Thu, 21 May, 2020
A schoolboy has failed in his personal injury action where he claimed his primary school was negligent in supplying him with a deflated football that caused him to break his wrist during a soccer match.
Mon, 29 Jul, 2019
US attorney general William Barr’s conclusion that President Donald Trump did not obstruct justice, revealed publicly on Sunday in a letter to lawmakers, reflects inherent difficulties in proving such an obstruction case, legal experts said.
Tue, 26 Mar, 2019
The recent comments by former President Mary Robinson saying she stood over her off-the-cuff comments that all people should turn vegan are very worrying indeed.
Wed, 31 Oct, 2018
Twelve of fifteen mobile phones belonging to senior garda officers are missing and cannot be provided to the Charleton Tribunal.
Fri, 04 May, 2018
The go vegan advert advertising a cow and calf on posters is, I think as a dairy farmer, very misleading.
Tue, 17 Apr, 2018
Mon, 29 Jan, 2018
US president Donald Trump has declared he is "looking forward" to being questioned - under oath - in the special counsel's probe of Russian election interference.
Thu, 25 Jan, 2018
US President Donald Trump has attacked his own FBI in a series of tweets and said the law enforcement agency's reputation was "in Tatters - worst in History!"
Sun, 03 Dec, 2017
Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is the "very senior transition official" referred to in court papers filed in the case of Michael Flynn who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, sources said.
Fri, 01 Dec, 2017
Wall Street took investors on a turbulent ride as stock indexes veered into a steep slide that knocked 350 points off the Dow Jones industrial average before the market eventually clawed back most of its losses.
Fired FBI director James Comey has tweeted a Bible passage on the same morning that former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents.
Lawyers for former national security adviser Michael Flynn have told US President Donald Trump's legal team that they are no longer communicating with them about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference.
Fri, 24 Nov, 2017
The top US Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee have said President Donald Trump's son-in-law has not been fully forthcoming with the panel's probe into Russian election interference.
Fri, 17 Nov, 2017
At least 15 HSE-funded charities are continuing to flout strict pay level rules imposed for 320 individuals after the Central Remedial Clinic and Rehab financial scandals.
Fri, 27 Oct, 2017
A Kerry construction company, involved in school and other public building contracts, has paid €5,000 into the court poor box to avoid a conviction for breach of health and safety legislation after it pleaded guilty to failing to properly fence off a site during the building of an extension at a secondary school in Killarney, Co Kerry last year.
Wed, 18 Oct, 2017
In addition to contending with international crises involving North Korea, IS, Russia, and Syria, the NSC, which advises the president, is riven by infighting says Daniel R DePetris.
Fri, 11 Aug, 2017
Congress is controlled by Republicans, and would not impeach him even if he was linked to alleged Russian interference in the US general election, says Elizabeth Drew.
Tue, 27 Jun, 2017
It is less than five months since Donald Trump was sworn in as president but even in that time he and his billionaires’ junta have made fundamental changes to the relationships that sustained American hegemony and, more often than not, championed the liberal, tolerant values that defined the Western world.
Fri, 09 Jun, 2017
US President Donald Trump has wished sacked FBI director James Comey luck ahead of his upcoming congressional testimony.
Tue, 06 Jun, 2017
US President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to try to block testimony by sacked FBI director James Comey, the White House has confirmed.
Mon, 05 Jun, 2017
Donald Trump's personal lawyer has rejected a request for documents as part of Congress's investigation into Russia's election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign.
Tue, 30 May, 2017
Jared Kushner made the proposal at a meeting with the Russian ambassador to the US last December, a person familiar with the talks said.
Sun, 28 May, 2017
With reports of nervous White House staff trying to hide from a screaming president who spends his day in front of the TV, Elizabeth Drew looks at the possible way forward.
Mon, 22 May, 2017
US President Donald Trump has denounced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate his campaign's ties with Russia, calling it an unprecedented "witch hunt" that "hurts our country terribly".
Thu, 18 May, 2017
US president Donald Trump has said the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations that his campaign collaborated with Russia to sway the 2016 election is "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history".
Here's your morning news bulletin.
Latest: Donald Trump has said a thorough investigation will confirm there was "no collusion" between his presidential election campaign and any foreign entity.
The Flynn investigation was part of a broader probe into Russian interference in last year's presidential election.
Wed, 17 May, 2017
Though many are comparing Trump’s sacking of the FBI director to Nixon’s infamous ‘Saturday Night Massacre’, the political landscape is very different now, writes Sean Wilentz
Mon, 15 May, 2017
President Donald Trump has become distrustful of some of his White House staff and heavily reliant on a handful of family members and long-time aides
Sat, 13 May, 2017
What former acting US attorney general, Sally Yates, told Congress about the Kremlin’s possible infiltration of the Oval Office is shockingly reminiscent of the Hoover era, says Tim Weiner
Thu, 11 May, 2017
Donald Trump will meet Vladimir Putin's senior diplomat at the White House on Wednesday in a signal that US relations with Russia have improved.
Wed, 10 May, 2017
Word that Mr Obama directly warned Mr Trump suggests that concern over Mr Flynn's possible appointment spread to the highest level of government months before the official's departure.
Mon, 08 May, 2017
A former foreign policy adviser to US president Donald Trump has branded a congressional probe into possible interference by Russia in last year's American election "a comically fake inquiry".
Sat, 06 May, 2017
US president Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was warned when he retired from the military in 2014 not to take foreign money without "advance approval" by Pentagon authorities, newly released documents show.
Thu, 27 Apr, 2017
Congressional investigators have rebuffed former US national security adviser Michael Flynn's offer of cooperation in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Fri, 31 Mar, 2017
Here's your morning bulletin.
Timothy L O’Brien asks why Donald Trump — via one of his top advisers — is so close to a violent fraudster with mob connections who has tried to influence US foreign policy.
Wed, 22 Feb, 2017
Robert Harward has turned down an offer to be President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, the latest blow to the new administration.
Fri, 17 Feb, 2017
Here's your evening update.
Wed, 15 Feb, 2017
It has been confirmed President Donald Trump asked his national security advisor to resign.
Tue, 14 Feb, 2017
The White House has broken its silence on the future of Michael Flynn as a senior adviser said Donald Trump retains "full confidence" in his national security adviser after reports that he misled senior officials about contacts with Russia.
Mon, 13 Feb, 2017
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has expressed the concern of the Irish people at Donald Trump's immigration controls in a meeting at the White House.
Wed, 01 Feb, 2017
Given the fondness that the president-elect and so many of his appointees seem to have for Russian President Vladimir Putin, life may be about to imitate — if not exceed — art, says Nina L Khrushcheva.
Thu, 15 Dec, 2016
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Fri, 18 Nov, 2016
Bedding salesman and internet sensation Mattress Mick has been ordered to pay €900 for unwittingly renting out a taxi to a driver with an expired public service vehicle licence.
Mon, 14 Nov, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump is embarking on the massive undertaking of creating a new administration as a circus-like atmosphere unfolds around his building in Manhattan.
Sat, 12 Nov, 2016
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