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Frank McCourt, author of the famous Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Angela's Ashes', died on July 19 after a long illness of meningitis and melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer... Read more...
The Minister for the Environment, John Gormley T.D. announced on Monday that he has issued instructions to local authorities to commence publishing the results of their drinking water sampling programmes on their websites Read more...
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Last Wednesday, Enterprise Ireland reported that its client companies achieved new export sales of €1.3bn in 2008, bringing the total value of exports from Enterprise Ireland-supported companies to €14.3bn... Read more...
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Micheál Martin, T.D., has stressed Ireland's determination to remain at the heart of the EU and said that he saw ratification of the Lisbon Treaty as vital in this regard Read more...
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2009 may well be characterized by the Chinese calendar as the year of the ox but as I've frequently mentioned in this column, in terms of music this year will certainly be remembered as the year of the fairer sex... Read more...
'Welcome to the World' by Dee Fitzpatrick, was written following the birth of little Layla, her youngest sister Lynn's daughter with her husband Neville... Read more...
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President Obama's first court nominee and potentially the first Hispanic Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, will be answering many questions during her Senate confirmation hearings this week... Read more...
As usual, this was supposed to be a happy column. After all, I had met the divine Anjelica Huston on Sunday and let me tell you, she would cheer up anybody's life... Read more...
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The Irish Examiner Newspaper is pleased to announce that we are honoring Garrett Doyle as our Man of the Year for 2009 Read more...
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The Minstrel man himself Frank McCourt passed away on Sunday after been gravely ill with meningitis and he will never be forgotten as he was a great friend of mine and a big supporter of both The Irish Examiner newspaper and Irish Connections magazine Read more...
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David Beckham returned to the LA Galaxy and MLS last Thursday night, after a six month loan to AC Milan, at the Giant's Stadium against the New York Red Bulls... Read more...
Whilst a game Antrim side were not in the least disgraced in their first Ulster final appearance since 1970, it was the sheer class of Tyrone that was the story of the day as they dispatched the Saffron challenge with relative ease to now head into the business end of the championships and a place in the All Ireland Quarterfinal Read more...
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