LONDON-BASED newspaper The Irish Post which was placed into voluntary liquidation in August, has been bought as a going concern by Cork-born businessman Elgin Loane, for an undisclosed sum.

Ronald Reagan once said ‘Home is where they have to take you in’ — I like that idea.

NEVER before in the history of the Irish state have so many male nobodies been rolled out to run for the presidency.

IRISH publisher Niall O’Dowd received a knock to his campaign to compete for the Presidential election after Fianna Fáil declared it would be weeks before it decides on whether it will support a candidate.

ANYBODY out there with a bit of get-up-and-go? In particular, we’re looking for somebody who’s good at selling. You will be required to spend time on the road, flogging your wares in foreign capitals.

FINE GAEL is expected to name a date next week for a selection convention to choose its presidential candidate in what is shaping up to be a tough battle between former PD, Pat Cox, and Ireland East MEP Mairead McGuinness.

A NEW US-based commercial group has agreed to act as business ambassadors for the mid-west.

The most remarkable thing about Chappaquiddick is that Kennedy was 37 years old at the time. This was not some youthful shenanigans gone wrong. Everything about the story — the drinking, philandering, poor judgment and lies — were the man. It was entirely in character

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has launched an Irish website during his St Patrick’s visit to the United States.

WHERE did it all go wrong for Hillary Clinton? Eighteen million votes just weren’t enough and her campaign owes as many dollars as votes she received.

The next president of the United States will maintain his or her country’s strong links with Stormont, Martin McGuinness predicted today.

NIALL O’DOWD, when ‘reporting’ Hillary Clinton’s victory in the Massachusetts Democratic primary (February 10), grossly exaggerated the weight of it.

EAGLE’S PASS, owned by two New York-based Kerrymen, Niall O’Dowd and Denis Kelleher, ran his rivals ragged to land the valuable Guinness Gold Cup at Tralee yesterday.

The US Senate yesterday voted to revive a stalled immigration overhaul backed by President George W Bush that would offer a path to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.

UP TO 50,000 Irish illegal immigrants are choosing to spend Christmas alone in the US rather than give up the fight for green cards.

Today’s US Senate decision to fast-track new immigration measures is an important and positive step, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has said.

Councils in the Republic were today urged to join an all-island campaign to prevent 25,000 undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States becoming the victim of tough new laws.

TWO prominent Irish-Americans have quit as directors of the charity GOAL USA following John O’Shea’s criticism of the Government’s decision to offer €1 million in aid to New Orleans.

EAMON Dunphy defied the doubters by turning up on time for his first day on the job as new Breakfast Show presenter on Newstalk 106 yesterday.

CONSIDERING the week that was in it, it was nice to see Dublin organising a series of special events to honour the courage of victims of September 11.