City to hang out its brightest colours for Mayor Marty
Mayor Marty Walsh of Boston represents the American Dream…and the Irish dream too. The son of immigrants from Conamara, he
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Rolling out the red carpet
For those of us who believe Ireland is a country of six million and a nation of 70 million, the
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Even on holiday, or perhaps only on holiday, you get the time to touch base with some heroes and legends.
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Building those Golden Peace Bridges
Community Relations Week starts tomorrow, giving all of us in Belfast an opportunity to build bridges, mend fences and learn
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The Power of Yes
A tumultuous year of building for Belfast came to a close for me on Monday night when the new Lord
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Celebrating Belfast as a Compassionate City and signing off with a nod to artist Sir John Lavery. Some nice signatures
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Cathair na Combhá/Compassionate City
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Buíochas agus beannacht; anois chun oibre
Go raibh míle maith agaibh uilig as bhur gcuidiú le bliain anuas. Chuir muid an chathair chun cinn, chneasaigh muid
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The trajectory is up, the momentum is forward
When the whistle blows at 6:30pm on Monday to signal the end of my year in office as Lord Mayor
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Big Apple Here We Come
Five years ago, a group of positive-minded people, led by the Irish Echo, came together to launch the New York-New
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