Perhaps a small silver lining has emerged to what has been a dark cloud over the family of deceased Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong who was brutally strangled to death in Japan last year on May 24th.  Accused killer Richard Hinds from Tennessee has been charged with Furlong’s murder and has not appealed the verdict.

The family of Nicola Furlong, the young Irish woman brutally murdered in Japan, are planning to sue the hotel in Tokyo where she was murdered.

Murdered Irish student Nicola Furlong’s sister has pleaded with a Japanese court to condemn her killer to the death sentence.

The man accused of murdering Irish student Nicola Furlong told a friend the 21-year-old was “tripping” before her death, a court in Japan has heard.

The American musician accused of killing young Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong has denied he murdered her on the first day of his trial in Tokyo, Japan.

The Irish woman, who was with Nicola Furlong on the night she was killed, has told a Tokyo court about her alleged sexual assault and the rape and murder of her friend, earlier this year.

The heartbroken family and friends of the murdered DCU student Nicola Furlong are organizing events in order to raise funds so they can be there in Tokyo to take part in her murder trial.

Richard Hinds has confessed to the murder of 21-year-old Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong in Tokyo on 24th May.

An American teenager has been arrested in connection with the murder of Irish student Nicola Furlong, 21, in Tokyo, Japan last month. Furlong was in Japan studying when she met her untimely death.

Tragic Nicola Furlong’s brave sister Andrea told how a piece of her heart will always be missing following Nicola’s cruel death.

The heartbroken father of the Wexford student murdered after a Nicki Minaj gig in Tokyo has vowed to make her death count for something.

Two American men are being held on indecency charges in connection to the death of Irish woman Nicola Furlong, at a Tokyo hotel last week.

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From New York to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and from Rock Island, Illinois to New London, Wisconsin, thousands of people from a range of backgrounds will come together to cheer on and participate in St. Patrick’s Day Parades. Here’s a look at some outstanding Irish Americans around the country who have been chosen by their communities to lead the marchers, dancers, bands, societies, and floats down the parade route.

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