Not much coverage in the Irish papers due to the Northern Elections, but I thought his visit was simply magnificent. He told the troops exac...

The Gerry Ryan Show came from Washington today. First guest was Carol Coleman, who gave her usual sloppy report. She pronounced that the co...

Don't be put off by the introduction to this radio clip from October 29. Very interesting discussion (50 minutes in length) on Ireland ...

Today is Thanksgiving Day. So, I'll give the rants a rest today. George Will has an excellent history of the day in today's New ...

You know it's getting near the end of the year when the local councils are all rushing to waste, err, sorry about that, "invest...

Dr. Fintan Lane is heading to prison this afternoon for refusing to pay his €750 fine for trespassing at Shannon Airport in October 2002. I...

For the first time since September 11, the PATH trains from New Jersey are running to the World Trade Center again.

Everytime I drive along the sea-front from Sandycove to Dun Laoghaire or back, I admire the Texas state flag that flies defiantly outside a ...

I haven't had a chance to read my print version of the Sunday Independent yet, but as Frank , Jon & Dick are all getting in on th...

This is the Iraq that the protestors, French, & Germans didn't want transformed. (not for the squeamish) Do you really believe i...

I still have not seen a single reference to China's threat to the Taiwanese people in any of the Irish media. This is a good exampl...

Lest you think I feel that all criticism of the administration with regards to Iraq is out of bounds, Senator Biden has outlined a strategy...

". . . but believe me death is nothing compared to having your wife or sister raped in front of your eyes, in seeing your children bro...

Anti-terrorist demonstrations are planned for Iraq on December 10. That's real courage. I hope they are able to have them as planned. ...

I like John Waters. I read his Jiving at the Crossroads at a time when I didn't know Ireland that well, but thought it was entertaining...

George Galloway has compared the "Iraqi resistance" with the French resistance. I hadn't realized the French resistance was a...

An EU backed study of anti-semitism has been shelved because the findings were "too controversial" .

From Jim Hoagland : American presidents do not habitually condemn foreign policies of the last nine administrations as a whole, especially ...

One last chance to see the Great One .

I presume that the writer of this piece is Conor Cruise O'Brien. Everytime he writes about American electoral politics he gets it ...