25th April 2008

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Wrong Kidney Removed from Child
A PROBE has been launched into how Ireland's largest children's hospital, Our Lady's in Crumlin, Dublin, removed the wrong kidney from a child in what administrators have called "a regrettable medical error."

Irish Fight to Save Carriage
THE livelihoods of up to 30 Irish immigrants will be on the line if proposed legislation by a Queens politician passes the New York City Council.

Former Foes Join Forces for Good
FORMER Loyalist and Republican prisoners have come together to highlight the efforts being made to break down sectarian barriers between Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland.

A New Dawn for Loyalism
SHE is Ireland's only female party leader, and she is the successor to David Ervine, one of the most popular politicians in recent history in Northern Ireland, as head of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP).

Sectarian Charge Against Woodward
SINN Fein has accused Secretary of State Shaun Woodward of "blatant sectarianism" after it emerged that GAA halls are to be excluded from a scheme aimed at compensating community halls damaged in sectarian attacks.

BofI Loses Customer Info
THE Bank of Ireland is being accused of negligence following the revelation that it lost four laptops containing the details of around 10,000 life assurance customers.

Irish Voice Classifieds

Cry Until They Laugh
Cry Baby, the sweetly subversive Broadway follow up to the Tony Award winning Hairspray, is a $12 million musical comedy set to blow the roof of the competition when it opens this Thursday. CAHIR O'DOHERTY talks to Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell, the show's writers (and Broadway legends in their own right).

Dempsey Back for New Tour
APRIL showers not only bring May flowers, they also bring Damien Dempsey back to our shores.

Farce Is Serious Fun
THE Walworth Farce, Enda Walsh's new play at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn presented by Ireland's Druid Theatre Company, is a rollercoaster ride of mayhem, murder and cross-dressing Irish style.

Dublin-Meath Brawl a Disgrace
IT'S Mrs. Doyle from Craggy Island I feel sorry for as the traditional Irish cup of tea takes a hammering in the name of Meath football and Irish golf. What would she make of it all, at all, at all?

Sports Digest: McGeady Commits to Celtic
AIDEN McGeady celebrated the first Celtic double of the season on Sunday night when he was named Scotland's Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year by his fellow professionals, then committed his future to the Bhoys.

Sports Digest: Heads Roll After GAA Brawl
CROKE Park authorities have launched one of the biggest disciplinary crackdowns in the history of the GAA and proposed banning a staggering 16 players.

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Returning Home
LAST week you'll remember the reader who wrote about the unpleasant experience she and her family suffered through when returning to New York from a trip Ireland.

Question and Answer: Austin Surname
Just wondering if you can give me some direction. I am trying to find out where in Ireland my great x4 grandfather, James Austin, would have originated (1760 - 18??). I know only that he was born in Ireland c. 1760 and then ended up a few years later in North America fighting in the British Legion under Lt. Tarelton...

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