If alive in America today King might say ‘I am still dreaming’Big gaps in society between the ‘haves and have-nots’, says marcherThu Aug 29 2013 - 01:00
Economic inequality is our great unfinished business, says ObamaUS president marks 50 years since King’s ‘I have a dream’ speechWed Aug 28 2013 - 21:34
US court action by Nama on Dunne land delayedState loans agency is seeking to take control of the land, now worth just €812,000 but carrying loans of €65 millionWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:24
US struggles with race 50 years after King’s 'I have a dream'Half a century ago today, Martin Luther King galvanised a national movementWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
Crisis deepens over response to Syrian poison gas attackUS sends strongest signal of readying for action saying chemical attack is ‘undeniable’Tue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
US rebuffs Syria’s offer to UN inspectorsDecision to allow inspection of site of suspected chemical weapons attack ‘too late’Mon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
Bill of healthRobin Schepper, who headed Michelle Obama’s drive to combat childhood obesity in the US, is on a mission, writes Simon Carswell, Washington CorrespondentWed Aug 21 2013 - 00:00
Influence of Bobby Sands has stretched from Belfast to PelicanHundreds of inmates in California are on hunger strike to protest at indefinite solitary confinementSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Plugging the leaks: the war on disclosureThe soldier Bradley Manning, convicted of espionage and theft for leaking classified information, personifies the increasing scale of Barack Obama’s clampdown on leakersSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Castro gets life without parole for Ohio kidnappingsVictim tells abductor she spent ‘11 years in hell’, ‘now your hell is just beginning’Fri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
US ‘extremely disappointed’ over Russia granting asylum to SnowdenDecision threatens relations, casts doubt on autumn summit between the countriesFri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Manning verdict sparks anger and reliefWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange condemns soldier’s court martial as “a show trial”Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00
Snowden leak claims NSA collects ‘nearly all we do online’Phone records, overseas internet activity mined in surveillance programmesThu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00
Manning not guilty of aiding the enemyWhistleblower faces 136 years in prison over other chargesWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
Obama links corporate tax reforms to jobsUS president offers deal to Republicans to overhaul systemWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
Seán Dunne, the Celtic Tiger’s most audacious developer – bankrupt on both sides of the AtlanticDunne’s total discharge from bankruptcy will be determined by the slowest regimeTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
The Ireland of Orson Welles was inhabited by mean men and wanton womenAmerica Letter: The film director’s views on the Irish form part of a new bookSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:04
The battle for us immigration reformImmigration reform has reached a critical phase with the lower house considering new legislation after the Senate passed a bill last month but many Republicans are waryFri Jul 26 2013 - 16:54
Robinson says parties to African peace deal are backing rebelsFormer president tells UN security council violence has become ‘accepted normal’Fri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
NY mayoral candidate Weiner refuses to quit race despite new ‘sexting’ scandalDemocrat admits to lewd activity after being forced to step down in 2011Thu Jul 25 2013 - 01:01
Obama criticises Republicans for ‘meat cleaver’ economicsUS president says reversing growing financial inequality should be ‘top priority’Thu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Reports of Snowden leaving Moscow airport deniedUS Congress in first test of support of spying measures since whistleblower’s leaksThu Jul 25 2013 - 01:00
Drumm’s US bankruptcy trial delayed againExtension of three months indicates date well into 2014 for hearing of the caseWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:01
David Drumm US bankruptcy trial delayed againJudge grants Drumm and IBRC more time to prepare cases in long-running legal battleTue Jul 23 2013 - 18:17
Obama speaks out on Florida verdict“Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” says presidentSat Jul 20 2013 - 01:01
If you’re Jewish, come into the parlour . . .In the Tin Pan Alley years, Irish-Jewish music collusions were commonSat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
Can Florida stick to its guns?A white man is acquitted of murdering an unarmed black teenager: now the entire US criminal justice system is on trial, once again, in the court of public opinionSat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
Bank can pursue bid to make Dunne bankrupt after rulingConnecticut bankruptcy judge Alan Shiff last month gave the bank permission to continue its legal bidFri Jul 19 2013 - 00:47
Dublin-born nominee for UN job labels inaction over Syria a ‘disgrace’Obama candidate Samantha Power says she will resist UN’s ‘unacceptable bias’ against IsraelWed Jul 17 2013 - 21:50
George Zimmerman verdict lifts the lid on depth of racist attitudes in US societyMany believe that if Trayvon Martin had been born white, he would be alive todayTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Pressure grows for federal charges against George ZimmermanUS attorney general describes Martin death as ‘tragic’ and ‘unnecessary’Tue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Obama calls for calm after George Zimmerman acquittalJury finds neighbourhood watch man not guilty over shooting death of black teenager Trayvon MartinMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
Murder trials make compelling viewing in American court of public opinionNeighbourhood watch killing in Florida the latest courtroom drama to enthral US publicSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Irish stoicism over Anglo should not be mistaken for complacency, Gilmore saysTánaiste hopes Drumm will return from US to Ireland to participate in official inquiryFri Jul 12 2013 - 21:44
Gilmore pushes for US immigration reform at ‘critical’ timeTanaiste meets House Republicans to raise plight of 50,000 undocumented IrishThu Jul 11 2013 - 21:18
Gilmore defends all-night sitting of Dáil from WashingtonTánaiste describes criticism of the debate by the opposition as ‘a bit ironic’Thu Jul 11 2013 - 19:14
Gilmore in US to lobby for immigration supportNew immigration bill would put estimated 50,000 ‘undocumented’ Irish, on the path to citizenshipThu Jul 11 2013 - 07:10
Dunne avoids creditor questions after Nama files new legal action against himState loans agency and Ulster Bank blocked from questioning developer at US meetingWed Jul 10 2013 - 20:51
Spying controversy threatens trade talks between EU and USVenezuela offers asylum to Edward SnowdenWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:03
Nama attempts to block Dunne from fresh financial start in USAgency claims developer ‘deliberately and fraudulently’ omitted details on financesWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Release of Boston College tapes could threaten Northern Irish peace - US senatorUS secretary of state warned that oral history interviews may threaten ‘hard-won peace’Wed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Drumm awaits inquiry terms before decision on co-operationFormer Anglo chief refuses to make commitment to return to IrelandTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
‘Sheriff of Wall St’ seeks political comeback after prostitution scandalEliot Spitzer enters race to be New York’s next financial watchdogTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Former Irish Life chief ‘not at all surprised’ by Drumm’s tirade against himDenis Casey finds lack of interest in his disclosures ‘more than curious’Tue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Born on the Fourth of July: hope for 11m illegal US immigrantsA bipartisan Bill on immigration may offer illegals a way to become legalSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:06
Detroit bankruptcy filing comes after long financial declineCity ranks first among the 50 highest-taxing cities in the USMon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
Obama staying hands-off on key legislative issuesAmerican Letter: Change can happen, but mainly when Obama is not personally involvedSat Jun 29 2013 - 09:23
A spirit of adventure, distilled over 20 yearsSligo accountant has come a long way from a chance meeting with a ‘tourist’ in a Dublin hotel barFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Anglo bankers believed they could force an outcome at expense of StateLeaked recordings reveal bankers thought they could fool regulatorsFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Brass neck and sneers as Anglo tried to hoodwink StateRecording of Anglo executives indicates need for full inquiry into banking crisisTue Jun 25 2013 - 01:00
