‘I want to look evil in the eyes’9/11 survivors and victims’ families were in Guantánamo Bay this week for the latest controversial pretrial hearings of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other men accused of the World Trade Center attacksSat Jun 22 2013 - 06:01
Guantánamo still haunts us 11 years onAmerican Letter: morale among detainees at all-time lowSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Camps remain open despite Obama’s promisesMany Guantánamo prisoners in legal limboFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Kafkaesque scenes as secrecy rules in 9/11 death penalty court hearingsSecrecy issues slow down proceedingsFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Governor of Maryland to meet Taoiseach during Irish visitIrish-American governor Martin O’Malley to deliver speech at Iveagh House on US-Irish relationshipWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
Pretrial 9/11 hearings restart in GuantánamoUS administration appoints new lawyer to help oversee closure of military prison in CubaMon Jun 17 2013 - 22:31
Obama to consult North’s leaders over US supportSpokesman says president will continue to be 'ardent' backer of peace processSat Jun 15 2013 - 08:33
US considering no-fly zone in Syria after deciding to arm opposition groupsObama to give rebels direct military aid after regime crosses chemical weapon ‘red line’Sat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Obama to make landmark speech on North at G8 summitUS president to address about 2,000 mostly young people on future for regionSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Over 2,000 offshore firms set up from home in Ranelagh, DublinPhilip Burwell sets up the companies but that’s where his responsibility comes to an endFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:20
Capitol Hill hears how tax-avoiding giants create ‘stateless income’Professor calls for tax rate of 25 per cent on worldwide corporate incomeFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:11
Anglo Irish Bank’s subsidiary in Austria linked to secret deposit schemesAustrian bank sought business from firm that set up offshore trusts for customersFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:11
Seán Quinn used British Virgin Islands company to invest in Russian developmentDetails of Quinn company among papers obtained by Consortium of Investigative JournalistsFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:07
Anglo Irish Bank’s Austrian bank offered ‘secret’ depositsFiles are obtained by the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative JournalistsFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:00
Court told James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was ‘hands-on’ killer at opening of trialBoston gang leader accused of participating in 19 murders and racketeering while working as informantThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:00
Seán Dunne set to face creditors in US bankruptcy caseMeeting will take place in New Haven, Connecticut next WednesdayWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:12
Leaker of US spying secrets says his goal is ‘transparency’Revelations reopen debate over civil libertiesTue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
America Letter: Poverty levels in Washington are food for thoughtIn a city of haves and have-nots, 680,000 are at risk of hungerSat Jun 08 2013 - 01:00
Samantha Power appointed as US envoy to UNIrish-born woman named to post by President Barack ObamaThu Jun 06 2013 - 05:00
Much at stake in Dunne’s US bankruptcy caseAll eyes on the next scheduled hearing in Ireland when Ulster Bank will seek to make Dunne bankrupt in a second jurisdiction.Wed Jun 05 2013 - 09:37
Dunne faces prospect of being declared bankrupt in Ireland as well as the USMajor setback for developer in US courtWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
US signing arms treaty would have been positive - CostelloUS not among 67 states including Ireland to join UN arms control measure in New YorkTue Jun 04 2013 - 07:24
Sport cannot be intimately linked to alcohol, says MinisterGovernment has to act against drinks sponsorship of sport, says Minister of StateTue Jun 04 2013 - 06:47
US court official acts to compel Seán Dunne to face creditorsRaft of documents filed ahead of court hearing todayTue Jun 04 2013 - 01:00
PSNI preparing to seek possession of some Boston College tapesUS court rules that only tapes relating to murder of Jean McConville can be releasedMon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
US court rules McConville tapes must be handed over to PSNIJournalist and historian claim ‘a mere 13 per cent’ of content originally sought will now be handed overSat Jun 01 2013 - 09:42
US trustee to support parallel bankruptcy against DunneCourt-appointed trustee managing the US bankruptcy of Sean Dunne to support Ulster Bank’s applicationSat Jun 01 2013 - 09:16
US east coast abuzz as ‘Swarmageddon 2013’ approachesAmerica Letter: the mating cycle of cicada is about to begin, 17 years after the last oneSat Jun 01 2013 - 01:00
Irish Boston Scientific company paid effective tax rate of 4% in 2011Multinational paid $60m in corporation tax on profits of $1.4bnFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Martin gives Fianna Fáil free vote on abortionOnly half of Fianna Fáil TDs are likely to vote with their leader in support of the Government’s legislationFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Obama set to nominate former Bush official as director of FBIAppointment of James Comey seen as bipartisan moveFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Michele Bachmann: former presidential candidate to bow out of CongressRetirement next year unrelated to recent probes by FBI and ethics body, she saysThu May 30 2013 - 00:05
US shuts digital payment service Liberty ReserveFounder and four others arrested for running financial hub of ‘cyber-crime’Wed May 29 2013 - 17:55
Obsession with assassination of JFK has not waned 50 years laterThe plaza where the 35th president was shot has become America’s altar to the conspiracy theorySat May 25 2013 - 01:00
Irish-American businessman George Moore diesLouth native sold his marketing technology company TargusInfo for $650m in 2011Fri May 24 2013 - 10:56
Fallout from Apple could be serious for IrelandThe spotlight shone on Tuesday’s Senate hearings presented Ireland in an unquestionably ugly lightFri May 24 2013 - 02:00
Obama defends drone strikes ‘in last resort’US president says there must be ‘near certainty’ no civilians would be harmedFri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Maureen O’Hara visits birthplace of friend John Wayne in last public outingActor bows out as family hires law firm Arthur Cox in dispute with ex-assistantFri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Tighter border security means more migrants die while trying to enter US, according to AmnestyLarge number of unidentified bodies found in Arizona over past decadeThu May 23 2013 - 12:00
US immigration reform moves a step closer to being passed in SenateSweeping changes to US immigration laws will include 10,500 visas a year for Irish workersThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
US Senate hearing generates negative publicity for Ireland‘New York Times’ reported on its front page that “Ireland came under sharp criticism for its attractiveness as a pied-a-terre for American companies doing business in Europe”.Thu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Ireland labelled a ‘tax haven’ as US Senate investigates Apple’s offshore strategiesMaker of the iPhone and iPad accused of sheltering profits in Irish ‘ghost companies’Wed May 22 2013 - 01:00
Apple defends routing profits through Irish companiesComputer firm paid 2 per cent on $74 billion in sales over past three years, committee hearsWed May 22 2013 - 01:00
Apple shifted profits to ‘ghost companies’ in IrelandComputer giant avoided paying tens of billions of dollars, US Congressional panel saysTue May 21 2013 - 15:41
Government denies facilitating Apple tax avoidanceUS Senate report accuses technology giant of using Irish subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Anti-abortion activists protest at Taoiseach’s attendance at Boston CollegeEnda Kenny was the guest speaker at the college’s commencement ceremony todayMon May 20 2013 - 17:18
Kenny says boycotting Cardinal entitled to his opinionTaoiseach to deliver commencement address in Boston CollegeSun May 19 2013 - 22:04
Kenny backs Shatter over use of information on WallaceTaoiseach says Minister for Justice ‘is not in a position of collecting files on any individual or any member of the House’Sun May 19 2013 - 21:09
Taoiseach lays flowers in memory of Boston marathon blast victimsEnda Kenny says dignity and strength shown following the bombings would ‘deal with the physical and emotional debris of the terror’Sun May 19 2013 - 09:01
All that jazz: grave of F Scott Fitzgerald recalls the life less ordinaryAmerica Letter: the novelist’s final resting place is sober compared with the latest celulloid version of ‘The Great Gatsby’Sun May 19 2013 - 02:00
