February 5, 2010 Sinn Féin and the DUP have finally reached a deal on the transfer of policing and justice powers from London to Belfast.

February 3, 2010 The fact that Congressman Patrick Murphy signed up to a resolution in the House of Representatives that rules out an amnesty for the illegal and undocumented isn't exactly the shocker of the decade given that he belongs to the Blue Dog bunch in the Democratic Party.

February 3, 2010 This could be it - the photograph that all who have been intrigued by the story of Annie Moore have been hoping exists. Could this be Annie and her two brothers on the day when she made history, January 1, 1892?

February 3, 2010 BOSTON --- Hundreds of angry parents packed the South Hadley High School auditorium last Wednesday evening in the aftermath of the suicide of a 15-year-old freshman from County Clare, who had been the victim of relentless bullying by jealous female students.

February 3, 2010 In the summer of 1963, the American award-winning photojournalist Marvin Koner traveled to Dublin as part of a worldwide photo-shoot sponsored by Kodak.

February 3, 2010 Washington, D.C. --- Though it wasn't obvious, Ireland was targeted for legislation deep in the depths of President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Monday.

February 3, 2010 Comprehensive immigration reform made it into the State of the Union speech last week. The Middle East, a hardy annual, and indeed Northern Ireland, did not.

February 3, 2010 Council Member Elizabeth Crowley has pledged to resist Mayor Mike Bloomberg's proposed closing of 20 fire companies in her capacity as chairperson of the New York City Council's Fire and Criminal Justice Committee.

February 3, 2010 J.D. Salinger, who died last week at age 91, achieved the true mark of distinction for an Irish writer -- he was at one time banned in Ireland.

February 3, 2010 A Nicaraguan-based priest is hoping that letters to President Obama and members of Congress can lead to more information being revealed about the fate of a fellow Irish-American Jesuit who disappeared in Honduras in 1983.

February 3, 2010 There are two Stephen King quotes out there about Michael McDermott. In one, the novelist describes him as the "one of the greatest singer-song writers in the world." In the other, he says of his friend: "He's the greatest rock singer you've never heard of."