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Enoch Burke’s mother Martina, left, and two of his siblings, Isaac and Ammi, protested in Washington over the jailing for contempt of court of the teacher, right
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As online advertising goes, Josiah Burke didn’t get a bad return on his €100 investment.
Shortly after they were hauled out of the grand National Building Museum in Washington DC for gatecrashing the Ireland Funds’ $1,000-a-plate St Patrick’s Day gala dinner, his mother Martina and brother Isaac had recovered their composure to deliver a five-minute speech in darkness from the sidewalk that hit all the usual notes.
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