IrelandUS forces within 10 kilometres of BasraBy Jack Fairweather, in Safwan, Iraq, and Conor O'Clery and in New York
IrelandBasra surrounded after strategic oilfields seizedBy Luke Harding in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq, Oliver Burkeman in Washington and Nicholas Watt Richard Norton-Taylor in London
IrelandPalestinian protesters call on Iraq to 'hit Tel Aviv' with ScudsBy Peter Hirschberg and in Jerusalem
IrelandBord Failte awards grants to sporting and cultural eventsBy Mark Hennessy and Political Correspondent
BusinessStart of war has helped Irish stock market recoverBy By Jane O'Sullivan and Markets Correspondant