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In April, the US-Ireland Alliance is hosting a gathering in Belfast with Senator George Mitchell and negotiators to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement Read more...
The Guildhall and Waterloo Square in Derry could be completely transformed by 2010. Councilors in Derry were last week given an early look at the £7m designs for the area which will feature al fresco eating areas, water features, glass sculptures, canopes and a one way access road through Waterloo Square Read more...
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Addressing a university audience in New Dehli last Monday the Northern Economy Minister Nigel Dodds said that "the new, stable North is on the move and is open for business Read more...
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Speaking last week at the Irish Banking Federation's Mortgage Conference, Batt O'Keeffe, T.D., Minister for Housing, Urban Renewal and Developing Areas, announced that the total number of houses and apartments completed in 2007 was 78,027 Read more...
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I'll have to be honest, ordinarily, when the words "singer" and "songwriter" are suffused together, it is usually enough to make me run a country mile in the opposite direction, which is probably not the most prudent of admissions, given that I am charged with covering music by our humble publication and, as such, probably expected to maintain some semblance of musical objectivity... Read more...
Phil Coulter, one of instrumental music's best-selling-artists, has enjoyed a career longevity that is rare in the music business... Read more...
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The founder of Airport Duty Free Shopping Dr. Brendan O'Regan, who passed away last Saturday, has been described by the Mayor of Clare as one of Ireland's most noted peace ambassadors and initiators of commercial and industrial projects Read more...
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We first met Paul Hurley in 1985 at Owen O'Reilly's bar on West 35th Street and the Avenue of the Americas. My great and good friend, Joe Murphy from Co. Cork, used to repair there with me after work for a frank exchange of ideas. Paul was the bartender Read more...
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When football supporters enter the legendary Nevada Smith's football pub this weekend, they will be greeted by sight they should never forget. A somber black curtain will cover the framed Nike shirts and boots on the wall, the television will be dark, and hanging in their place will be several remembrances to commemorate February 6th, 1958, one of the darkest days in English football history... Read more...
Bad weather all week, particularly on match day removed from this appetizing fixture between the league champions, Donegal and the All-Ireland champions Kerry of any vestige of glamour. Nevertheless the official opening of the floodlights at Ballybofey, the close exchanges and the dramatic finish to the game will have sent the large crowd away in good spirits Read more...
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