The real ‘Breaking Bad’Methamphetamine is cheap, addictive and mobile, and you don’t need to be a chemistry teacher to make it. Last year in poverty-stricken, meth-addicted West Virginia, police raided 533 home labs, scenes that couldn’t be more different from the TV seriesSat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
Plan for adoption tracing ‘a half-measure’, says US SenatorDemocrat speaks after meeting woman whose search for son was depicted in film PhilomenaFri Jan 31 2014 - 01:07
US tourists answering Ireland’s ‘clarion call’After the success of The Gathering, the boss of CIÉ Tours International forecasts new records being broken this yearFri Jan 31 2014 - 01:00
‘The myth about Obama is that he is a liberal’The US president’s State of the Union address focused on the practical and the achievableThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Obama warns he will bypass Congress to tackle inequalityUS president promises to make 2014 a ‘year of action’ writes Simon Carswell in WashingtonWed Jan 29 2014 - 07:50
Obama seeks to regain initiative with speech to US lawmakersUS president determined to push ahead with legislative plans on income inequality and the environmentTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Dunne’s bankruptcy official seeks $160,000Money needed to pay for administering bankruptcySat Jan 25 2014 - 01:01
Shortage of lethal drugs in death-row statesSome states propose bringing back firing squads or the electric chairSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Waterford developer files for bankruptcy in New YorkDarryl Kavanagh, who owned Harvey’s Bar in Waterford, has debts of $23.4m (€17m)Thu Jan 23 2014 - 18:13
New Jersey politician denies ‘Sopranos-style’ approach to relief aidKim Guadagno accused of threatening to withhold Hurricane Sandy funds from Hoboken unless mayor supported project proposed by Rockefeller GroupTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Obama announces limited restrictions on NSA activitiesSpying operations to remain largely intact despite reforms as US president defends agencySat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Mile High City: ‘Awesome, man’Purple Trainwreck anyone? Marijuana chocolate? Colorado is barely three weeks into its marjuana-legalisation experiment, and demand is high for the exotic productsSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Gulf between haves and have-nots is widening – even in idyllic BoulderThe attractive Colorado city’s green belt is under pressure as property prices soarSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Christie hires Giuliani associate to lead inquiry into bridge scandalNew Jersey governor turns to lawyer to examine role played by aides in lane closuresFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Obama to unveil changes to US spying in response to Snowden leaksUS president expected to curb surveillance on foreigners and collection of bulk phone dataThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:00
New Jersey governor says he will co-operate with inquiries into ‘Bridgegate’Controversy over politically motivated lane closures overshadows Chris Christie’s annual state speechWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
New Jersey governor faces fresh inquiry over use of Hurricane Sandy relief fundsAnother Democrat may have been targeted for refusing to endorse Chris Christie re-electionTue Jan 14 2014 - 01:00
India expels US official in retaliation for Washington’s expulsion of diplomatSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:02
US judiciary puts fractured legislature to shameAmerica Letter: from the small claims courts to the Supreme Court, the US judicial system is a combative cockpit of American valuesSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
New Jersey governor fires top aide in bridge gridlock scandalRepublican ‘embarrassed and humiliated’ by staff over politically motivated lane closuresFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Controversy deepens for Christie over lane closures on bridgeEmails, texts show governor’s staff sought traffic chaos as revenge against DemocratsThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
Obama’s former defence secretary goes on offensive with new tell-all bookExtracts from Robert Gates’s memoir portray US president as distrustful of military and unsure of Afghanistan policyThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
Former Garda chief inspector ‘saddened’ by Smithwick findings of collusionKathleen O’Toole says most members of the force are ‘decent, principled people’Thu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
Record low temperatures as polar vortex drives Arctic winds down US east coastNew York weather coldest for 118 years amid warnings about frostbite, hypothermiaWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
US and Britain feeling the impact of extreme weather conditionsLife-threatening’ wind chill adds to danger, weather service warnsTue Jan 07 2014 - 09:38
Serving a growing appetite for Irish meat products in the USThe chief executive of Tommy Moloney’s Irish meat importer and producer, is aiming to grow turnover to $500 million a yearFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
Impatient Dunne shows he is eager to get back in the gameWith Empire State Building up for sale, Seán Dunne is keen to do deals againMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
American Letter: Mom’s the word when your child is trying to fit in with a new cultureTraces of Ireland are being erased from the accents of my childrenSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
IMF to maintain ‘intensive’ watch on State, says chief‘Still work to be done’ to complete economic recovery, says BeaumontSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
Dunne tells Nama he regrets not selling up in 2007‘I should have cashed up – if I had, we wouldn’t be sitting here today’Sat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
€100m: the price of love for Seán Dunne‘Love, affection, cooking the odd meal, washing the odd shirt, the odd one’Fri Dec 13 2013 - 07:29
Noonan signals possible income tax cut in BudgetMinister criticises unnamed troika 'technocrats' as Ireland leaves bailoutFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:19
Former IMF chief says Irish authorities were not helpless over EU policyEconomist feels Irish could have pressed for a better deal from EuropeFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Dunne held 20 properties in trust for his childrenBankrupt developer questioned for more than three hours at creditors’ meeting in USFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Cross-party deal marks truce in two years of US budget battlesWhile deal averts another shutdown it does not address country’s borrowing limitThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
Deal reached on US budgetDeal to fund US government for two years averts another possible shutdown of federal servicesWed Dec 11 2013 - 07:54
Obama criticised over Castro handshakeJohn Kerry tells Congress that US president did not choose who attended Mandela memorialWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Kerry urges Congress not to pass fresh sanctions against IranUS secretary of state says it would be ‘gratuitous’ and would damage ‘delicate diplomatic moment’Wed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Journalist ‘absolutely vindicated’ by Smithwick findingsToby Harnden alleges ‘10-year conspiracy of silence’ on quashed rumours of Garda collusionSat Dec 07 2013 - 14:34
US Letter: Clashes in US politics never less productiveRepublicans and Democrats must learn to do deals to get Bills passedSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Undocumented: the paperless ChristmasThree illegal Irish workers in the US, and three undocumented immigrants in Ireland, describe the harsh realities of living an unofficial lifeSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Mandela ‘belongs to the ages’ - ObamaInternational reaction: Cameron says South African leader ‘a hero of our time’Fri Dec 06 2013 - 06:12
US fast-food workers strike for a wage they can live onNationwide protests call for minimum hourly wage to be more than doubled to $15Fri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
911 calls made during Sandy Hook school shootings releasedCalls capture horror of mass shooting that left 20 children and six members of staff deadThu Dec 05 2013 - 10:12
Dunne accused of trying to ‘hide the ball’ in US bankruptcy caseKillilea’s lawyer says financial records, grocery shopping should remain privateTue Dec 03 2013 - 20:41
Nama claims in US court filing that Sean Dunne hid assets under wife’s nameGayle Killilea accused of impeding investigation into couple’s financesTue Dec 03 2013 - 01:00
Dublin-born restaurateur’s fine dining is fit for a US presidentAmerica Letter: Cathal Armstrong had fed the Obamas and championed causes from immigrants’ rights to a healthier dietSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
US defies China by flying bombers into disputed airspaceFlights took place without incidentWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
Most Americans see merits of immigration reform, says Bruce MorrisonPoll shows 63% of Americans are in favour of creating a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrantsTue Nov 26 2013 - 23:01
Israel seeks to clarify details of Iran curbsIsraeli national security adviser to lead team on trip to US to finalise dealTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
