News - Powered by Yahoo NewsFamine put helping others into Irish psych
THE ENDURANCE of the Famine by one generation of Irish people had provided vital knowledge and experience for another, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said yesterday.
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Great Famine victims remembere
The victims of the Great Famine have been remembered during a solemn memorial service in Co Louth.
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Tributes paid to victims of the Famin
The victims of the Great Famine were remembered yesterday during a solemn memorial service in Co Louth.
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Looming Niger famine fails to attract ai
Agencies hoping to prevent a famine crisis in the landlocked West African nation of Niger are having trouble getting aid donors to take notice.
Mon, 14 May 2012 13:10:27 -0700 -
Famine walkers urge Hogan to open up debate on genetic modificatio
MINISTER FOR the Environment Phil Hogan has been urged to facilitate a debate on the proposed genetic modification of Irish vegetables by Teagasc.
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President of Ireland Michael Higgins visits Boston, remembers Great Irish Famin
Irish President Michael D. Higgins visited several sites in Boston Saturday, calling the city ?the capital of Irish America.? The visit, his first to Boston after being elected President last November, was planned as a remembrance of the Great Irish Famine that began in 1845. In a probing and professorial speech at Faneuil Hall?s Great Hall, Higgins acknowledged the complex legacy of the famine ...
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Prime Minister says Famine led to Irish leadership in tackling hunger worldwid
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was on hand in Drogheda, Co Louth for the National Famine Commemoration Day. Kenny spoke in front of a crowd of 1,500 people who turned out to remember those lost during the Famine.
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Pupils to remember Famine victim
Schoolchildren across Ireland are to hold a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the Great Famine.
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United Nations sets up Yemen famine ai
SANAA, Yemen, May 21 (UPI) -- A U.N. official says a $450 million emergency humanitarian aid plan has been set up for Yemen because of famine faced by nearly half the people in the country.
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Yemeni children said facing famin
SANAA, Yemen, May 20 (UPI) -- Agency reports in Yemen point to an aggravated food crisis, stressing that 1 million children would die if aid is not distributed quickly.
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