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Last Friday, Minister Micheál Martin, T.D., initiated the first step of a crucially important element of the implementation of the Strategic Review of Ireland-US relations, when he chaired the inaugural meeting of the Ireland-US Leadership Council Read more...
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D., and the Northern Ireland Office Security Minister, and Chair of the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF), the Rt. Hon. Paul Goggins MP attended the annual Cross Border Seminar on Organised Crime in Dundalk... Read more...
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Four new London 2012 Inspire marks have been awarded in the North earning the congratulations of Northern Culture Minister Nelson McCausland... Read more...
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Figures released last Wednesday recorded a further increase in unemployment levels in the North. Output from the Northern service sector was relatively unchanged over the latest quarter, but output from the production sector fell once again... Read more...
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For many years Scandinavia has enjoyed approximately the same relationship with good music that Ireland has with sunny weather, with the two having little more than a passing acquaintance... Read more...
It's that golden time of year again. A year ago a single rose budded in Mike Farnham's yard. It inspired Mike to write a very sensual poem for his wife Adele... Read more...
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Ah, there are those golden days when it is worth getting up in the morning. Last week, for me, it was the highlight of getting to watch Junket John O'Donoghue throwing his hissy fit - excuse me; I mean giving his resignation speech - in the hallowed Dail Chambers under the watchful eyes of his wife Kate Ann Freeload who had bagged herself one of the choice seats in the spectator gallery... Read more...
I bought Glenn Beck's latest bestseller, "Arguing with Idiots," for the young adults in my family who work in Manhattan. All during last year's presidential campaign, they'd moan about the "idiots" they worked with who knew nothing about how the government worked; nor could they articulate any reason for voting for Barack Obama other than "He's not Bush" or "It's time we had a black president." Read more...
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Not only Irish eyes might smile through tears during Finian's Rainbow this fall - the first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years. That's how long it's been since the musical with a book by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Yip Harburg (Harburg also wrote the lyrics for "Over the Rainbow") and music by Burton Lane played the Great White Way... Read more...
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What a busy night I had on Thursday as I first went to the Irish Consulate on Park Avenue in honor of Michael Martin, T.D., Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the invitation of the Consul General of Ireland Niall Burgess and Ms. Marie Morgan-Burgess along with the Ambassador of Ireland Michael Collins... Read more...
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Munster were forced to come from 10 points behind against Italian champions Benetton Treviso before five second half tries took them to the top of the Heineken Cup's Pool 1 with a 41-10 victory Read more...
Rangers went one-point clear at the top of the Premier League after Celtic failed to score in their home draw against Motherwell on Saturday Read more...
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