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Minister of State for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, this week signed the Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of Ireland at the United Nations in New York. The Minister described the Treaty as ''historic'' and "a milestone in global arms control", and pledged Ireland's support for its implementation Read more...
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Ursula McIntyre, an employee of Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway, has been named "Woman of the Year" by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter for her recent herculean fundraising efforts Read more...
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Our playboy is all grown up. When Christy Mahon faces the audience and declares that he is master of all fights, he could have been giving the Bar Mitzvah speech, "Today I am a man." Read more...
Nobody has yet framed a dentition of the poet that can apply to every writer of poetry. But ideally it can be said that he is not unlike other men: he is like many different men, and separated from them only by an abnormally developed power of speech Read more...
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Too many of our citizens are totally wrapped up in their lives and are comfortable in their ignorance of reality. They are a different breed of American, worlds apart from the ones who built this nation more than two... Read more...
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Last week I sat down to have a chat with Martin Bingham an extraordinary man who came to Australia in 1955 and like most of those who came here from the Emerald Isle he also has made an impact on this nation... Read more...
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Writing this on Monday afternoon, the Bank Holiday Weekend is winding down; and it's been a pleasant but quiet and overcast one, at least for me. I'm staring out at a sun that is trying to escape the clouds, thinking of how nice a dip in the sea would be and wondering how my favourite politicians have been getting on Read more...
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The Republic of Ireland began their end of season campaign with a well-deserved draw over England at Wembley in the first meeting of the sides since 1995 when the fixture at Lansdowne Road had to be abandoned after English fans started rioting following David Kelly's opener for Ireland Read more...
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