Had anyone suggested on January 31, 2013, the day Barack Obama took America’s presidential oath for the second time that the billionaire developer cum television host Donald Trump — he’s worth $3.7bn — would be the next person asked to offer that loyalty to the American people and their constitution, they would have been, at the very least, ridiculed.

The Supreme Court has declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the US.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under president Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

Contained from the rest of the world, except for a few slivers of ventilation, your home is a micro-climate and at Christmas with the windows and doors sealed tight and Dante’s inferno ablaze, it can be a dusty, toxic one at that.

The Dublin restaurant group that Irish rugby international, Jamie Heaslip, has an interest in is expecting to increase profits "substantially" this year.

Strong early interest is being shown in the investment sale of an impressive Waterford City Georgian property, designed by the local, famed 18th century architect, ‘Honest John Roberts.’

The US Supreme Court handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by recognising that married gay men and women are eligible for state benefits and paving the way for same-sex marriage in California.

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of gay marriage supporters in two crucial cases, saying same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexuals and clearing the way for the resumption of same-sex marriages in California.

CUTTING-edge engineering projects by CIT students will be on show at the 27th annual Cork Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering Exhibition at the Bishopstown campus on Thursday.

US President Barack Obama has been sworn in for a second four-year term.

The entrepreneur behind Appliances Online has tabled a bid for Comet in a move that could see the failed electrical chain disappear from retail parks and high streets.

The Dublin-based Jo’Burger restaurant group has announced plans to open three or four restaurants next year with the creation of 120 jobs.

The US Supreme Court upheld the centrepiece of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare overhaul law requiring that most Americans get insurance by 2014 or pay a financial penalty, a ruling that gave the White House a big win ahead of Obama’s re-election bid in November.

The US Supreme Court today upheld the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, handing him a huge election-year political victory.

Thirty one members of the Dublin County Amateur Boxing Board have been told by a judge to pay a €60,000 costs bill arising out of an unsuccessful legal foray against their parent body, the Irish Amateur Boxing Association.

Dancing Shoes enacts George’s skill but doesn’t shirk from his sadness, says Carl Dixon

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CUTS to judges’ pay are long overdue.

WATERFORD will celebrate its architectural Viking and crystal-making history this weekend when up to 3,000 visitors are expected to attend a festival based on craftsmanship.

WATERFORD Museum of Treasures has secured a major bequest including letters from descendents of architect John Roberts’s family.

THE Government’s decision not to impose the €250,000 public service pay cap on current members of the judiciary highlights once again the degree to which, effectively, there is one law for judges and another for the rest of us.

WHEN Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in today to the US Supreme Court, she’ll be able to claim two firsts: first Hispanic justice and first high court member to have her oath-taking made available to TV cameras.

BARACK OBAMA’S first test as president came as he was being sworn in. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, got the presidential oath wrong.

NO JOKE: Barack Obama had to take the presidential oath twice. No, seriously Joe, no joke.

Barack Obama retook the US presidential oath of office early today, after the inauguration blunder that was heard throughout the world.

A US federal judge refused to order the words “so help me God” taken out of President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural oath or to stop ministers from praying at the inauguration ceremony.

US President-elect Barack Obama wants to end his inaugural oath with the words “so help me God” but a group of atheists is asking a US federal judge to stop him.

THE way has been cleared for the United States to resume executions after the Supreme Court upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection executions yesterday.

The United States’ top court said tonight it will decide whether the city of Washington can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to bear arms in nearly 70 years.

A MASSIVE redevelopment and rebranding of Waterford’s Viking Triangle and an iconic pedestrian bridge connecting the Clock Tower with the city’s north quays are the centre-pieces of Waterford’s pitch to the Government under the Gateway Innovation Fund.

The US Supreme Court threw out death sentences for three killers in the state of Texas today because of problems with instructions given to jurors who were deciding between life in prison and death.

The Australian builder of the much-delayed Wembley stadium complex saw its shares soar today after it confirmed it had received a takeover approach.

THE US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that President George W Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The Supreme Court ruled today that President George Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

It was twice the laughs for members of the White House Correspondents’ Association and guests when President George W Bush and a look-alike, sound-alike sidekick poked fun at the president and fellow politicians.

A near-total ban on abortions has been signed into law in South Dakota, a measure the governor called a “direct frontal assault” on the US Supreme Court decision to legalise the procedure 33 years ago.

Hampered by huge budget deficits and an unpopular war, US President George Bush today called for training 70,000 maths and science teachers to improve US competitiveness with booming Asian nations and declared that America must break its dependence on Mideast oil.

The US Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law today, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

Two children and an adult remain in hospital today after a firework “went astray” into a crowd watching a Bonfire Night display in England.

US President George W Bush, stung by the collapse of his previous choice, nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito yesterday in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his conservative allies.

US President George Bush today vowed to avoid the “background noise” of criminal investigations and other Republican political problems to focus on the county’s needs.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court yesterday, turning to a lawyer who has never been a judge to replace Sandra Day O’Connor and help reshape the nation’s judiciary.