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The United Nations' Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon paid a two-day official visit to Ireland this week where he met with Taoiseach Brian Cowen and President Mary McAleese Read more...
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mícheál Martin TD, welcomed this week's North/South Ministerial Council Plenary meeting, hosted by the Taoiseach in Farmleigh, as another valuable opportunity for the Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to consider shared approaches to meeting current economic challenges, North and South Read more...
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An Exchequer deficit of €14,709 million was recorded in the six months to end-June 2009 compared to a deficit of €5,648 million in the same period last year according to the Exchequer Returns submitted at the end of June Read more...
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Surface Power, an Irish developer and manufacturer of solar power products, last week confirmed it has signed a $30 million distribution agreement in New Zealand Read more...
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Until now, those few Irish people that had even heard of the Duckworth-Lewis Method, would have known it as a virtually impenetrable method of calculating cricket scores, used in the event of weather interrupting proceedings, and devised by two English statisticians... Read more...
There is something intriging about Mark Higginbotham's poetry. One has to peel back the words to uncover the real meaning beneath... Read more...
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The decision by the Republican governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, to step down was greeted by the political left and its minions in the press and broadcast industry with howls of joy. The traditional Independence Day displays of fireworks were eclipsed by the weekend announcement... Read more...
He hasn't been sighted in quite some time, but like the proverbial bad penny he has now turned up with a vengeance. He's looking fit, tanned and happy as Larry, grinning his way around Dublin without a care in the world... Read more...
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Now that I've got the rotten taste of the Ryan Report out of my mouth I will try and get back to some sort of normality, which is more than I can say for the poor victims of the said report... Read more...
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What a week it has been with the news of Michael Jackson passing away in his sleep at the age of fifty... Read more...
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In an exclusive interview with the recently elected GAA President Christy Cooney, the New York Irish Examiner learned that the Association plans to highlight Gaelic games prior to the London Olympics in 2012... Read more...
Kilkenny won their ninth Leinster Hurling title in ten years at Croke Park last Sunday but they were pushed all the way by a determined Dublin side who hurled well, however, a brace of goals conceded at critical moments brought their downfall Read more...
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