Laura Colgan Journalist
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  • Irish Star

Laura is a content editor with IrishStar.com. She previously worked as an assistant news editor with the Irish Daily Star newspaper in Dublin.

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Good Friday Agreement: The US's greatest foreign policy success and its legacy

Former US President Bill Clinton was one of the main architects of the peace deal

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Laura Colgan: Missing out on the presidential zeal

The most Irish US president since JFK is coming home while I'm in his country

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Delivery driver gets life for killing woman and setting her body on fire

Jorge Dupre Lachazo was handed down two life sentences as well as another 30-year sentence

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Two men assaulted with baseball bat on Staten Island

Both men suffered head injuries in the attack

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New York approves 99 more pot shop licenses after court ruling

New York legalized recreational marijuana for adult use two years ago

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Irish Government demands answers as Russian ships tracked off coast of Ireland

The Air Corps tracked three Russian-registered commercial vessels off the west and southwest coast of Ireland

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Documentary tells how two boys became unlikely friends during The Troubles

Patrick O‘Doherty and Raymond Hamilton crossed community divisions at the height of the conflict

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Man gets new trial in Chicago honor student's death

15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was killed days after she performed at Barack Obama's 2013 presidential inauguration

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Margo O'Donnell wishes for 'one more second' with late sister Kathleen

Kathleen Doogan died suddenly at her home in Co Donegal in February

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Laura Colgan: US becoming numb to school shootings

The Nashville massacre was the 129th mass shooting in the US of the year. It was only the 86th day of the year when i...

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New York patient's ambulance joyride ends when police spike tires

The man stole the ambulance that took him to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital in Manhattan

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Boston auction of signed Volodymyr Zelenskyy painting to help Ukraine

The painting was created by American artist Oleg Jones and signed by the Ukrainian president

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