Place: Missouri River

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Walkers approach the summit cairn on Slievenamon. Picture: John G O'Dwyer</p>

S outdoors

From France to Slievenamon and then Dublin Castle — the story of Ireland's tricolour flag

Hike the mountains where Fionn MacCumhaill sat — and there's still a cairn that marks the entrance to the Celtic Underworld... apparently

travel

South Dakota dreaming: a cross-country trip to the wilds of America

business

Mexico wall may be the next Standing Rock for Donald Trump

world

Court bid to halt Dakota pipeline work rejected as Native Americans protest in Washington

world

Judge denies tribes' request to halt pipeline - while there is no oil flowing throught it

world

US army gives go-ahead for oil pipeline beneath Dakota reservoir despite pollution fears

Hugh Glass: The Irishman who inspired the Revenant

The frontiersman who inspired ’The Revenant’ is said to have been Irish — but Jonathan deBurca Butler points out how little we really know about Hugh Glass

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Floods-threat warning for residents in three US cities

Residents in three US cities have been urged to evacuate their homes amid fears of a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2011

Why I’ll never again leave children alone in a car

I REMEMBER reading an interview with actor Neil Morrissey (aka Bob the Builder) some years back where he spoke of his childhood as the son of Irish immigrants in Britain in the 1970s.

Sat, 04 Apr, 2009

US floods force patients to abandon hospital

Rising flood waters forced the evacuation of a hospital today as the American Midwest continued to suffer the effects of heavy storms.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2008

US hit by fires and floods

Extreme weather made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires and major flooding.

Thu, 10 May, 2007