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Spitzer Guests At Irish Reception

NEW York Governor Eliot Spitzer made one of his first forays into Irish territory since becoming governor when he appeared as a guest at a reception hosted for him by the US-Ireland Alliance ...

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Clinton Supports McAllister

MALACHY McAllister is a Northern Ireland native who is in limbo in the U.S. at present. ...

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Echo to Be Sold

The Sunday Independent in Ireland reported last weekend that the Irish Echo newspaper is likely to be sold.

The buyer, according to the newspaper, is Mairtin O Muilleoir, owner of the Andersonstown News, th ...

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Bertie the Comeback Kid?

THE Irish Times poll which saw Fianna Fail and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern jumping five points was a complete surprise to the media which had begun to write Ahern off.

Bertie Houdini m ...

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On the Green Glassy Slopes

HISTORY is being made so often in Ireland these days that it seemed quite a mundane matter when the Reverend Ian Paisley rolled up at the Battle of the Boyne site outside Drogheda to meet Taoiseach ...

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King Leads Anti-Immigrants

CONGRESSMAN Peter King, Republican of Long Island, has not only decided to be the poster boy for anti-immigrant nativists, but he is now apparently planning on introducing his own version of an imm ...

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Sinn Fein Setbacks

THE failure of Sinn Fein to pick up extra seats in last week's Irish election was one of the most surprising aspects of a very surprising election.

Before the polling date Sinn Fein party regulars, who us ...

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Irish Echo Is Sold

AS predicted here a few weeks ago, the Irish Echo has been sold to a Belfast-based company headed by former GAA President Peter Quinn.

The Belfast Media Group was formerly the Andersonstown News Group an ...

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King Leads Anti-Immigrants

CONGRESSMAN Peter King has now become the de facto leader of the anti-immigration reform forces in the House of Representatives.

King led a press conference on Tuesday surrounded by a bunch of ot ...

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Thompson Seeks Out Maggie

HMM, probable Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson flew to London this week so he could be pictured with Margaret Thatcher after a speech to a conservative organization there.

Thompson ...

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