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Leon’s Redemption

By Colin Lacey </p> </p> <a href =https://www.irishamerica.com/3d-flip-book/1995-july-aug/> July/August 1995 </a>
June 10, 2025

With two years on the New York Times bestseller list and over five million copies in print, Leon Uris’s Trinity is probably the biggest-selling novel ever written about Ireland and the Irish struggle. Now, almost twenty years later, Uris returns to Ireland with Redemption (Harper Collins, $25, 848p), a sequel to Trinity which continues the…

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Delivery driver escapes after car set on fire while he was inside

Irish America Team
June 10, 2025

A FOOD delivery driver managed to escape after his car was set on fire while he was inside. The driver was flagged down by a man at around…

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Man and woman charged after cannabis worth €240k seized

Irish America Team
June 10, 2025

A MAN and a woman have been charged with drugs offences after cannabis worth €240k was seized in Dublin. Roughly 12 kgs of herbal cannabis was seized in…

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Legacy of Magdalene laundries explored in new exhibition

A STRIKING new exhibition opens this week which explores the legacy of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries. In What does it mean to know?…

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Garda Kevin Flatley remembered as 120 new recruits welcomed into the force

THE late Garda Kevin Flatley who died while on duty was remembered as 120 new officers were sworn into An Garda Síochána…

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‘It’s what I grew up with’: Ed Sheeran confirms he ‘identifies culturally’ as Irish

GLOBAL popstar Ed Sheeran has confirmed he “identifies culturally” as Irish. The 34-year-old singer, who has produced countless hits in a career…

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June 11, 1919

Actor Richard Todd, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cpl. Lachlan McLachlan in 1949’s The Hasty Heart, was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin. After training for a military career, Todd changed his sights and enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts in London. He first appeared in a production of Twelfth Night in 1936. Todd enlisted in the British Army during World War II. After his successful role in The Hasty Heart, he appeared in several more films including The Longest Day (1962.) He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 and died on December 9, 2009.

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