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During 1992, the centennial of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore’s death, many cities across the United States…
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Chicago’s Irish Heritage Center As bidding around the table became tense, one Irishman whispered to…
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Yitzhak Shamir and Michael Collins Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was born Yitzhak Yzernitsky in 1915,…
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On Trial in Colombia
The trial of three Irishmen in Colombia will resume on February 5 after a hearing in December ended in disarray. The so-called ‘Colombia Three’ — James Monaghan (56), Martin McCauley […]
Cardinal Meets Abuse Victims
Desmond Connell, Archbishop of Dublin, met with victims of clerical sexual abuse in an attempt to defuse widespread anger with the Church’s handling of abuse cases. Two victims, Marie Collins […]
February Launch for Galway Hooker
A transatlantic voyage with a difference is what Steven Mulkerrins has in mind. Now living in Chicago, the 40-year-old carpenter from Connemara is applying finishing touches to a traditional Irish […]
Search Begins for New US Ambassador
President George W. Bush is expected to begin the search for a new ambassador to Ireland following the imminent departure of incumbent Richard Egan and his wife Maureen Fitzgerald. The […]
Jobless Figure Rises Steeply
Despite the Republic of Ireland economy maintaining a respectable growth rate of 4.3 percent, figures for 2002 closed with the highest number of layoffs in over a decade. Published data […]
McAleese Injured in Skiing Accident
President of Ireland Mary McAleese has been restricted to limited official engagements following a skiing accident in Austria on Christmas Eve. During a short vacation with her husband Martin and […]