Romney enters fray in Republican 'war on women'OF ALL the positions taken by hopefuls in the chaotic race for the Republican presidential nomination, none are as potentially…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Romney out of depth in Deep South as Santorum enjoys highs of victoryTHE RACE for the Republican presidential nomination was overturned yet again on Tuesday night, when the religious conservative…Thu Mar 15 2012 - 00:00
Cameron and Obama focus on growth and military policyBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron said that he and President Barack Obama “made important progress” in talks at the White …Thu Mar 15 2012 - 00:00
Obama hits back at claims about rising petrol costsTHE OBAMA administration has launched an aggressive media campaign to counter the perception that the US president is responsible…Wed Mar 14 2012 - 00:00
Pelosi broke the marble ceiling to become political powerhouseNancy Pelosi, who is speaking at Trinity College Dublin today, is a woman of many firstsTue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
Latest US primaries could play crucial roleTWO OF the poorest and most conservative states in the US could play a decisive role in the Republican presidential nomination…Tue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
Irishmen killed building America finally get proper burialAMERICA: Just five weeks after sailing to find work in the US, in 1832, five Irish people perished, ignored by wealthy compatriots…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Deal struck on US prisoners transfer to Afghan custodyUS AND Afghan officials reached an agreement on the transfer of prisoners from US to Afghan custody yesterday, after a video-…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Some Republicans fear party may be ideologically pure but utterly unelectableWE WERE talking to Kevin DeWine, the personification of a slick, establishment Republican and the chairman of the Ohio state …Wed Mar 07 2012 - 00:00
Evangelical right beguiled by Santorum's religious credentialsAMERICA: Evangelical Christians gave Rick Santorum his first primary victory in Iowa in January and they could push the former…Sat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
Obama is a university snob, claims SantorumConservative card is waved aloft as battle for Republican souls reaches fever pitchMon Feb 27 2012 - 00:00
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?POLITICS: The Real Romney By Michael Kranish and Scott Helman HarperCollins, 401pp. £17.99Sat Feb 25 2012 - 00:00
A day for Americans to remember two men and a presidencyAMERICA: EVERY AMERICAN school child knows that when George Washington was confronted with evidence that he’d chopped down his…Sat Feb 18 2012 - 00:00
Cause of death not yet known, say policeTHE MUSIC industry mourned the pop star Whitney Houston at the annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night, following her …Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Romney's campaign back on track after two winsMITT ROMNEY saved face and restored his nominal title of Republican frontrunner this weekend when he won the Maine caucuses and…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Fresh skirmishes in culture war open new front for RepublicansAMERICA: Birth control, abortion and gay marriage are back on the agenda, to the delight of the rightSat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Inside the first marriagePOLITICS : The Obamas: A Mission, a Marriage By Jodi Kantor Allen Lane, 368pp. £14.99Sat Feb 11 2012 - 00:00
Clinton-hosted conference to focus on investment for IrelandTAOISEACH ENDA Kenny, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton will participate…Thu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
Romney takes Tea Party vote from Gingrich in NevadaTHE REPUBLICAN front-runner Mitt Romney’s 25-point victory over Newt Gingrich in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday night makes …Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
A tribute to Wharton's timeless theme of love in a cruel societyAMERICA: Across the US, fans celebrate the 150th birthday of Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a PulitzerSat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Fundraiser, confidante and cheerleader for NewtNewt Gingrich is the man Obama “will be befuddled by”, says his close friend Gay GainesMon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Romney/Gingrich divide narrows as polls indicate tieTHERE WILL probably be only one viable Republican presidential hopeful left after next Tuesday’s Florida primary, though the …Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
EU science commissioner in USEuropean Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan Quinn is visiting Washington and Boston this week …Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Romney hounded by memory of Seamus the dog and 'Crate Gate'AMERICA: MITT ROMNEY, who is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee, is hounded by the memory of Seamus the Irish …Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
Race is set to be short if Romney romps homeBEFORE SHE cast her ballot at Webster Elementary School yesterday morning, Pat Howard, a 66-year-old retired attorney and Democrat…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Rivals gang up on frontrunner, accusing him of destroying jobs to enrich himselfREPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ganged up on the frontrunner Mitt Romney on the eve of today’s New Hampshire primary, criticising the former…Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Debate gets personal as Republican primary heats upTHERE WAS something strange about watching six middle-aged men in charcoal grey suits and white shirts devote so much discussion…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Peacemongering ideas of Ron Paul find popularity with post-9/11 disaffectedIT WAS Ron Paul’s anti-war stance that attracted Tatiana Moroz (32) to his campaign.Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Bachmann bows out, Perry stays inMICHELE BACHMANN, the founder of the Tea Party caucus in the US House of Representatives, has withdrawn from the race for Republican…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Candidates lead US to face its 'Mormon moment'AMERICA: Two Republican candidates, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, are part of the LDS eliteSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Duke's fans in Iowa still see things in black and whiteWHERE IS John Wayne now that the Republican party needs him? The movie actor died in 1979, but among Iowa conservatives he’s …Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryYEARS HAVE PASSED since Ronan Connolly, now 31, left his job as a teacher at the Gaelscoil Ultain in Monaghan town, set off with…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Double vision over US status: right and left talk it up and downAMERICA: THE US has two visions of itself: a rose-tinted belief in American exceptionalism, vaunted by Republican presidential…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Too young to vote, but they can be sentenced to die in a US prisonAmnesty campaign aims to prevent the US imposing life sentences on childrenWed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Raids on Occupy camps carry powerful echoes of US historyAMERICA : In 1932, first World War veterans and their families camping out in Washington were branded criminals and communists…Sat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
Republican hopefuls battle over foreign policy issuesIT IS difficult for Republican presidential hopefuls to fault US president Barack Obama on foreign and security policy, because…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Sad fate of Jack the lost-and-found cat unites Americans in griefAMERICA: JACK THE Cat seized the collective imagination in the US. Now he has united thousands of Americans in grief.Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
The billionaire brothers bankrolling the get-Obama-out campaignPROFILE THE KOCH BROTHERS: WHAT’S THE WORLD coming to when a billionaire can’t buy a presidential candidate or shut down a labour…Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Middle classes let out another shriek of pain, this time in DCAMERICA: THE OCCUPY movement that started in the US seven weeks ago has been described as a shriek of pain by the American middle…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Mass confiscation of Native American children hasn't gone awayAMERICA: In South Dakota, 700 Native American children a year are taken from their familiesSat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
US envoy leaves Syria over 'threats'US AMBASSADOR to Syria Robert Ford left Damascus for Washington at the weekend “as a result of credible threats against his personal…Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Let's hope leaders have changed utterly in dealing with tyrantsAMERICA: “KHADAFY KILLED BY YANKEE FAN” said the front page of the tabloid New York Post newspaper yesterdaySat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Obama hails 'end of painful chapter' as Sarkozy speaks of 'milestone'WESTERN REACTION: “YOU HAVE won your revolution,” US president Barack Obama told the people of Libya in a brief statement from…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Sleeping giant of US politics waking up and asking to be heardAMERICA : The Latino vote could be decisive in next year’s presidential electionSat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Romney confirmed as Republican frontrunnerMITT ROMNEY and Herman Cain delivered feisty performances, while Rick Perry faded into the background in the Republican presidential…Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
How Ireland managed to end up part of the 'New Third World'AMERICA: THE US financial journalist and author Michael Lewis has a favourite metaphor for the global economic crisis: what …Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Obama has thrown the Palestinians - not Israel - 'under the bus'AMERICA: IN DECEMBER 2008, Judge Abner Mikva, a former counsel in the Clinton White House and one of several Jewish mentors …Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Gilmore to honour memory of 9/11 firefighterTHE FIRST official act by Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore during his week-long stay in New York will take place this evening at…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Shocking moments reveal heartlessness of conservativesAMERICA: Republican presidential debate audiences don’t even pretend to have compassion these daysSat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Death of a hero: fire department chaplin Mychal JudgeTHE FIRST recorded victim of 9/11 had started his day at the Church of St Francis Assisi on 31st Street, opposite a firehouse…Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
