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May 02, 2011

Irish News for 05/02/11 (posted 08:53pm CDT)

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www.examiner.ie
THE US Secret Service will largely decide whether security for President Obama's visit to Ireland needs to be stepped up following the killing of Osama bin Laden.

 
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Sinn Féin Election Broadcast 2011 - Six Counties

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Visit the main Sinn Féin website at http://www.sinnfein.ie/ Visit our youth wing's (Ógra Shinn Féin's) website at: http://www.osf.ie/
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www.irishtimes.com
Languages matter in Quebec, a region proudly divided between French and English speakers, and now Irish is getting the chance to flourish there too
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On May 2, 1870, Father Francis Duffy, World War I chaplain of the 69th New York, was born in Cobourg, Ontario.

www.thewildgeese.com
DEARDAOIN -- On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands died on hunger strike at Long Kesh prison. He had begun the strike March 1, in protest over the removal of political status for IRA prisoners. Hunger strikes were an old republican strategy going back to Terence MacSwiney's famous hunger strike in 1920, which
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A good read for today!

www.irishcentral.com
A tribute to those Irish Americans we lost on 9/11

Numbers don't mean much; read their stories. Also see: http://www.irishtribute.com/tributes/view.adp@d=236920&t=244542.html

 

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New York-New Belfast Annual Conference June 8-9 @ Fordham U. midtown campus.

newyorknewbelfast.com
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www.irishtimes.com
SINN FÉIN Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, at a function on Saturday marking the opening of the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast, read one of his poems which he dedicated to the "creators" of the new building and to everyone involved in creative endeavours.
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Irish Echo Newspaper: May the 2,819 souls -- including 343 FDNY, 23 NYPD, 37 PAPD -- who died on 9/11/2001 rest a little easier today.

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News about the Irish & Irish American culture, music, news, sports. This is hosted by the Irish Aires radio show on KPFT-FM 90.1 in Houston, Texas (a Pacifica community radio station)
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News from around the 32 counties of Ireland
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IrishCentrals top ten best Irish movies of all time
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www.bbc.co.uk
The Northern Ireland Assembly election campaign enters its last week, with politicians making every effort to persuade voters to support them before the polling stations open on Thursday.
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www.telegraph.co.uk
What is it that makes the sinking of one ship 99 years ago such a universal story, asks Norman Lebrecht.
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todayindublin.wordpress.com
Gotta love a good festival, and especially one like Bealtaine that promotes people being creative. Bealtaine is a month long and there is plenty to do and see over the month of May. Enjoy! -Brogen
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www.irishtimes.com
In a sense, Dublin never quite seceded from the British empire, but seems to gaze forlornly across the Irish Sea, writes JOHN WATERS
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