Presidential hopeful Niall O'Dowd has said he is meeting with Sinn Féin later today, as he makes a bid to become an independent candidate for the Presidency.

The race for the Presidency appears to be hotting up with more candidates preparing to declare.

The former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has applied for membership of Fine Gael.

New-York-based Irish Voice editor Niall O'Dowd has indicated that he is considering running for the Irish presidency, and is currently canvassing for votes.

Hillary Clinton could return to the North as the next US envoy, it emerged today.

A new website which aims to harness the power of the Irish diaspora has been launched in the US.

THE IRA is within hours of making its historic statement that it is to end a campaign of violence that has dominated Irish political life for more than a generation.

I RECALL that September 15, 2001, was a Saturday. I remember it not only because it was four days after Tuesday, September 11, but also because it was five days after a friend of mine had become a father for the first time.