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Young Irish desperately seeking new leader - SEE VIDEO
Starting fresh in economic wastelandA few weeks ago, I attended an undergraduate graduation ceremony in Dublin As the youngest of 5 siblings, I’ve been to my fair share of graduations, and I know what...
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Scars of love and wounds that heal
The day I was born, I came bearing wounds from sorrows I hadn’t yet known When I was still in my mother’s womb, my older sister, then just 5 years old, was mowed down by a teenage drunk driver Her...
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Casting a cold eye on life and death as young man dies
I was in class this morning, screening a documentary about the Iraq WikiLeaks files for my journalism students when I received the news via text Our friend’s younger brother had lost his life overnight...
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Finding a ‘Lost and Found’ room for the whole of Dublin
It started on Saturday night, when I left my laser card in the card machine at a music venue where my friend’s band was performing Somewhere between typing in the digits on a keypad, and hearing the...
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Facebook makes more sense to Irish protesters than marching
Is it just me, or are Facebook Petitions more powerful these days than real-life protests? Take, for example, a Facebook group created this past Tuesday, “Petition – N21 Barnagh Road Layout” – aimed at...
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The, not-so, secret lives of Irish teenagers
SNOG BRACELETS: The name on the bag of perhaps 20 brightly colored, thin rubber bracelets was as menacing as its insanely cheap price tag: 1 EURO I saw the little pouch dangling from a shelf in a local...
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How the Irish have a way with words
Kissing the Blarney Stone: said to give you the 'Gift of the Gab'Irish people use some of the most clever turns of phrases I’ve ever heardFor a venue lacking in size, there’s “You couldn’t swing a cat...
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Hearing Africa in Dublin: Discovering Ireland’s underground music scene
I’m officially obsessed with a dj Well, not a dj really, but his musicIt started a few weeks ago on Dame Street in Dublin’s city center What was turning out to be one of those painfully quiet nights in...
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On Finding Love and Yeats in Ireland
Still don’t know what Love means,Still don’t know what Love meansIt’s the refrain from a a song called 'Jolene' by Ray Lamontagne, one of my all-time favorite artistsDoes any one of us know what Love...
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Ireland turns on gypsies homeless
No matter where you go in Dublin’s city center, and many large cities, you’ll almost always find people sitting on the street begging for their keep There are the young runaways, the sullen addicts,...
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Ireland turns on gypsies homeless
No matter where you go in Dublin’s city center, and many large cities, you’ll almost always find people sitting on the street begging for their keep You’ll see young runaways, sullen addicts, and Roma...
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Tough Being an American on 9/11 Anniversary
It’s difficult to be away from home when the people back there are hurting It’s difficult to be a New Yorker in Ireland on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 Especially this year, when the city has...
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Living my Irish dream: Rain soaked revelry at Electric Picnic - SEE PHOTOS
SEE PHOTO GALLERY HEREOn the dark country road that leads the way to the Electric Picnic festival, the lights of a giant Ferris wheel peek out over trees and draw us towards them, like moths to flame...
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Seeking a fortune teller and meeting the White Witch
Call me crazy, or if you’re generous of heart, just call me ridiculous I spent the weekend visiting psychics Yep, mediums, portals to the other world, fortune tellers, mystics, – however you want to...
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Why they don't want any good news about the Catholic Church over here
There it was again The cool sting of rejection, like an unexpected slap across the face I’d just met with a potential financier for a documentary film I’ve been working on with my sister, and after he...
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A U.S. girl chasing the Irish dream, but meeting nightmares along the way
Combing through my email outbox, I count how many resumes I’ve sent out in the last few months Forty-two, forty-eight, forty-nine; this month’s total hovers around fifty I’m too tired to count beyond...
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2012 North American Irish Dance Championships ~ Dance Dramas - Part 4
Watters School of Irish Dance'Chicago' Dance DramaPhoto: Watters School of Irish Dance North American Irish Dancing Championships - Dance Drama Review - Part 4When it was time for the third entry in...
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A new side of George Clooney in ‘The American’
Though its trailers and poster suggest that 'The American' is an action-packed spy thriller, those expecting a film in the vein of Jason Bourne are sure to be disappointed Instead, star George...
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2012 North American Irish Dance Championships - Dance Drama Review -part 3
McGing Irish Dancers dance dramaPhoto: Christine Carey Steele, TCRGNorth American Irish Dancing Championships - Dance Drama Review - Part 3The final Irish Dance Drama entry of the evening for the 2012...
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2012 North American Irish Dance Championships - Dance Drama Review- Part 2
Dillon Moore Academy Dance DramaPhoto: Dillon Moore AcademyNorth American Irish Dancing Championships 2012 Dance Drama Reviews - Part 2The second Irish dance drama performance on stage at the 2012...
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