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Dublin-born Christopher Farrell, a Marine gunnery sergeant currently serving in Iraq, has been awarded the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara Medal Read more...
The Department of Health and Children has announced plans to implement the Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance, principally, the Government's decision to prepare legislation for the licensing of healthcare providers Read more...
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The Chief Executive of Irish Life & Permanent plc, Denis Casey, informed the Board of the Company on Friday that he will be resigning his position, after coming under both private and public pressure from Finance Minister Brian Lenihan Read more...
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Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, met with the heads of fifteen State tourism agencies, State arts bodies, and the cultural institutions last week to begin the work of further developing the cultural tourism market Read more...
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There are few, if any, accolades more complimentary to a musical act than when critics or fans refer to them as utterly unique, an artist that has traveled their own path, blazing an exclusive trail that often inspires legions of imitators but by its very nature, can never be reproduced Read more...
Christine Potter of New York, wrote "Lost Internet Postings from the Week After 9/11", to her friend Terese Coe, who is a popular contributor to this column Read more...
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Hugh Leonard, the Irish commentator and playwright, whose father-and-son drama 'Da' won critical acclaim on Broadway died last week, aged 82 Read more...
I had intended to break the mould this week and do a nice happy-clappy article about the things to enjoy in this benighted world. But you know what they say: Man makes plans and God laughs. And so it came to pass... Read more...
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Director Danny Boyle is one of those filmmakers (much like iconic director Martin Scorsese) who makes movies that generate a buzz - just because his name is attached to it - regardless of its stellar cast Read more...
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Last Wednesday the IBO had their annual meeting upstairs at O'Lunney's on West 45th Street. While there I met the proprietor Hugh, who I can tell has done a splendid job with both the Bar and the Restaurant in a prime location right off Broadway... Read more...
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Ireland's tilt at the RBS Nations 6 Nations title gathered further momentum with a scrappy 38-9 victory against Italy at the Stadio Flaminio Read more...
Many of the leading Irish and Irish-American boxers in the world will gather on St. Patrick's Day Eve (Monday, March 16), including 2004 Olympian Andy Lee and former WBC bantamweight champion Wayne "Pocket Rocket" McCullough... Read more...
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