Sinn Fein/IRA and its supporters repeatedly insist that outside pressure has no impact on IRA decisions. The evidence suggests otherwise.

Congressman describes Sinn Féin leader’s arrest as ‘very ill-timed and ill-considered’

College and Department of Education clash over reasons for closure after 172 years

President honours Kennedy ahead of 50th anniversary of his assassination in Dallas

British ‘incandescent with rage’ over move during peace process negotiations in 1994

Throughout long day in Wexford the Kennedys maintain charm and poise

Taoiseach Enda Kenny marks friendships between Ireland and US on 50th anniversary of JFK visit

Members of the Kennedy family were on hand yesterday to launch the National Library’s JFK ‘Homecoming’ exhibition

Torch will light emigrant monument for 50th anniversary of US president’s visit

Holiday movies with a difference on Kennedy’s return to Hyannis Port after his trip of a lifetime

John Fitzgerald Kennedy brought with him an inkling of the good life that was possible and in the euphoria raised the country’s self-esteem, writes Kate Holmquist

US vice-president’s folksy speech to Irish audience had a political purpose

Quoting Bono, WB Yeats and Heaney, vice-president says US immigration system ‘needs to be fixed’

As a new member of the US House of Representatives, Joseph P Kennedy III understands the weight of his family name, but he wants to forge his own destiny