4th July 2008

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Community Reaches Out to Students
SCORES of Irish J-1 visa students without jobs or accommodation found both within days of the Irish Voice doing a cover story last week on their situation.

Cowen Announces U.S. Visit
TAOISEACH (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen an
nounced over the weekend that he will visit New York from July 15-17. The visit will mark Cowen's first visit to the U.S. as taoiseach.

Accused McCartney Killers Go Free
THE family of Robert McCartney have vowed that they will not give up their campaign to bring his killers to justice despite three men being acquitted of his murder last Friday

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Irish Voice Classifieds

The Gay Gangster
In A Very British Gangster Irish director Donal MacIntyre grants us an all access pass into the Noonan crime dynasty, a second-generation family of Irish stock. For the first time ever, a gang of contemporary criminals have opened their lives to the cameras to reveal the trials and tribulations of their leader Dominic Noonan, as he lurches from one criminal trial to the next. CAHIR O'DOHERTY talks to the film's Dublin-born director.

Storm Brews Better Than Ever
WITH instruments ranging from African drums, Irish bagpipes and Celtic fiddle to trombones and Cajun-style accordions, there is something for everyone on What's the Rumpus, the phenomenal new CD from Gaelic Storm.

Colin in Love
HE was rumored to have married his old Irish girlfriend Muireann and fathered the child that actress Minnie Driver is soon expecting...yup, just another crazy week in the tabloid staple that's known as Colin Farrell's love life.

Nothing Holy About Dublin Win
ANY day now the cars big as bars and the bars big as cars scattered across New York City will start to fill up with fresh Irish faces once again. It's inevitable.

Clinical Duddy Hammers Howe
DERRYMAN John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) returned to action in style as he calmly destroyed Charles Howe at the Castle in Boston last Saturday.

Dublin Barely Defeats Westmeath
DUBLIN fans were almost singing the Blues at Croke Park on Sunday as their heroes did their level best to drag defeat from the jaws of an anticipated victory over Westmeath in the Leinster SFC semifinal.

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IRISH AMERICA MAGAZINE - JUNE/JULY ISSUE

Photo Album: Memories
In the 1860s, Mary Lombard and James Curtayne of Killarney, County Kerry were married. Their marriage was blessed by seven children, the last of whom was my grandfather Daniel.

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Finding Home
James Murphy, a professor at Villanova University, writes about a journey he took to Ireland with his immigrant father.

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Irish Eye on Hollywood
George Clooney, Brian Dennehy, Tribeca Film Festival, Matthew Broderick, Eden, Colin Farrell, Troy Garrity, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Liam Neeson.