Trump says he may invite Kim Jong-un to USPresident made comments while meeting with Japanese prime ministerThu Jun 07 2018 - 21:07
Optimism in the air as Robert F Kennedy honoured 50 years after death‘Kennedy clan was clearly of an Irish tribe’, former president Bill Clinton tells gatheringWed Jun 06 2018 - 19:19
Late Kate Spade one of most celebrated designers of her eraPolice say the apparent cause of 55-year-old’s death is suicideTue Jun 05 2018 - 20:40
Trump claims Russia investigation is ‘witch hunt’US president continues to attack Jeff Sessions for stepping aside from inquiryTue Jun 05 2018 - 20:32
Ceremony to mark 50 years since Robert Kennedy assassinationIreland’s Ambassador to US among those to speak at Arlington CemeteryTue Jun 05 2018 - 18:37
Trump-Kim Jong-un summit tears up the rule book of diplomacyThe first collapse came when each side discovered the other’s expectationsSat Jun 02 2018 - 06:00
‘Roseanne’ controversy shines a light on race in Trump’s AmericaAmerican Letter: Sitcom star’s tweets point to the lingering racism in US societySat Jun 02 2018 - 01:00
Trump confirms North Korean summit is back onDecision to go ahead with summit in Singapore on June 12th follows week of intense diplomacyFri Jun 01 2018 - 21:28
EU hits Bourbon and Harley-Davidsons in response to US tariffsTrade commissioner ‘closes door’ on US negotiations after imposition of steel tariffsFri Jun 01 2018 - 20:22
EU vows to retaliate as US sanctions on steel come into forceGovernment warns that Irish companies will be affected by the new tariffs on importsFri Jun 01 2018 - 05:05
Confidante of North Korean leader to deliver letter to TrumpMike Pompeo is ‘confident we are moving in the right direction’ on summitThu May 31 2018 - 21:44
US to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from EUMove set to provoke retaliation and take the Trump administration further down the path of a trade warThu May 31 2018 - 14:58
Kim Kardashian meets Donald Trump to discuss prison reformTwo reality TV stars meet at White House, hold talks over pardon for jailed grandmotherThu May 31 2018 - 08:37
Trump says he wishes he had never hired Jeff SessionsTwitter post the latest in a series of swipes by the president about attorney generalWed May 30 2018 - 20:59
Top North Korean official heads to US for talksKim Yong-chol’s visit is further sign that planned Trump-Kim summit will go aheadTue May 29 2018 - 16:07
US groups urge anti-abortion activists to launch ‘alternative to abortion’ centresAbortion referendum result prominent in US media outletsSun May 27 2018 - 15:49
A lady laid to rest far from the Ireland she left so long agoAmerica Letter: Ireland Sr Trish emigrated from unrecognisable to modern womenSat May 26 2018 - 01:00
Trump hints that North Korea summit may still go aheadA day after Singapore meeting cancelled, US president says both sides still want to meetFri May 25 2018 - 20:04
Suzanne Lynch: Trump attacks on FBI starting to pay offSlights on intelligence agencies erode public support for US Russian interference inquiryFri May 25 2018 - 01:18
Trump’s North Korea flip-flopping could have profound implicationsAnalysis: Cancellation of North Korea summit major blow to South Korean presidentThu May 24 2018 - 20:00
Doubts over appointment of US Northern Ireland envoySecretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hadn’t considered the matter despite predecessor’s pledgeThu May 24 2018 - 18:14
Donald Trump cancels summit with Kim Jong-unUS president cites ‘tremendous anger and open hostility’ of recent N Korea statementThu May 24 2018 - 17:53
Philip Roth: ‘the great American novelist of our postwar world’Colm Tóibín pays tribute to great author who was a ferocious critic of Donald Trump but a close friend of Edna O’BrienThu May 24 2018 - 06:00
FBI’s ‘election-campaign spying’ a political scandal, says TrumpUS president repeats unsubstantiated claims that intelligence agency infiltrated his teamWed May 23 2018 - 21:15
Trump suggests North Korea summit may not go ahead‘Very substantial chance’ June 12th meeting will not work out, says US presidentTue May 22 2018 - 18:46
US warns Iran could face ‘strongest sanctions in history’US secretary of state’s speech seen as advocating Tehran regime changeMon May 21 2018 - 21:03
Trump and Moon to push for North Korea summit to go aheadMove comes as US president orders investigation of FBI campaign ‘infiltration’Mon May 21 2018 - 20:48
Texas in transition: the myths and politics of America’s largest stateReview: God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright is also a moving reflection on the concept of home and identitySat May 19 2018 - 06:00
Wedding fever grips America as one of their own marries royaltyAmerica may have won its independence, but it’s still in thrall to the British monarchySat May 19 2018 - 01:00
At least 10 killed in high school shooting in TexasGunman named as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a student at the Sante Fe schoolFri May 18 2018 - 21:13
Trump reassures Kim he will not face same fate as GadafyLeader will receive ‘protections’ as president dismises ‘Libyan model’ of denuclearisationThu May 17 2018 - 20:50
White House wrongfooted as officials scramble to save North Korea summitTrump’s announcement of North Korean denuclearisation now seems prematureThu May 17 2018 - 01:00
US says it is preparing for North Korea summit to go aheadTrump says ‘We’ll see what happens’ as North Koreans threaten to cancel meetingWed May 16 2018 - 22:40
Trump values Doonbeg golf resort at $25m-$50mUS president reportedly paid €9m in 2014 for resort, which had income of $14m last yearWed May 16 2018 - 21:12
Trump’s CIA nominee Gina Haspel clears Senate committee hurdleCommittee backs view that Russia interfered in 2016 election with aim of electing TrumpWed May 16 2018 - 20:57
Moving US embassy nothing to do with Gaza violence - Nikki HaleyMajority of United Nations members criticise Israel’s response to protests in GazaWed May 16 2018 - 01:00
North Korea cancels talks with South putting US summit in doubtPyongyang takes action after calling military exercises between allies a provocationTue May 15 2018 - 21:41
US diplomat praises Israel’s ‘restraint’ over Gaza protestsNikki Haley tells UN moving embassy to Jerusalem does not undermine prospects for peaceTue May 15 2018 - 17:18
Trump’s Jerusalem embassy move exposes political naivetyViolence and Palestinian deaths are result of lack of strategic vision in US foreign policyMon May 14 2018 - 21:51
Melania Trump growing in popularity, unlike her husbandResponse to chaos unfolding around her may be to get through remainder of Trump termSat May 12 2018 - 01:00
HSE cervical screening standards lower than those in USCo-testing – which includes testing for HPV – is seen as the ‘best way’ to screenSat May 12 2018 - 00:53
Irish-Americans on both sides join the campaign trailChris Slattery is heavily involved in the Catholic anti-abortion groups in the US; Kieran O’Reilly is part of a vibrant Repeal the Eighth community in New YorkFri May 11 2018 - 05:00
Donald Trump to meet Kim Jong-un for historic summitUS president says June meeting in Singapore will be ‘special moment for world peace’Fri May 11 2018 - 01:00
Trump welcomes back Americans freed by North Korea‘Special night for these three really great people,’ says US presidentThu May 10 2018 - 09:50
Frederick Douglass’s Irish ‘transformation’ after escaping slaverySolas Nua’s Washington production aims to highlight abolitionist leader’s links to IrelandThu May 10 2018 - 05:00
‘Severe consequences’ if Iran restarts nuclear activity, warns TrumpUS ‘will be putting on among the strongest sanctions that we’ve ever put on a country’Wed May 09 2018 - 21:08
Trump’s CIA nominee insists she would not allow tortureGina Haspel faces Senate committee as new controversy emerges over Cohen paymentsWed May 09 2018 - 20:27
US withdrawal from Iran deal branded a ‘serious mistake’Leaders of France, Germany and UK express ‘regret and concern’ over Trump’s decisionTue May 08 2018 - 23:28
Trump’s bitter words for Iran leave nuclear deal hanging by threadAnalysis: US president’s unambiguous words reflect hawkish instincts of reshaped administrationTue May 08 2018 - 21:18
Trump’s CIA nominee Haspel to face key Senate hearingCIA’s deputy director faces questions about involvement in CIA interrogation ‘practices’Tue May 08 2018 - 20:45
