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Book Review, Norah and The Irish Dresser series by Cynthia G. Neale - VIDEO
Norah by Cynthia G NealeNorah: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th Century New York by Cynthia G Neale, tells of a young woman's struggle to understand how she fits into the new world in...
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Renowned Irish dance camp welcomes young adult Irish dancers
Camp Rince Ceol Irish dance campPhoto: Courtesy Sheila Ryan-DavorenFor thirteen years, Camp Rince Ceol has been known as the camp “where Irish dancers spend their summers” Now, young adults, ages...
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So-called 'experts' need to pay for their mistakes on Irish economy
I'm flabbergasted at the admission from the Economic and Social Research Institute that they could have done a better job on forecasting the Irish collapseTalking on RTE Thursday, Professor Frances...
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So-called 'experts' need to pay for their mistakes on Irish economy
I'm flabbergasted at the admission from the Economic and Social Research Institute that they could have done a better job on forecasting the Irish collapseTalking on RTE Thursday, Professor Frances...
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Bargain apartments for sale in Ireland as banks start sell-offs
Brand new luxury apartments are being sold off in Dublin in a fire sale as the Irish banks try to recoup some of the billions of dollars lost in the great property crashCarrickmines Green (see spec...
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Obama marks Cinco de Mayo with immigration reform remarks at White House
The legislative car crash that is the Arizona immigration bill has sparked a renewed effort at the federal level to work on immigration reformPresident Barack Obama was expected to address the issue at...
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Immigration reform (or lack of) set to dominate mid-term elections
It's unlikely that either party wanted the mid-terms to be about immigration but their combined failure to act on the issue has now blown up in their facesThe anger over the Arizona law has moved...
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Gerry Ryan's death marks end of a radio era in Ireland
It's the end of an era in Ireland with the sad news that Irish broadcaster Gerry Ryan (above) has diedRyan breathed new life into the staid national broadcaster RTE with his irreverent brand of humor...
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No Grand Canyon for this legal immigrant over Arizona immigration law
Oh well There'll be no Grand Canyon for this legal immigrant as long as Arizona stays a police stateAs Linda Greenhouse says in today's New York Times the new law is the same as the internal passports...
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New York Times takes a stand for journalism in Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
Talk about trying to shoot the messenger!The New York Times is being attacked from all sides over its coverage of the sex abuse scanadals in the Catholic ChurchAs Public Editor Clark Hoyt noted Sunday,...
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Arizona Gov Jan Brewer signs immigration bill into law
The federal government would appear to be on a collision course with the state of Arizona after Gov Jan Brewer signed the controversial bill into lawThe new bill will force legal immigrants to carry...
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Is the Tea Party over already? Glenn Beck's ratings take a plunge
What's going on with Glenn Beck's ratings?Looks like his viewers are dropping off like the proverbial fliesFigures from Nielsen show that the TV host has lost some 795,562 viewers since JanuaryThat's...
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Tea Party cheers as 'Joe the Plumber' says he wants illegal immigrants shot
So this is what passes for considered thought these daysSamuel 'Joe the Plumber' Wurzelbacher (above) gets an ovation from Tea Party people attending a convention in CincinnatiWhy?Because he wants to...
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Schumer tells Irish fight continues for immigration reform
'We're not giving up on immigration reform,' vowed Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) as he addressed an event hosted by the Irish Lobby for Immigration ReformSchumer was a surprise speaker at the packed...
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Emigration hailed as cure for Irish economy even as U.S. remains closed for...
A staggering 100,000 people will leave Ireland between this year and next year according to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)The ESRI says this exodus is the biggest element in helping...
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Irish hopes high as majority leader Harry Reid says Senate will take up...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate will begin work on immigration reform when members return from recess this week'We need to do this this year,' he told an immigration rally in Las...
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Sexist Ryanair charges fee for pee and blames women for new bag fees
We can expect Ryanair to announce that there will be two tiers of fee-for-pee if they go ahead with their ludicrous plan to charge passengers to use on-board toiletsJust this week, the penny-pinching...
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One in five Irish homes under water as negative equity rises
One in five Irish home-owners is now under waterThe Bank of Ireland alone says that 40,000 of its 199,000 residential mortgages (20 per cent) are under waterThe bank holds 25 per cent of the Irish...
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Anti-immigrant groups wants Census data used to detect and deport illegal aliens
The anti-immigrant group Alipac is making a nasty effort to frighten undocumented immigrants from filling out the census formsAt least that's the only conclusion I can draw from their calls for Census...
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New York Times columnist calls Irish archbishop a hero, says Catholic Church...
Maureen Dowd has singled out Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin as a 'hero' in an Easter week which has seen very few heroes emerge from the VaticanShe'll probably get in more trouble for also...
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