Call for Mexican companies to invest in IrelandPresident Michael D Higgins says there is scope for further trade and investment between Ireland and MexicoTue Oct 22 2013 - 15:13
President notes Republic’s intention to develop deeper links with MexicoSpeaking at a lunch hosted by Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto on his visit to the country, Mr Higgins said the people of the two countries shared “a natural affinity with each other”Tue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
Higgins invites Mexican president on return Irish tripPresident says Ireland looks forward to deepening business ties with MexicoMon Oct 21 2013 - 21:21
President Michael D Higgins lays wreath in Mexico CityIrish soldiers who fought for Mexico in Mexican-American war honouredMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Nicaragua dropped from list as President Higgins visits Central American countriesPresident’s 12-day tour will now take in Mexico, El Salvador and Costa RicaMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Small acts of defiance help maintain normality in shut-down Washington DCAmerica Letter: Locked playgrounds symbolise official dysfunction in US capitalSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
US shutdown drama ends but farce goes onThe deal that reopened the government has the potential for new conflict next yearFri Oct 18 2013 - 06:36
Armed US aircraft’s Shannon stop breached Irish rulesGovernment raised ‘strong concern’ with the US over plane landing with ‘fixed weapon’Fri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
US Congress passes deal to avert feared debt defaultPresident Obama signs bill into law ending government shutdown and raising debt limitThu Oct 17 2013 - 09:11
Q&A: So what’s the big deal?Simon Carswell on last night’s US Senate deal approving short-term government fundingThu Oct 17 2013 - 06:52
Questions remain for US senators over tax lawSenators Carl Levin and John McCain had criticised Ireland over Apple tax rateThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
US government shutdown ends as Senate strikes deal to avert debt crisisRepublican leaders concede defeat in healthcare legislation battleThu Oct 17 2013 - 00:59
Irish nanny to face trial in US next year over death of babyAisling Brady McCarthy awaiting medical reports, court in Massachusetts hearsWed Oct 16 2013 - 19:49
US senators call Irish tax loophole pledge ‘encouraging’Levin and McCain hope Ireland ready to close door on ‘egregious corporate tax abuses’Wed Oct 16 2013 - 11:01
Republican proposal shot down as US moves closer to defaultWhite House and Senate Democrats reject latest Republicans offer on debt dealWed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00
Trial begins of Chicago man accused of assault on Northern Irish womanNatasha McShane from Co Armagh left unable to walk or speak after attack with baseball batTue Oct 15 2013 - 22:31
US struggles to find deal to avoid defaultRepublican senators claim deal to extend debt limit unlikely by Thursday deadlineMon Oct 14 2013 - 11:07
Bank tests to determine details of Irish bailout exitConcern expressed over Ireland’s plan to return to markets without credit backstopMon Oct 14 2013 - 09:23
Draghi praises Ireland for crisis effortsImprovements made ‘on all fronts’ with structural reforms and risk management, ECB president saysMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
ECB president praises Ireland’s efforts to repair public financesMario Draghi says country has ‘improved on all fronts’ since financial crisis beganSat Oct 12 2013 - 18:50
US balances fear and security as it pursues perceived enemies withinA new book details the vast surveillance operation the NYPD developed after 9/11Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:06
Hedge funds drop objection to IBRC’s US bankruptcy moveChallenge withdrawn after court blocks access to bank’s contacts with GovernmentFri Oct 11 2013 - 06:39
Eyes start to twitch in US political staring matchRepublicans propose short-term extension to debt limit if Obama agrees to budget talksFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:17
Obama calls Congressional leaders to meetings in bid to end political deadlockStalemate between White House and Republicans has pushed government shutdown into a tenth dayThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:19
Diminutive central banker is an able and resourceful figureJanet Yellen will be taking over one of the most influential roles in the world economyThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:07
Fed chair nominee as one of the ‘foremost’ US economistsJanet Yellen named to become first woman chair of America’s central bankWed Oct 09 2013 - 21:16
Anglo Irish overcharged customers €1.2bn, court toldBank’s liquidator confirms overcharging but says he doesn’t know amounts involvedWed Oct 09 2013 - 08:03
Judge rejects legal challenge by developer against IBRCUS bankruptcy judge refuses to lift temporary court protection for the bankWed Oct 09 2013 - 06:31
US Supreme Court’s new term will see arguments that touch on political impasseJustices will be asked to decide on constitutional matters in view of row between Obama and CongressTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:28
Obama challenges Boehner to hold ‘no-strings-attached’ vote on budgetAs the US federal shutdown enters its second week, China says a US default would damage its investmentsTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:17
We should treat migrants the way we want our people to be treated - BanUN secretary general evokes Ireland’s longstanding history of emigrationSat Oct 05 2013 - 15:27
Bono hits out at big oil for concealing payments to African governmentsConsumers can change behaviour of corporations, U2 singer believesSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Lights, camera, no action as plug is pulled on two Hillary Clinton filmsDocumentary maker Charles Ferguson says he encountered near-omerta from Clinton campSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Irish Ambassador to US urges Sons of St Patrick to consider name changeAnne Anderson also asks oldest Irish-American group to consider becoming more inclusive of womenSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Shattering glass in DC: Anne Anderson on a life of diplomatic firstsAnne Anderson, Ireland’s first female ambassador to the European Union, France and the UN, has broken yet more new diplomatic ground with her latest role as Ireland’s representative tothe United StatesSat Oct 05 2013 - 00:00
America has two weeks left until the cash runs outFears grow Congress might not be able to agree increase to US borrowing limitFri Oct 04 2013 - 08:01
Lampedusa disaster a sombre backdrop to UN migration summitInternational migrant numbers have risen from 175 million in 2000 to 232 million this yearFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:06
IMF warns of threat of US political crisis escalating to defaultObama keeps up pressure on Republicans as US Treasury cautions about risk of recessionFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
Washington memorial – A shutdown battlegroundDemocrat and Republicans try to to deflect blame for the shutdownThu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
White House says ‘clean’ budget Bill would pass CongressUS shutdown continues as Republicans refuse to drop opposition to ‘Obamacare’Thu Oct 03 2013 - 01:00
US shutdown is symptom of dysfunctional governmentWhite House and House Republicans poles apart as Congress locked in stalemateWed Oct 02 2013 - 06:22
Obama blames Republicans for shutdownUS president accuses the party of an ‘ideological crusade’ against healthcare lawWed Oct 02 2013 - 06:19
Budget row closes US tourism attractionsTourists will not able to visit many landmarks, from Yosemite National Park to the Statue of LibertyWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:24
What’s happening in Washington? Government shutdown explainedCongress unable to agree short-term budget to keep the US government funded beyond fiscal year-endTue Oct 01 2013 - 09:02
US government shutdown begins after political stalemateAbout 800,000 workers face unpaid leave over impasse on Obama’s healthcare lawTue Oct 01 2013 - 06:47
Obama berates Republicans over US shutdown moveUS president describes government closure threat as ‘height of irresponsibility’Tue Oct 01 2013 - 01:00
US shutdown looms over health rowRepublican-led Congress approves funding on condition Obamacare delayedMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Thaw in relations between Iran and the USMeeting hailed as breakthrough towards finding solution to long-running nuclear deadlock between the countriesSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
American sojourn shaped James Connolly as a socialistNew exhibition shows how the 1916 leader and labour activist was moulded in the USSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Gilmore to call for perpetrators of Syria gas attack to be triedTanaiste will tell UN general assembly that International Criminal Court should be usedSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
