Irish immigrant group to lobby RepublicansGroup says Irish immigrants have been unfairly discriminated against since 1965Tue Mar 11 2014 - 21:19
Father of Sandy Hook gunman wishes son was never born‘You couldn’t get any more evil,’ says father of Adam Lanza, who killed 27 in ConnecticutTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
Snowden says NSA ‘set fire to future of internet’National Security Agency whistleblower tells conference he had no regrets over leaking details of mass electronic eavesdroppingMon Mar 10 2014 - 22:00
A White House insider’s angry account of warRobert Gates served under Bush and Obama but above all he was the ‘soldiers’ secretary’Sat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Soothing internal struggles seen as step on road back to White HouseAmerica Letter: the biggest gathering of grass-root conservatives in the US is under waySat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Crimea referendum would violate international law, says ObamaPresident speaking after US imposed visa restrictions and economic sanctionsFri Mar 07 2014 - 01:00
Clinton defends comments comparing Putin to Hitler prior to second World WarPotentially incendiary comparison in stark contrast to Obama’s careful responseFri Mar 07 2014 - 01:00
Putin opportunism exposes credibility deficit in uncertain Obama’s foreign policy toolkitUS president’s climbdown on Syria hangs over his strategy on UkraineWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:07
US budget aims to raise $150 billion in taxes from overseas corporate profitsObama wants to tax profits repatriated by US multinationals to pay for infrastructureWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
Russia ‘on the wrong side of history’ - ObamaUS president calls on Moscow to de-escalate crisis in Crimea as Kerry travels to KievTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
Gay rights group invited to join St Patrick’s Day parade in BostonMayor Marty Walsh describes invite as ‘probably the biggest step in 20 years’Mon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Seán Dunne was sued by wife over €100mProperty developer tells bankruptcy hearing he did not challenge action by Gayle KilileaSat Mar 01 2014 - 09:42
Dunne gave wife €58m to buy Ireland’s most expensive houseBankrupt developer says it was normal to take up to €10m from his firms for personal useSat Mar 01 2014 - 09:41
Veteran lawmakers call time on serving in ‘obnoxious’ US CongressAmerica Letter: traditional solutions are not succeeding in overcoming wide Congress’s ideological divisionsSat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Developer faces round four of questions in USUlster Bank, Nama and US bankruptcy trustee continue to seek answers as remnants of €1bn property empire is liquidatedFri Feb 28 2014 - 09:06
Dunne deals: the American maze of a bankrupt empireDeveloper isn’t hiding his desire to get back into the property gameFri Feb 28 2014 - 09:01
Nama v Dunne: a round-up of litigation between the sidesProperties, US companies and visa at centre of ongoing imbroglioFri Feb 28 2014 - 07:55
Dunne family plans $22m New York projectWife and son of developer plan to spend $13m on buildingFri Feb 28 2014 - 07:38
US military aims to slim down for peacetime footingProposed cuts to defence spending would shrink US army to smallest size in 74 yearsFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:00
Jury verdict in Florida killing case stirs racial bias debateTrial of white man who shot unarmed black teenager raises deep-seated issuesSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
US judge denies Irish nanny bail reductionCourt rules new medical evidence on baby’s old injuries doesn’t weaken prosecutors’ caseFri Feb 21 2014 - 21:37
Kelleher determined to rescue Chicago Spire from black holeBankruptcy hearing indicates boom-time project could finally get off the groundFri Feb 21 2014 - 01:00
Boston centre could ‘greatly improve’ dealings with Irish interns, report recommendsImmigrant centre criticised for being harsh in handling intern who violated visa termsWed Feb 19 2014 - 22:28
Niall O’Dowd to seek legal advice after online opinion article about Rehab taken downWed Feb 19 2014 - 18:06
Negotiators must ‘step up a gear’ to conclude EU-US trade dealEU commissioner signals tougher negotiations over the months aheadWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
U2’s rooftop ‘Invisible’ raises Jimmy Fallon’s visibility in debut ‘Tonight Show’Comedian replaces Jay Leno as NBC network tries to attract younger adult viewersTue Feb 18 2014 - 21:06
Crystal-clear lesson for Ireland in US glass-making revivalA manufacturing hub in Seattle shows the potential for former Waterford Crystal workersMon Feb 17 2014 - 09:20
US Patrick’s Day marches out of step with IrelandLGBT bans in New York and Boston reflect a conservatism that lags behind the homelandSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Oldest living Irishwoman to turn 112 on SundayKathleen Hayes Rollins Snavely, from Co Clare, emigrated to the US in 1921 and built up a successful dairy from scratchFri Feb 14 2014 - 17:00
Snow storm causes travel chaos, closes government on US east coastWeather service describes storm as event of ‘historical proportions’Fri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Hollande woos Silicon Valley on first visit by French president in 30 yearsOfficial visit aims to attract investment in France, where unemployment is at a 15-year highThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:00
Republican climbdown over debt deal reveals party turmoilBoehner fails to unite Tea Party wing and moderates to block Bill’s passageThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:00
Shirley Temple, the original child star, dies at 85Actress retired from screen life at age of 22 and later embarked on a career as a diplomatWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Obama says he has no favourite between Britain and FranceUS president compares relations with allies to love for daughters during Hollande’s visitTue Feb 11 2014 - 21:51
University footballer set to be first openly gay NFL playerMichael Sam, formerly with the University of Missouri, is expected to be drafted in MayTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Gay rights activists urge Taoiseach not to march in St Patrick’s Day paradeNational Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Federation make plea to Enda KennyTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Paulson’s thankless task of trying to solve US banking crisisFormer treasury secretary loathed by many for taxpayer-funded bailoutsSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
US diplomat says sorry for obscene remark about EUAmericans blame Russia for bugging callSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Republicans unlikely to pass migrant Bill, says BoehnerComments a setback for Irish immigration advocatesSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
After the Michael Flatley theft: Irish criminals’ role in rhino horn traffickingIrish people have been jailed in a US clampdown on the illegal trade in elephant ivory, rhino horns, turtle shells and other endangered wildlife products, which is worth up to $10 billion a yearSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Top US diplomat in Europe says 'F*** the EU’ on leaked callObama administration suspects Russians are behind leaked recordingFri Feb 07 2014 - 09:46
De Blasio to skip St Patrick’s Day parade over gay rightsNew York firefighters and police officers to be allowed march in uniformsThu Feb 06 2014 - 08:10
Republicans use job market data to launch fresh attacks on ObamacareReport says Obama’s signature healthcare law will ‘encourage American to work less’Thu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
Republicans may have to overcome fears of immigration Bill to woo Hispanic voteDemocrats want citizenship for the US’s 11 million illegal immigrantsWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Woody Allen rejects abuse allegations as ‘untrue and disgraceful’Dylan Farrow claimed the director sexually abused her in 1992 at the family homeTue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00
O’Reilly asks US court to dismiss lawsuit taken by former nurseBusinessman’s lawyers say claims by former PA ‘defy all business and common sense’Sun Feb 02 2014 - 20:23
Vast cost of survival in the economic backwater of the USWest Virginia is one of the poorest states in the US, and pays a high price for its pragmatismSat Feb 01 2014 - 01:15
The real ‘Breaking Bad’Methamphetamine is cheap, addictive and mobile, and you don’t need to be a chemistry teacher to make it. Last year in poverty-stricken, meth-addicted West Virginia, police raided 533 home labs, scenes that couldn’t be more different from the TV seriesSat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
Anglo trials get priority, says NoonanMinister rejects idea of Oireachtas bank investigation parallel to criminal hearingsSat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
