Opinion

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is gamely sticking to the schedule for the May 31 referendum on the fiscal compact treaty even as Europe shudders and shakes a...

The recent visit to the United States by President Michael D. Higgins left much in its wake for the historical record. With a packed schedule, the ...

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[caption id="attachment_71533" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Speaker Christine Quinn."][/caption] Christine Quinn, the woman who would b...

Congratulations to Leinster and Ulster who, in a few days time, will battle for Europe's most prestigious club rugby trophy, the Heineken Cup. The ...

When the weather is bad in Ireland, that is to say when it is bad on a sustained basis, people often muse on the idea of what living on the island ...

[caption id="attachment_71406" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Elbridge Gerry."][/caption] Elbridge Gerry was one of the founding Fathers,...

[caption id="attachment_71403" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Fenway Park"][/caption] I haven't seen Bostonians this distressed in many, ...

[caption id="attachment_71400" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Marian Price."][/caption] As driving rains and threats of a Nor'easter kept...

Ah, May, a most welcome month most years in that it is sufficiently removed from winter's cold and summer's heat in roughly equal measure. On the v...

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[caption id="attachment_71257" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ruairi Quinn."][/caption] School reform is one of the most-contentious issu...