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The St Patrick's Day Parade Committee has announced the selection of former Wall Street specialist and retired Managing Director of Bear Wagner Specialists LLC, Alfred E. Smith as the Grand Marshal for the 2013 New York City St Patrick's Day Parade Read more...
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Enda Kenny has become the first Taoiseach to grace the cover of the Time magazine in almost four decades. Mr Kenny is photographed on the front page of the Europe edition of the influential magaine, alongside the headline "The Celtic Comeback" Read more...
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As I write this, I am in Baddeck (pronounced, BadDECK), Nova Scotia, on my second full day of the Celtic Colours festival. This festival on Cape Breton island is a week long experience of music, workshops, dances, ceilidhs, Gaelic song and language, lectures and more, bringing together musicians from Cape Breton, Scotland, Ireland and the USA... Read more...
Our poem this week comes from Jim O'Leary of Ballincollig, Co. Cork.
Jim, a Senior Council Lawyer in Ireland, retired in 2010 and now likes to write and paint Read more...
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The first time I watched the Jimmy Stewart classic film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", I was too young to appreciate how very insightful it was in describing how things work in our government... Read more...
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One of the biggest days in sport in Australia is the Australian Rules football Grand Final. This year however, it was over shadowed by the massive national media coverage of the tragic news, of the rape and murder of the 29-year-old Drogheda Irishwoman, Jill Meagher... Read more...
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Leinster put three tries past a resilient Munster side to give themselves a timely boost before the launch of their Heineken Cup defence next week... Read more...
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