Lonely death in New York sparks census of elderly IrishAN UNPRECEDENTED census of elderly Irish people in the New York borough of Queens will begin in earnest next week, with 400 respondents…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Words and music piece will mark 50 years since JFK's electionAMERICA: Ted Sorensen worked with Kennedy on many of his speechesSat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Lenihan tells US investors Ireland's tax base needs to be broadenedTHERE IS further scope to reduce public spending and raise tax revenues, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan told an audience …Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
Welfare and pension bills may be targeted in December budgetIRELAND’S WELFARE and pension bills are “on the table” in discussions on the four-year plan to be announced next month, and in…Tue Oct 12 2010 - 01:00
Pensions may be targetedIreland's welfare and pension bills are “on the table” in discussions on the four-year plan to be announced next month, and in…Tue Oct 12 2010 - 01:00
Lenihan gets good response at 'routine' IMF meetingFINANCE MINISTER Brian Lenihan is eager to clear up any misunderstandingSat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
G24 group critical 'currency war' stanceTHE G24 group of developing nations yesterday rejected an attempt by the IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to link…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Midterm elections will dramatically change political landscapeAMERICA: Increased polarisation, right-wing populism and a struggling economy could spell a wipeout for DemocratsSat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Cause and reaction: how the bailout was viewed in Europe and the usTHE THREE-PRONGED strategy of “coming clean” on the true cost of the bank bailout, forcing losses on to subordinated debt holders…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Martin urges Israel to stop construction in UN addressMINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin last night urged Israel “to desist from all settlement construction in the West Bank…Tue Sept 28 2010 - 01:00
Centrality of Middle East talks most striking aspect of speechANALYSIS: The resumption of the talks is one of the few foreign policy successes Obama can point toFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
For all its ignorance and anger, the Tea Party is on a rollAMERICA : Democrats have been seized with a sense of dread that the Palin clone might actually winSat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Petraeus warns over plan to burn KoranGEN DAVID Petraeus, the commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan and the most respected US military officer, has warned…Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Arrogance ruins what once seemed a fairytale romanceANALYSIS: The Woods-Nordegren marriage ended with a typical American mix of prurience and puritanismWed Aug 25 2010 - 01:00
Obama with an eye to the women appears on daytime TV chat showBARACK OBAMA was the American housewife’s dream yesterday when he made the first ever appearance on a daytime television chat…Fri Jul 30 2010 - 01:00
Search on at Pentagon for source of Afghan leaksTHE PENTAGON has launched “a very robust investigation” into the leaking of tens of thousands of classified documents on the …Wed Jul 28 2010 - 01:00
Information overload threatening to choke response to terrorAMERICA: A report on the colossal counter-terrorism intelligence industry in the US shows that it may be drowning in an ocean…Sat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
'All I have is the searing memory of her misery in my heart'AMERICA: Heartbreaking scenes are played out daily along America’s southern border, as the crackdown on illegal immigration …Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Obama summons BP chiefs to White HouseESTIMATES OF the amount of oil that has poured into the Gulf of Mexico since British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Violence predicted as Americans turn from the southTHE UNSIGHTLY barrier surges up as you turn a corner, dwarfing the brightly painted houses, restaurants and little squares of…Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Oil spill is just latest US disaster caused by regulatory failuresAMERICA: Regulatory capture – the domination of US regulatory agencies by industries – is at heart of banking and oil spill …Sat May 29 2010 - 01:00
Mexican president's visit brings focus on immigrationA STATE visit by Felipe Calderón, the president of Mexico, to Washington has been dominated by the issues of illegal immigration…Thu May 20 2010 - 01:00
Hypocrisy on red carpet as Karzai pays a visitAMERICA: The president’s upbeat account of the Afghan war during Karzai’s visit to the US was jarringSat May 15 2010 - 01:00
Accused New York bomber chargedFAISAL SHAHZAD, a Pakistani-born US citizen, was charged yesterday afternoon with committing an act of terrorism and attempting…Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Arizona shoots itself in the foot by targeting illegal immigrantsAMERICA: Arizona has become the first US state to criminalise illegal immigration by defining it as trespassingSat May 01 2010 - 01:00
Wall Street's stock falls as Goldman put in the stocksANALYSIS: Goldman Sachs’s role in the global financial crisis is being exposed in the US Senate, writes LARA MARLOWEFri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Lucid and in-depth portrait of troubled countryBeware of Small States – Lebanon: Battle Ground of the Middle East By David Hirst Faber, 480pp, £20Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Wall Street's stock falls as Goldman put in the stocksANALYSIS: Goldman Sachs’s role in the global financial crisis is being exposed in the US Senate, writes LARA MARLOWEWed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Brief moment of truth in US-Israeli relations passes as row abatesAMERICA : The crisis over housing in east Jerusalem has shown the desperate need for consistency in US Middle East policySat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Irish visitors left giddy by Obama charmAs the Taoiseach noted, the president carries the burden of White House traditions very lightlyFri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Middle East dominates talks between Martin and ClintonFOREIGN AFFAIRS: WITH US-ISRAELI relations at their lowest point in 35 years, according to Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Obama's healthcare reform enters do-or-die weekMAKE OR break. Do or die. Fight to the finishTue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Obama's enforcer Emanuel gets caught in the crossfireAMERICA: The White House chief of staff takes a no-holds-barred approach to politics, but his management skills are being questioned…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Battle lines harden over Obama's healthcare BillAVERY SPARR’S small, flaxen-haired head hung over the placard that covered her as she sat in her strollerTue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Love affair with firearms won't be quelled by mere statisticsAMERICA: Cities and states that restrict gun ownership are seeing that prerogative threatened by the Supreme CourtSat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
Obama urges a little 'soul-searching' on healthcareArguments based on damning health statistics are of limited use against Republican misrepresentationSat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
US yields to Chinese pressure in low-key Dalai Lama meetingTHE US government deferred to Chinese sensitivities by receiving the Dalai Lama yesterday with the utmost discretion.Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Mind-boggling, awe-inspiring legacy of a bibliophile presidentFrom Thomas Jefferson’s original bequest of 6,000 books the Library of Congress has grown into a vast cultural institutionSat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Afghanistan to be focus in Obama's Oslo speechPRESIDENT BARACK Obama will walk to the podium in Oslo City Hall at noon Irish time today to accept the Nobel Peace PrizeThu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Senators disagree on strategy's prospectsTHE OBAMA administration presented its new Afghan war strategy on Capitol Hill yesterday, following the president’s announcement…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
White House gatecrashers claim they had inviteTHE SAGA of Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the White House gate-crashers, continued yesterday when the wannabe socialites made their…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Obama boosts Afghan force"As Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 US troops to…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Woods withdraws from own golf tournamentWORLD CHAMPION golfer Tiger Woods has withdrawn from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Portraits paint picture of an office both mocked and covetedAMERICA : A National Portrait Gallery exhibition gives some colourful insights into US vice-presidentsSat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Obama consoles families of Fort Hood victims in WashingtonPRESIDENT BARACK Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, yesterday consoled families and attended a memorial service at Fort…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Are the winds of change really blowing for Obama?As the first anniversary of Obama’s election approaches, the US is in wait-and-see mode, with the euphoria surrounding his victory…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
US court to consider claim for ownership of 'Titanic' artefactsNEARLY A century after the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, the ocean liner will be the subject of four…Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
New resting place for mass grave immigrants in New YorkIN THE mid-19th century, newly arrived Irish immigrants wandered Staten Island, penniless and disoriented, scrounging for food…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Gubernatorial polls will be test of Obama's popularityAMERICA : The stakes are national for elections in Virginia and New Jersey – even if the politics is localSat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
