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MAY 23rd AND BOSTON ON SATURDAY, MAY 26th.
Ireland will face two-time World Cup Qualifier Ecuador on Wednesday,
May 23, 2007 at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ at 8:00 p.m.
ET. The Irish team then travels to the Boston area to battle Bolivia
at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, May 26 at 4:00 p.m. ET in the first
match of a doubleheader. The Ireland match is followed by the New
England Revolution hosting the Kansas City Wizards (6:30 p.m. ET).
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The
Best Is Yet to Come
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern: This is an historic time for Ireland.
Power sharing government was restored to Northern Ireland after
more than four years in suspension.
O'Bama
and Offaly
There's one small village in Co. Offaly that is surely rooting for
Senator Barack Obama to make it all the way to the White House next
year. Moneygall, according to new ancestry records revealed last
week, is where Obama's maternal great great great granddad Fulmuth
Kearney set sail from Moneygall in 1850.
Migration
must slow down
SINCE the famine of the 1840s Ireland has been a net exporter of
economic migrants who have settled round the world in search of
a better life.
WE
WANT OUR VOTE
IRISH citizens in Britain this week accused the government of freezing
them out of the forthcoming General Election.
Daughter's
plea to find missing dad
A DISTRAUGHT daughter has made a desperate plea for help in finding
her father after he went missing in Ireland.
Calls
for inquiry into Birmingham bombs
SINN FÉIN are under additional pressure from British politicians
following a call for a public inquiry into the horrific Birmingham
pub bombings that took place more than 30 years ago.
Employers
must ignore paramilitary convictions
NEW guidelines are being introduced in the North of Ireland aimed
at ensuring that a paramilitary conviction should not be held against
a candidate who is applying for a job.
Birmingham
chief paid protection money
BIRMINGHAM City Football Club co-owner David Sullivan has admitted
he paid protection money to paramilitary groups in the North of
Ireland.
Archaeological
site may be doomed
THE site of a massive ancient pagan temple unearthed at one of Europe’s
most archaeologically significant sites will be buried under a controversial
motorway, campaigners warned last week.
New
Immigration Scam Dupes Irish
Several members of the Irish community have been scammed out of
thousands of dollars through the promise of a green card and this
time Christine Owad, the bogus immigration practitioner, was not
involved.
McAleese
Charms on Long Island
LAST year, the Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens,
located in Mineola, made a determined effort to raise its profile
in the Irish American community to mark its 75th anniversary as
one of the leading U.S. organizations holding onto its Irish heritage.
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Irish
makeover for legendary kids show
POPULAR US kids show Sesame Street will soon be brought to you courtesy
of the letters N and I — for the North of Ireland.
Actress
Lordan tells of struggle to survive
SECOND-generation Irish actress Elaine Lordan has suffered an agonising
few years. In 2004 she was sacked from her role as Lynne Slater
on EastEnders amid claims of heavy drinking on set.
Soapstar
superstar Kazia hopes to solve her Irish family mystery
Brookside, The Bill and Family Affairs — KAZIA PELKA has established
herself as a favourite in our TV screens. But there’s one thing
she’d love to do — and that’s find out more about her Irish family
background. Bruna Zanelli meets the woman carrying on the tradition
of a famous Irish acting dynasty.
Farrell
hoping to rock your vote this summer
IRISH actor Colin Farrell has taken on his most challenging role
to date.
Jungle
king Brian?
IRISH pop star Brian McFadden is reportedly set to take part in
the next series of British reality show, I’m A Celebrity, Get Me
Out Of Here! after music mogul Louis Walsh recommended him for the
programme.
Irish
songstress a big hit with Grease viewers
VIEWERS of ITV’s Grease Is The Word are remaining hopelessly devoted
to Irish songstress Susan McFadden.
Burke's
New Offering
PORTLAND-based fiddler Kevin Burke has just released a new CD called
Across the Black River accompanied by an American guitarist Cal
Scott, who also lives in Oregon which is also the first recording
on Burke's new label Loftus Music.
Brian
Goes to Dollywood
Brian Fleming recently found himself in Dollywood participating
with the Irish contingent in the Festival of Nations, the largest
international jamboree of folk music in the south, where he shared
the stage with Dolly Parton. Fleming speaks to CAHIR O'DOHERTY
about warm southern hospitality, fine manners and all the unexpected
surprises that lay in store for him.
Colin
Rocks the Vote
The election in Ireland is in full swing, and a host of young Irish
celebs have been recruited to join an effort to get the youth of
the country to the polls on May 24.
Looks
At Books
In the Woods - Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean: Rowing the Atlantic
- Ireland : Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History - Remind
Me Again Why I Need a Man - In Time of Civil War : The Conflict
On the Irish Railways
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GAA
Shorts
RTÉ announce more championship coverage - The voices of GAA
Féile
Peile festival
GAA chiefs in Britain have announced the final line-up for the Féile
Peile International 2007 in Birmingham between June 1-3.
Good
week... Bad week...
GAA players. In the week when player welfare and grant support was
the hot topic in GAA cirlces, the Armagh senior footballers joined
a long list of teams heading to warmer climates in preparation for
the Championship.
Big
stars set to come home
With the transfer window set to reopen on June 1 Eircom League clubs
are expected to plunge into the transfer market and sign Irish players
deemed surplus to requirements in Britain.
Eircom
previews
Pat’s will be hoping to get their title challenge back on track
having lost their first game of the season at the weekend to Cork
City.
Keane
can be one of the best
Legendary Nottingham Forest Manager Brian Clough once said: "I only
ever hit Roy the once. He got up so I couldn’t have hit him very
hard."
Young
guns emerge
The start of the new Flat racing season has thrown a host of young
guns into the racing spotlight. Also the summer jumping season is
always a time when young jump jockeys emerge.
Staunton
Wants Irish Americans for Squad
IRELAND soccer boss Stephen Staunton has issued a "come and
join us" plea to Irish America via the Irish Voice.
Keane
Secures Premiership Place
MANAGERIAL newcomer Roy Keane saw his Sunderland clinch the championship
title with a 5-0 win at relegated Luton Town on Sunday, then admitted
he can't wait to do battle with the Premiership's finest
next season.
Cry
Baby at Chelsea
BY the time many of you read this the Chelsea players will have
formed a guard of honor at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night for
Manchester United, the new champions of England.
Sideline
Views
GAA: The new found spirit of goodwill between soccer and GAA is
going to cost the New York footballers in their Connacht clash with
Sligo on Sunday after the Westerners confirmed that they have been
training on the astro-turf at the Sligo Rovers training ground in
preparation for their trip across the Atlantic.
Let's
Hear it for My Mate Mick!
THERE'S a great line on a song on the most recent album by
Irish band Bell X1 which made its way onto my iPod in recent weeks
thanks to the musical curiosity of my eldest son Cillian.
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A
Walk in History
That was when, after the Flight of the Earls in 1607 when the old
Gaelic chieftains from Ulster, weary of battle, departed forever
from the lands they loved. After they had left the British finally
decided they had to do something permanent to finally rid Ulster
of the "Wild Irishry" and the descendants of the ferocious fighting
chieftains like Red Hugh O’Donnell and Hugh O'Neill who had caused
them such grief.
Ahern
and the Mystery Money
Somebody out there reading this column at this very moment possibly
someone in New York or Boston could well be holding the future of
Ireland in their hands.
Intelligencer
Echo to Be Sold - Cutting Turf in Clare - Too Many Americans - AIF
Success.
Cormac
MacConnell: Of Pups and Elections
Young ones nowadays are lethal. Take our lovely Retriever pup Silke,
a week short of 11 months, normally of impeccable manners.
Marvellous
May will bring out the best of Ireland
Increasing numbers of tourists are choosing Ireland as their favourite
holiday destination and this is reflected in recent figures which
revealed tourism is now Ireland's most important indigenous
industry.
Cycling
tour to make a return
THE professional cycling Tour Of Ireland is making a return some
15 years after the final Nissan Classic.
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Irish
Rep to Own Their Home
Irish art and culture enthusiasts' mid-winter blues were lifted
by the February announcement that The Irish Repertory Theater were
taking a bow in the New York property market and buying their own
theater.
The
West's Awake
Reversing a century-old trend of emigration from the West of Ireland
to the U.S., the Western Development Commission (WDC), the state
body charged with promoting the economic and social development
of the Western Region, is spreading its Look West message to the
U.S., and highlighting the advantages of its successful economy
and the great quality of life.
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