squad was ordered to kill the IRA's top players...READ MORE

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“Diary of an Exile” the remarkable work of an Irish construction worker in Britain

I’ve been rereading a book I last studied in Irish class back in Dublin, called "Dialann Deoraí,"  or "An Irish Navvy – the Diary of an Exile."..READ MORE

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Irish whistleblower finally gets ‘closure’ with Lance Armstrong after Florida meeting

The Irish masseuse who outed Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat has come face to face with the disgraced cyclist in a Florida hotel...READ MORE

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