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Local Irish reporting culled from various regional publications.
Free Travel For All Call
EUROPEAN Union officials have backed calls for the Irish Government to provide free travel to all Irish pensioners living in Britain.
Publican killed on visit to homeland
A 32-year-old Irish publican from Ilford was murdered while visiting his hometown in Co. Clare. Father of five Vincent Hehir, originally from Kildysart, had been living in England for several years.
Ahern and Blair announce Scotland talks
THE Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair have announced that they will host talks with Northern Ireland's political parties next month.
Tributes pour in for Mr Blackpool
THE jovial Irish tenor known as Mr Blackpool has died at the age of 79. Phil Kelly had been suffering from Parkinson's disease and an infection on his spine.
Celtic Tiger? Now we've gone and bought Britain
AN Irish property development firm is attempting to buy the island of Great Britain. But the Great Britain in question bears no resemblance to the rain-drenched, tea-loving one we are familiar with.
Activist disrupts Beirut conference
A PROMINENT Irish peace activist interrupted British Prime Minister Tony Blair's news conference in Beirut recently.
Kenzie-Lee gets gift of life with liver transplant
AN Irish couple's 13-month old baby boy has been given the gift of life in Britain after a last-minute liver transplant saved him from a certain death.
Ireland's killer roads claim four more victims
THE MOUNTING death toll on Irish roads rose to more than 270 this year as a young woman was one of four people to be killed over the weekend.
Immigrant intake is at new record high
THE number of immigrants travelling to Ireland has reached record levels, according to new figures released from the Central Statistics Office.
Irish students take big step across the water
THOUSANDS of Irish students will be taking a leap into the unknown as they begin university in Britain this week.
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Tynan Gets Spiritual
Ireland's most famous tenor, Ronan Tynan, is back with a follow-up
to his hugely successful debut CD, Ronan. And the Man Above was
called on for plenty of guidance.
Alice
McDermott's 'After' World
Book review: ALICE McDermott's last novel, Child of my Heart,
found the acclaimed Irish American writer straying from the outer-borough/Long
Island turf which won her a National Book Award...
Quite a Cray and Dempsey Experience
IT'S been said that a show featuring the New York-based Irish band Cray and Dempsey is "the most unique Irish experience you will ever see" and whoever coined that expression is right.
A Best Bet for Bestie Fans
THE Book of Best, to be released on September 26 by Dufour Editions, is a compilation of quotes and reflections from the man himself, Belfast-born football icon George Best.
Galway Association Honors Its Own
Steeped in the music of East Galway, they carried it through life's challenges, responsibilities and other distractions formulating their own paths to ensure its continuance.
CD Reviews,
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Latest Entertainment
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Duddy Faces Toughest Opponent Yet
IRELAND'S John Duddy takes on Mexico's Luis Ramon Campos on Saturday, September 29 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden for the IBA world middleweight title.
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West's Asleep as Kerry Wins Title
KERRY romped home to their 34th All-Ireland title in the highest-scoring football final on record. They won by 13 points.
Given On the Sidelines With Injury
A round-up of the week's sports news including word on Irish goalkeeper Shay Given's injury.
Sideline Views
Irish trio are ready to tee off for Ryder Cup glory
After a long wait some of the world's top golfers will be in action this weekend at the K Club in Co. Kildare when European and American teams battle it out for the Ryder Cup.
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Captivating Connacht
This week the travel spotlight falls on Connacht in Ireland’s west. MALCOLM ROGERS looks at the diverse delights of this unique province.
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Houses Houses Everywhere
DUBLIN — House prices look like they may finally be leveling off in Ireland, according to a report in this week's Sunday Tribune.
What Annie Tells Us
WHEN she stepped off the boat in Ellis Island on January 1, 1892, 15-year-old Annie Moore could hardly have figured that she would become the symbol of emigration to America.
A Hole in One for Ireland
WHEN it comes to golf, I'm in the Mark Twain school (Twain famously
defined golf as "a good walk spoiled"). But I have to
admit to watching it on TV, and I even play it now and then.
Intelligencer
New Ambassador's Role in Iraq - Foley Briefed on North - Bush's Numbers in the Tank - Are Irish Anti-American? - Thompson In Ireland
Sad Times for Irish Friends
THIS month, two Irish American families who've already suffered far too much, received more bad news. This is a story that touches all five boroughs.
The End of a Good Pioneer
Cormac MacConnell keeps the storytelling tradition alive in the
west of Ireland.
Surrendering Status/Permit Extension/Lottery News
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PORTERHOUSE STEAKS WITH CASHEL BLUE COMPOUND BUTTER
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKES
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routes to find what you are looking for. Read some of his answers
to questions from other members here.
Anois agus Arís
The Peter Berresford Ellis column centring on tbe shrewd and astute Catholic lawyer, Stephen Rice and his participation in the Cromwellian settlement.
Ousted King Dermot invited the Normans
In the late autumn of AD 1175 the scribe making an entry into the Annals of Clonmacnoise thought that he had good news to report to the people of Ireland...
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Duty, Honor & Countries
John McCain (R-AZ) is seated in his Senate office leafing through
a dog-eared copy of John F. Kennedy's seminal work, A Nation of
Immigrants...
Marian Keyes – The Interview
"Ask me anything," Marian Keyes invited her audience at a recent
reading she gave in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while promoting her
latest book Anybody Out There? "I'm happy to talk about my alcoholism,
suicide attempt, my low self-esteem."
Entering the Brotherhood
The dynamic of the show is based on the good/bad brothers and immediately brings the real life Irish-American Bulger family story to mind.
From Annascaul to the Antarctic
February 1911: Tom Crean froze as he felt the sea-ice shift ominously under his feet. The familiar creaking and grinding told him the ice was beginning to break up...
Bringing Synge to New York
The unpretentious, unflappable Ms. Hynes has come to New York to direct not one, but six plays by John Millington Synge...
Ireland Takes Center Stage
To be sure, the wait has been worth it. Every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year that Ireland has had to be patient before being bestowed with the favor of playing host to the 2006 Ryder Cup has been worth it.
Birth of a Nation
Every schoolchild in Ireland in the 1960s saw Mise Éire (I Am Ireland), the Irish-language film which chronicles, in extraordinary detail, the birth of the Irish Nation. I saw it again recently and realized what an incredible piece of film it is.
Irish Eye on Hollywood
Irish actor Brendan Gleeson can always be relied upon to star in independent movies on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as Hollywood blockbusters.
First Irish Winner of IMPAC Award
Colm Tóibín on June 13 became the first Irish author to be awarded the international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel The Master. The award is the largest of its kind, with a prize of $125,000.
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