US politicians back Belfast manFourteen members of the House of Representatives have appealed to the US Attorney General, Ms Janet Reno, to suspend deportation…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
The Bill, Hillary show: all good voyeuristic funThe Bill and Hillary show rolls onSat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Yugoslavia hints at Milosevic war crimes trialThe Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Mr Goran Svilanovic, has hinted at a willingness by the new government to put Mr Slobodan Milosevic…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
PLO conditionally accepts Middle East peace planThe PLO has signalled its qualified acceptance of the US Middle East peace initiative following the Washington talks on Tuesday…Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
Key Republicans unite to lobby Bush on NorthKey Irish-American Republican figures in the US Congress have joined to lobby the incoming Bush administration to ensure Ireland…Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Bush's cabinet hardliners face tough oppositionPresident-elect George Bush completed his cabinet nominations yesterday.Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Clinton's war crimes tribunal move welcomedPresident Clinton's signature on Sunday of the treaty to establish a permanent international war crimes tribunal has been welcomed…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
7 killed in house with alleged drug linkSix men and one woman died, and three more people were injured, after masked gunmen on Thursday night burst into a dilapidated…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Candidate for US ambassador's post in Ireland to sue publisher of `Irish Voice' over articleAn Irish-American who hopes to be the next US ambassador to Ireland is to sue the publisher of the Irish Voice newspaper, Mr …Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Phoenix Park runners jostle for positionIt'll be a while yet before the Bush administration turns its attention to the nomination of ambassadorsSat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Irish share of UN budget to rise under deal in which US may settle its accountIreland's contribution to the UN's regular budget will increase by 31 per cent to over $3 million a year under a landmark agreement…Sat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
Democrat leader to keep his trump cardTom Daschle may not have a majority in the Senate, but he has a trump card that he is prepared to playSat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
Emotional Bush bids farewell to beloved TexasAn emotional President-elect George Bush yesterday said goodbye to his beloved Texas, bowing out as its governor for what he …Fri Dec 22 2000 - 00:00
Bush fills key posts in signal to minorities and womenUS President-elect George Bush last night named a long-time personal friend and business associate, Mr Don Evans (54), as his…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
Fed leaves rates unchanged but signals recession fearsThe US Federal Reserve yesterday left short-term interest rates unchanged at 6Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Bush meets Clinton, Gore in effort to heal divisions caused by presidential electionThe US President-elect, Mr George WWed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Electoral College casts votes across USTennessee was first to declare, shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern time. Eleven electoral college votes for Governor George WTue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Voting weights slowed down talksThere was no issue at the summit which so exercised the leaders than their respective countries' voting weights in the EU's main…Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00
Swedes asked to resolve EU-NATO linkThe incoming Swedish presidency of the EU was yesterday asked by EU leaders to negotiate the details of the new EUNATO relationship…Sat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
European company statute is approvedTwenty-seven years after it was first proposed, EU leaders broke a deadlock on the establishment of a European company statute…Sat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00
Ability of summit to agree on changes doubtedTwenty-nine European heads of government were last night making their way to the rain-soaked French Riviera for meetings intended…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
EU ministers leave Cyprus issue aside in talks with TurkeyEU ministers yesterday averted a major row with Turkey by agreeing a formula for Turkey's accession partnership agreement with…Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Change to EU treaty under fireIreland, Sweden and Britain were last night holding out against EU treaty changes which would allow groups of member states to…Mon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00
Income catch-up spurs regional inequalityIreland may have outperformed the poorer EU states in catching up with average EU incomes, but did so at the price of widening…Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
Reworked EU plan gets nodAn overnight rewriting of a controversial French Presidency paper on the EU's social programme appeared yesterday to have removed…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Ireland seems afraid of `mission creep' in IGC processThe struggle for consensus, sad to say, is not necessarily compatible with that for clarity or simplicity.Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
EU accord on taxation package benefits IrelandIreland's manufacturing and IFSC corporation tax regimes have been copperfastened in an EU Finance Ministers' declaration that…Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
20% rise in euro's value `reasonable'A 20 per cent increase in the value of the euro would be "reasonable", the French finance minister, Mr Laurent Fabius said, following…Mon Nov 27 2000 - 00:00
EU rebuke for Germany, SpainThe Irish Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs, Mr David Byrne, has delivered a riposte to attempts by Germany and Spain…Mon Nov 27 2000 - 00:00
Objections to French social policy delay summit plansFrench diplomacy - is it an oxymoron? Preparations for the Nice summit in 10 days, already complicated by the controversial French…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
EU revises upwards forecasts for growth, inflationThe European Commission, in its autumn economic forecasts, has revised upwards both its spring predictions for growth in the …Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Other states share Irish tax terms, says CowenThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, yesterday insisted Ireland was not alone in resisting any EU move to majority voting…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
EU states pledge 66,000 troops to rapid forceEU member states yesterday pledged some 66,000 troops to an EU Rapid Reaction Force capacity but have yet to come up with the…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
EU ministers to meet on rapid reaction force strengthEU defence and foreign ministers meet in Brussels today to set out national contributions to the EU's planned 60,000-strong rapid…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
US must pay $4.03bn import duty - EUThe EU said yesterday it wanted to impose sanctions of $4.03 billion (€4Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
Gore faces quagmire of legal options"There's always the option of giving in," the New York Times headlined an opinion piece yesterdaySat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Wilde gave us a word for the forecasts of the expertsThe networks did not exactly cover themselves in gloryThu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
Voting patterns and preferences reveal a sharply divided societyMost women voted for Mr Gore, most whites for Mr BushThu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
Nader: a Green radical democrat who is a problem for American leftThere's a nice irony in the fact that the money that launched the scourge of corporate America on his 35-year campaign trail …Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
Bush and Gore tinkering at the edges of the medical insurance minefieldBob Warner and Pat Koenig are clearly enjoying their retirement in the sunshine stateFri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
Irish-Americans gather to meet Clintons, help Hillary `carry the torch in Congress'It was cead mile failte to the Clintons on Tuesday nightThu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Website offers punters a solution to Gore/Nader voting dilemmaLeft-leaning voters in swing states across the US have a real dilemma - how to support the consumers' champion, Mr Ralph Nader…Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Attacks getting dirtier, spending more franticClose-up: Young girl in summer dress against backdrop of grassy field. Rural idyllTue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
Governor's widow to accept Senate seat offerThe widow of the Missouri Democratic Governor, Mel Carnahan, announced yesterday she would accept the new governor's offer of…Tue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
US presence in Balkans becomes election issueThe continued presence of US troops in the Balkans has suddenly become a major foreign policy issue in the US election.Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
Blair's style reveals an understated enthusiasm for the Europe projectThe contrast in styles at Biarritz was quite revealing.Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
Ahern opposes giving binding legal effect to charter on basic rightsThe Taoiseach warned fellow EU leaders on Saturday that even mentioning the new Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU treaty…Mon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
EU leaders confident basis laid for treaty reformsEU leaders last night expressed confidence that their deliberations on treaty reform had laid the basis for a successful outcome…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Binding rights charter urged on summitThe EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, which will be debated today by the summit, should be legally binding, the President of…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
