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Weekly Comment:
Martin O’Malley Announces
2016 Presidential Bid

By Irish America Staff
June 4, 2015

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Last Saturday, May 30th, former Maryland governor and Baltimore mayor Martin O’Malley announced his bid for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential race. O’Malley was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame in 2014 and knows his Irish history and the legacy his parents and extended family birthed him into, and he is known to quote from St. Patrick’s breastplate: … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Martin O’Malley Announces
2016 Presidential Bid

Kennedy Senate Institute Opens in Dorchester, MA

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April 2, 2015

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Chilly weather did not deter the hundreds who turned out for dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on Monday, March 30, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Kennedy who was known as “The Lion of the Senate” for his long tenure (47 years), was warmly remembered in a grand ceremony featuring President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, a … [Read more...] about Kennedy Senate Institute Opens in Dorchester, MA