Romney to revamp media team after criticismTHE REPUBLICAN presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is expected to revamp his communications team, possibly early next week, …Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Buoyant Obama bets on Ohio's backing“NOTHING CAN stop us, America,” US president Barack Obama vowed when he launched his two-day “Betting on America” bus trip through…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
Republican sound and fury over ObamacareChief justice John Roberts has appalled his fellow conservatives by finding the Bill constitutionalWed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
High achiever who reached top tells why she went home againAMERICA: A Princeton professor’s account of why women still cannot have it all has got people talkingSat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Coveney on US beef export missionMINISTER FOR Agriculture Simon Coveney met his US counterpart Tom Vilsack yesterday “to encourage him to make a decision as early…Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Arizona immigrant law mostly struck downTHE US Supreme Court yesterday struck down three of four key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law but let the most controversial…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Romney and Obama battle for key Latino voteUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney exchanged barbs in speeches to the National Association of…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Mystery of fabled female aviator who disappeared still soarsAMERICA: Amelia Earhart caught the imagination of millions. A new attempt to locate her missing plane is under waySat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
LBJ's moment of truthBIOGRAPHY: He had been derided as a Texas corn pone, but when he became US president, after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Obama plays the statesman as Romney rolls the doughMitt Romney ends his tour in Michigan with a warning that the US is going the way of EuropeThu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Romney hoping his 'fair shot' will be on targetMitt Romney is fighting the campaign on the premise that everything is Barack Obama’s faultWed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Break-in report heralded one of most damning US scandalsAMERICA: After the Watergate affair Richard Milhous Nixon became the only US president to resign from officeSat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Events appearing to conspire against wobbly ObamaPRESIDENT BARACK Obama will travel to Baltimore and Philadelphia today as he struggles to right his wobbly campaign and put the…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Move is 'crucial step' for Spain's strategyUS AND IMF REACTION: THE US treasury and the International Monetary Fund have welcomed the euro group’s commitment to bail out…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Obama regime surpasses Bush in deadliness of war on al-QaedaUS RESPONSE: A spate of recent books and articles have revealed a chilling truth that many suspectedSat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Victorious Walker urges Romney to 'say it like it is'FRESH FROM his victory in Tuesday’s recall election, the conservative governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, yesterday called on…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
First lady backs Disney on junk foodTHE CRUSADE against obesity gained momentum yesterday when US first lady Michelle Obama teamed up with the Walt Disney Company…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Unions in crucial showdown with 'divide and conquer governor'AMERICA: DIANE HENDRICKS’S late husband Kenneth founded ABC Supply Inc, the largest roofing company in the US, before he fell…Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Clinton aids Democrat in crunch US contestFORMER US president Bill Clinton travelled to Milwaukee yesterday to bolster the city’s Democratic mayor in his drive to unseat…Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Wisconsin election about more than governor recallHEAVILY PREGNANT with her third child, 36-year-old Elizabeth Ziemer lumbers back into the living room and drops the pile of letters…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Romney poised to clinch nominationThe Republican has emerged unscathed from the primaries to virtually tie with Obama in pollsWed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Republican Party too 'wacko' to still be considered mainstreamAMERICA: Two prominent political scientists say the Grand Old Party has become more loyal to party than to country and is to…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Spinmeisters give truth short shrift in US campaignTRUTH IS one of the first casualties of a US presidential campaign. “The stakes are too highFri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Four strikes for Romney as he woos Latino voteIT’S THE sort of efficiency they taught Mitt Romney at Harvard Business SchoolThu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Obama criticises Romney's record at Bain CapitalUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has for the first time publicly approved of video attacks on his Republican rival Mitt Romney’s record…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
US setbacks on Afghan supply route and financeTWENTY-EIGHT Nato allies and 13 partner countries “leave Chicago with a clear roadmap,” President Barack Obama said at the close…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Chinese dissident and family arrive in US to recover 'in body and spirit'CHINESE RIGHTS activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York with his wife and two children at the weekend, ending a month-long…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
G8 growth team win in austerity v stimulus debate“OUR IMPERATIVE is to promote growth and jobs,” began the final statement by the leaders of eight of the world’s richest countries…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Obama and Karzai meet to discuss end of warA TWO-DAY Nato summit in Chicago started yesterday with a meeting between President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Concern chief greets food talks 'first' at G8THE G8 summit of the world’s leading economic powers has allotted up to two hours at Camp David today to discuss food security…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Cool reception for dissenting Catholics at US universitiesAMERICA LETTER: There were objections to speakers at 12 Catholic universities because of their support for abortion or gay rights…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Athens and Berlin at odds over call for euro referendumTHE POLITICAL drama in Greece took an abrupt turn as its caretaker government said German chancellor Angela Merkel wants the …Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Search for way out of Afghanistan central to Nato talks in WashingtonSUMMIT PREVIEW: The US will seek financial pledges just as Nato members are cutting defence budgetsFri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Euro crisis and growth the focus at G8 summitTHE G-8 summit that will convene in the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland tonight and tomorrow is widely described…Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Obama targets 'vampire' firm run by RomneyIT WAS only a matter of time before President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign followed earlier adversaries of Mitt Romney…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Few signs of progress in bloody war on drugsIT IS the sort of horror that Americans expect to find in distant wars in Africa or the Middle East, not on their doorstep.Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Irish restaurateur wins award for bouncing back after Hurricane IreneWHEN BARRY O’Donovan finally reached his restaurant, the Kilkenny House, in Cranford, New Jersey on the night of August 28th, …Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Romney faces accounts of homophobia and bullyingWERE PRANKS carried out by Mitt Romney 47 years ago the sign of an intolerant, cruel and homophobic character, or merely errors…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Johnson a towering presence but not a president to mess withAMERICA: The latest in a series of biographies of Lyndon Johnson has sparked unfavourable comparisons between him and Barack…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Obama's gay marriage move hailed as milestoneUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s statement in a television interview that “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married” …Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Obama under pressure to state position on gay marriageThe US president, who is being reproached for his ‘timidity’, fears losing votes in key states if he backs same-sex unions…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Diversity of opinion in democratic interest - HigginsIN 24 hours President Michael D Higgins watched the hottest show on Broadway and delivered an address marking World Press Freedom…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
President's visit to Irish centres 'the most important I will make'THEY WAITED on the pavement outside the Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, waving little tricolours as President Michael D Higgins…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
'Wise grandfather' salutes new wave of Irish in AmericaPRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins was everyone’s wise Irish grandfather in the 50th floor penthouse dining room of Bank Mellon at number…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
President delivers first of major US addressesPRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins delivered the first of three major addresses he wrote for his US visit at the American Irish Historical…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Righteous anger at betrayal of trust, says PresidentIN THE first speech of his six-day visit to New York and Boston last night, President Michael D Higgins spoke of the “righteous…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Higgins speaks of betrayalIn the first speech of his six-day visit to New York and Boston last night, President Michael D Higgins spoke of the “righteous…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Mary Lavin: an arrow still in flightIN SOME of the most memorable moments of the 1992 RTÉ film An Arrow in Flight: A Tribute to Mary Lavin, the twice-widowed Irish…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Mary Lavin honoured at New York literary eventTHE IRISH writer Mary Lavin was remembered in a day-long seminar at Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, yesterdaySat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Romney's cookie gaffe takes the biscuitAMERICA: Unlike Obama, the Republican candidate fails to entertain and lacks interpersonal skillsSat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
