Tourism Ireland aims to surpass the performance of 2019 and to grow revenue from North American visitors by 4% in 2020.

As a documentary on Eamon de Valera’s time in America airs, historian and author Ryle Dwyer looks at how history is taught here — and explains why he did not take the subject for his Leaving Cert.

The clichéd imagery of NASCAR racing is familiar to anyone who binges on American television programmes.

Micheál Martin has lashed out at Donald Trump’s “outrageous” race-based comments claiming they do “a disservice to democracy” .

The US president uses reverse psychology to convince us that propositions such as universal healthcare and education are radical, even treasonous, propositions.

Keith Byrne, a married father of 3 originally from Cork, has lived in the US for 12 years and runs his own business.

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán visits the White House today, but Donald Trump will try to cut an arms deal with him, not promote democracy, say Anne-Marie Slaughter and Melissa Hooper.

The E3 is a two-year renewable visa and is currently only available to Australian nationals.

Figures, despite their precision, are not always easily grasped. This time last year, US president Donald Trump asked Congress for $639bn in military spending, a 10% increase.

RP O’Donnell left America to make West Cork home. As he marks another Patrick’s Day here, he’s convinced we should leave the parades to the diaspora.

Students going on a J1 trip to the US are being warned of websites overcharging for a visa.

The moves come as an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the economically devastated nation faltered amid strong resistance from security forces who remain loyal to the socialist leader.

United Airlines flight UA-961 was travelling from Frankfurt, Germany to Newark in the US when the 71-year-old woman began to suffer breathing difficulties.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said the US economy may be heading into a recession at a time when the US Federal Reserve doesn’t have the firepower to properly combat a slump.

Striking a balance between paranoia and preparedness is an unavoidable challenge.

Estimates on the number of Irish people living illegally in the US range from 10,000 to 50,000.

What Bush, the 41st US president, lived long enough to see is the end of the post-Second World War era, writes Gerard Howlin.

With its actions on the Azov Sea over the weekend, coming on the eve of a G20 meeting, Russia and Vladimir Putin is calling the west’s bluff, writes Peter Apps.

America has voted, the results are in, but the country’s future remains uncertain – for now.

Donald Trump is facing criticism after indicating he wants to end citizenship rights to children born in the US to non-citizens and illegal immigrants.

A handbook and two US Navy uniforms dating back to World War 2 that were donated to a charity shop in Limerick have been reunited with the owner's son in America.

The number of British visitors to Ireland continued to rise in June, official figures have shown, while there was a further sharp rise in north American visitors.

The Iranian nuclear deal was a foundation stone for a more comprehensive arrangement until Trump pulled the whole thing apart, says former Spanish foreign minister, Ana Palacio.

Nondescript Dan Scavino was a teen caddy when he met Donald Trump. Now the US leader’s longest-serving aide, his power is in managing the president’s tweets, says Robert Draper, writer for The New York Times Magazine.

For a US president who has hired and fired arbitrarily and who has bucked all convention, his attitude to the central bank has been surprisingly reasonable, says Kenneth Rogoff.

Warning signs are to be erected near a junction on the N20 where two US tourists were killed and where two more escaped with their lives in almost identical crashes.

The past month has seen updated forecasts published on the Irish economy by the ESRI, Central Bank and Department of Finance.

The mountain resort of Aspen, Colorado, is synonymous with skiing. But its understated luxury, focus on wellness, and amazing outdoor life make it a great destination in summer too, writes Suzanne Harrington

Irish people are returning to the days of the Celtic Tiger when it comes to splashing out on holidays.

Texas has carried out the United States’ first execution of 2018, giving the lethal injection to a man who became known as Houston’s Tourniquet Killer because of the way he killed four women and girls.

A 16-year-old is in custody after his parents, sister and a family friend were found shot dead in a home in New Jersey.

Not only can US president Donald Trump not be relied upon, he is actively undermining the unity of the West and its institutions, says Elmar Brok

Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence, after her cousin was shot dead in Barbados.

We live in a land stereotypically known by many as the land of leprechauns, shamrocks and good beer, writes Breda Graham.

The Republican who appeared to have lost a Virginia House of Delegates contest by one vote plans to challenge a single ballot before judges, an aide said.