Nineteen children and two teachers lost their lives in yet another school shooting and yet the NRA continues to enjoy the support of politicians terrified of losing their lucrative funding

A group of US politicians has warned the UK that renegotiating the Northern Ireland Protocol is "not an option".

From Brian Friel to Sexual Violence Centre Cork: Quiet, wise voices keep reminding us we need to reflect on the way we frame other people — and the way we are framed by them

Journalists and sociologists tried to make sense of the Trump phenomenon but none came as close to understanding the rage of poor white people as the author of 'Hillbilly Elegy'

Playing up your Irishness while taking food from the mouths of hungry people isn't a good look for any multimillionaire's son

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards has generated a ridiculous, energy-sapping cascade of hot takes 

Madeleine Albright (1937-2022) broke boundaries and became a powerful influence during previous periods of global crisis 

Ukraine has accused Moscow of forcibly removing up tp 400,000 civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia to pressure Kyiv to give up

While this trip will be dominated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there will be a wider renewal of transatlantic ties after the turmoil of the Trump presidency

St Patrick's Day ought to have signalled a return to normality — but war, inflation, and labour shortages mean that the tourism sector cannot absorb the planned Vat hike

Now that the three-year review provided for in the 2018 Act is under way, Irish women need to be aware that rights they have won can be threatened, as is happening in the United States

Taoiseach Micheál Martin tested positive for Covid amid a busy schedule during his St Patrick's Day visit to the US

Micheál Martin's meeting with US president Joe Biden in Washington DC is now expected to take place virtually

While embracing the US, and co-operating with Nato-led missions, Ireland has shied away from joining Nato. Until now.

One of the world's most diverse cities stands in solidarity with Ukrainian-Americans over the continuing attack by Russia

About 15,000 Irish students were prevented from travelling to North America during the pandemic

The GOP is embracing extremist fringes, yet many Democrats are acting as if politics as usual is still an option

In a nationally televised speech, Biden said the United States estimates that 150,000 Russian troops now encircle Ukraine

After a hiatus during the height of the pandemic, most senior ministers are expected to travel abroad on the national holiday

Appeasement and a lack of resolve in the US and EU provide the background to Russia’s likely invasion of Ukraine 

African Union health agency director tells WHO webinar of urgent need to 'protect and vaccinate at scale and at speed'

Naoise Ryan, who lost her husband Mick in one of the Boeing 737 Max crashes, speaks out about the legal action she and other bereaved families are taking in the United States

The Kremlin's latest provocations owe much to Vladimir Putin's misguided fantasy about building a Slavic empire

The world is watching the outcome of the British socialite's trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York 

On a typical day, the electric-vehicle maker’s price swings are more than four times greater those of the S&P 500

Families of the 346 people who died in two plane crashes — including Irishman Mick Ryan — commence a legal battle to overturn the 'slap on the wrist' that has been issued to Boeing 

Australia's national airline is the latest to join the pandemic-inspired race for efficient medium-haul jets

October price surge revealed in the the US consumer index has exceeded analysts' expectations

Biden administration lifts the travel ban that was brought in during the early days of the pandemic

I make them and listen to them — and yet, I feel a strange ambivalence about podcasts and their proliferation in our private lives

Donal O’Sullivan, the founder of Navillus Contracting, his sister Helen O'Sullivan, the payroll administrator, and the company's financial comptroller, Padraig Naughton, were found guilty in a federal court in Brooklyn on Friday

The US response to the climate emergency is all about security — when it really ought to be framed in terms of climate justice 

Playing in the first foursomes match, Spieth was left with a tough approach from a steep slope

Having brazened it out for so long, Ireland may be about to conform to international standards and leave behind the appearance of shadiness about the way we do business

Micheál Martin and Simon Coveney welcome reversal of the US decision in light of the high vaccination rates in Europe

During Micheál Martin's US visit, Kathy Hochul said welcoming international students and workers was 'part of our heritage'

After positive start on Monday, Stoxx-600 inched lower today in an apparent repeat of last week's pattern

Europen stocks slip as employment data points towards slowing growth in the US, the world's largest economy

Texas and the Taliban have more in common than their citizens might acknowledge

Impairments of heart function often seen in children born preterm can be normalised by their mother's milk

The myth of whiteness, and the presumption it is the 'normal' setting of humankind, could be creating a world of trouble

Once dubbed 'Frankenstein foods', genetically modified crops may in fact be life-savers wrongly vilified by association with the major corporations that developed them

US military use of Irish airport denounced in light of events in Afghanistan and Ireland's position on UN Security Council

International community unites to raise concern over human rights abuses as Taliban sweeps to power