Today's top Irish news stories:

'Irish Seven Course Dinner' item is six beers and a potato in Peoria pub

An Illinois pub and restaurant, Donnelly’s Pub, claiming and trying to be some sort of authentic Irish pub, has been making headlines with its inclusion of an “Irish Seven Course Dinner” in its menu...READ MORE

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Irish woman apologizes in court for false allegations of sexual abuse against Catholic priest

Eileen Culloty, of Currow in Killarney, Co Kerry, apologized in the High Court this week for making false allegations of abuse against Fr Liam O’Brien in 2008...READ MORE

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The inaugural Irish Sports 50 awards presented by Irish Voice newspaper were held on Thursday night in Manhattan at the beautiful surrounds of the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue and were an outstanding success...READ MORE

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Samantha Power could transform U.S. diplomacy says Foreign Affairs Magazine

Samantha Power could transform US diplomacy says a writer for Foreign Affairs magazine, the bible of the foreign policy industry...READ MORE

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DUI and hit-and-run charges dropped for MA Bishop despite failing three sobriety tests

Charges against Bishop Robert McManus of the Worcester Diocese in Rhode Island have been dropped after McManus entered a guilty plea...READ MORE

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