US health secretary exits after botched Obamacare rollout trips up White HousePresident nominates budget director as new health and human services secretarySat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Irish filmmaker aiming to raise $2.1m online for documentaryPhelim McAleer has already raised $573,000 through crowd-funding for abortion filmFri Apr 11 2014 - 20:41
Colbert named as Letterman’s replacement on US talk showCBS wasted little time in unveiling Letterman’s replacementFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
Russia ‘withheld’ intelligence on Tsarnaev, report concludesUS inspector general report showed extent of his radicalisationFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
Stabbing rampage at Pennsylvania high school leaves at least 20 people injuredPolice arrest 16-year-old student said to have run through school stabbing at randomThu Apr 10 2014 - 08:51
Decision on Dunne’s New York project plans next monthApartments in building would range from $3.3m to $7.7mWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
$650,000 profit on Dunne NY project ‘not viable’Planners to hold another public hearing about Soho project tomorrowMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00
Abuse of women 'most serious worldwide challenge' - CarterFalse interpretation of religious texts partly to blame for intolerance, says former US presidentMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00
Gullah, a language that emerged among African slaves, gets a new lease of lifeClarence Thomas, the US Supreme Court’s only African-American judge, is a speakerSat Apr 05 2014 - 06:43
Full details of CIA treatments still under wrapsIQ: Will we finally learn the full extent of CIA’s brutal post-9/11 rendition and interrogation programme?Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:01
TV host David Letterman to retire next yearNear-instant speculation on who will replace America’s longest running late-night hostSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:01
Flash Boy: Irish telecoms expert a catalyst in unmasking speed trading tacticsAuthor Michael Lewis’s book has rattled cages in the US financial world and prompted an investigation into high-speed tradingFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:20
Fort Hood gunman had tests for post-traumatic stressArmy truck driver Ivan Lopez, who served in Iraq, had visited a psychiatrist last monthFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:05
Report shows CIA misled US over bin LadenObama’s dilemma: publish to punish for past wrongs or protect spy agencyWed Apr 02 2014 - 10:45
CIA ‘misled’ Congress on torture techniquesLeaked findings of Senate report reveal new details on secret ‘black site’ prisonsWed Apr 02 2014 - 01:00
Rich Clinton ally has ties to land of his ancestorsAmerica Letter: congressman John Delaney had close business links with DublinSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Pope Francis meeting could ease US Catholic tensionsAnalysis: Establishing a good rapport with the pontiff could help the President Obama’s domestic agendaThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Three US secret service agents sent home for drinking ahead of Obama’s Dutch visitThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Dunne told US hearing his companies sold some 4,000 properties in IrelandNama is trying to clarify financial details of transfers to wife Gayle KillileaWed Mar 26 2014 - 10:46
Dunne firm could lose $2.8m profit on New York projectLawyer for bankrupt developer’s son says building plan would not be feasible with restrictionTue Mar 25 2014 - 22:32
Tea Party candidate used Kenny’s visit to raise fundsTaoiseach attended fundraiser for Republican congressman Mick Mulvaney, a member of the far-right Tea Party factionSat Mar 22 2014 - 09:12
New star of Irish America is black . . . and a womanAmerica Letter: Sen Linda Dorcena Forry shines at Boston St Patrick’s eventSat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00
EU agrees to expand targeted sanctions on RussiaMove comes after US steps up response to Ukraine crisisFri Mar 21 2014 - 06:18
Social housing needs from repossessions can create ‘virtuous circle’ - BurtonBuilding more homes could lead to ‘win-win’ situation for Irish economyFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:01
Burton increases pressure on Callinan over remarksMinister joins Varadkar call on Garda Commissioner to withdraw commentsFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
Department of Finance official to join IMF as Ireland’s representativeFormer bailout liaison Michael McGrath to move to Washington as former regulator joins World BankFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
US threatens broader sanctions against Russian industries over Ukraine actionObama warns of impact on Russia’s ‘key sectors’ and risk to global economyFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
US grapples with Putin urge to alter historyRussian leader’s unpredictability complicates matters for Barack ObamaThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach misses gay protest at New York St Patrick’s Day paradeKenny left Fifth Avenue route two blocks from where 50 demonstrators had gatheredTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
PSNI officers march in first parade alongside GardaTaoiseach says joint participation in New York shows ‘unprecedented’ co-operation between forcesTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach defends decision to march in New York paradeGay rights groups protest along route over ban on expressing gay pride in marchMon Mar 17 2014 - 20:01
West vows to punish Russia as Crimeans vote to exit UkraineCrimea’s ethnic Russians celebrate and seek swift transfer to Moscow ruleMon Mar 17 2014 - 07:04
Neeson fights to keep horse-drawn carriages in New YorkActor lobbies Department of the TaoiseachMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:00
Kenny praises ‘fighting Irish’ rugby team after Six Nations victoryTaoiseach tells Boston gathering ‘America will be the better’ for immigration reformSun Mar 16 2014 - 17:37
Taoiseach urged to support Boston LGBT groupMassEquality calls on Kenny to make statement on their campaign to march with bannersSat Mar 15 2014 - 08:00
Deaths reveal a hidden history of labour and the story of Irish AmericaThere’s a sinister side to the story of Pennsylvania’s 57 dead IrishmenSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00
Still no US ambassador to Ireland appointed after 15-month delayTaoiseach Enda Kenny raised issue with Barack Obama at White House meetingSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach urges action on US immigration reformObama expresses disappointment at deadlock in Northern Ireland peace talksSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00
Obama urges Northern Irish leaders to continue negotiationsUS president disappointed at failure of talks on flags, parades and issues of the pastFri Mar 14 2014 - 22:23
Obama disappointed by Northern Ireland talksUS president praises Irish economic progress at annual St Patrick’s Day meeting with TaoiseachFri Mar 14 2014 - 18:18
Undocumented Irish frustrated with US lawmakers, says KennyTaoiseach raises plight of immigrants during breakfast meeting with American vice presidentFri Mar 14 2014 - 15:10
Taoiseach's tribute to ‘stoicism’ of Irish in dealing with crisisEnda Kenny tells US business leaders Ireland faces ‘further economic challenges’Fri Mar 14 2014 - 07:18
US political rivals sit down to break bread and celebrate Irish-American heritageObama and Boehner celebrate St Patrick’s Day lunch with Taoiseach Enda KennyFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Chicago’s Irish connection ‘runs deep’, says mayor Rahm Emanuel‘Tough and visionary’ mayor has pledged to work hard on behalf of illegal immigrantsFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach starts St Patrick’s Day visit to the USKenny will meet Obama tomorrow for Oval Office meeting and shamrock ceremonyThu Mar 13 2014 - 07:09
At least two dead after huge gas leak explosion in New YorkEmergency services continuing to look for people missing since explosionThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Democrats lose Florida swing district ahead of electionsDavid Jolly wins seat in district Obama won twice in in presidential electionsThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Merkel backs sanctions as G7 condemns RussiaObama says international community will will ‘stand firmly behind the Ukrainian government’ over CrimeaThu Mar 13 2014 - 00:17
Obama ‘completely rejects’ proposed referendum in CrimeaMeeting with Ukrainian prime minister seen as show of supportWed Mar 12 2014 - 22:06
