The Irish Times

Bermuda digs in against global corporate tax deal

‘It’s a sovereignty issue,’ says Bermuda finance minister Curtis Dickinson

Tue Jun 22 2021 - 09:39

Breda O’Brien: Joe Biden is not a ‘seamless garment’ Catholic

We have not advanced as far as we like to think in terms of religious tolerance

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00

Cicely Tyson, award-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 96

Pioneering US actress won Emmy and Tony honours during extraordinary long career

Fri Jan 29 2021 - 17:15

Barack Obama makes stirring case for voting reform in US

Former president calls for expanded early voting and national holiday during Lewis eulogy

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 09:15

Watching Donald Trump is excruciating. How did we get here?

Maureen Dowd: The euphoria of seeing a first black president has given way to desolation and racial strife

Sun Jun 07 2020 - 16:07

‘Get the eff out of this country’: Irish racism, as heard on Liveline

Radio review: Joe Duffy sounds at a loss; Newstalk has snapshots from a US in turmoil

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 06:00

Mark Zuckerberg claims Facebook stands for free expression

Founder positions social media giant as US internet firm keen to spread American values

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 20:17

Maureen Dowd: Trump’s Fourth of July plans are far from Yankee Doodle Dandy

President’s self-serving plans to hijack Independence Day party sucks the fun out of it

Mon Jun 10 2019 - 01:49

Jussie Smollett: ‘Empire’ star victim of suspected racist attack

Two men put rope around his neck and poured a ‘chemical substance’ on him in Chicago assault

Tue Jan 29 2019 - 21:12

Irish sisters, doing it for the underprivileged in America’s deep South

Teens left Ireland in 1951 to teach in first free Texan Catholic school for African Americans

Fri Jun 22 2018 - 16:36

U2 urge council to revoke Freedom of Dublin from Suu Kyi

Failure to help Rohingya people a ‘betrayal of principles’ for which she received award

Tue Dec 12 2017 - 17:39

The great Silicon Valley land grab

Seemingly endless growth at tech giants such as Facebook spells bad news for California residents on a different economic path

Thu Aug 24 2017 - 18:35

Breda O’Brien: Why US needs militant, powerful non-violence

King and Gandhi remind us alt-right violence should never be met with violence from left

Sat Aug 19 2017 - 05:00

Republicans vote to silence US senator Elizabeth Warren

Democrat tried to read letter from Martin Luther King’s widow at Jeff Sessions debate

Wed Feb 08 2017 - 15:31

Trump White House steps up attack on media

Aide vows to ‘fight back’ against alleged attempts to delegitimise US president

Sun Jan 22 2017 - 21:42

Bill Clinton to give eulogy at Muhammad Ali funeral

Former heavyweight champion died of septic shock while in hospital with respiratory ailment

Sun Jun 05 2016 - 11:35

Rite & Reason: Separation of Church and State benefits all

Religions and ideologies are at their best as part of a secular pluralist society

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 00:15

Calls for Oscars boycott over all-white acting nominations

Film-maker Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett Smith say they will not attend this year's ‘lily white’ ceremony

Tue Jan 19 2016 - 11:30

World leaders at climate conference pledge to save the planet

Hollande tells 10,000 delegates “hope of all mankind” rests on their shoulders

Tue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00

Baltimore police called ‘an army of occupation’

Sat May 02 2015 - 01:00

Rand Paul enters 2016 US presidential race with battle cry to ‘take America back’

Libertarian senator casts himself as political outsider to defeat ‘Washington machine’

Wed Apr 08 2015 - 01:00

Selma ‘Bloody Sunday’ protest re-enacted

Thousands take symbolic walk across Alabama bridge to mark 1965 march

Sun Mar 08 2015 - 20:56

Oscars 2015: Inspiring, emotional and controversial speeches

Equal rights, voting rights and immigration rights all placed firmly in front of the cameras

Mon Feb 23 2015 - 16:17

Civil rights groups to protest Oscars over lack of diversity

This year’s nominations have no ethnic minority actors among all four acting categories

Sat Feb 21 2015 - 16:00

Anger over police killings spills on to America’s streets

‘We can’t breathe,’ chant protesters as NYC choke-hold death puts justice in the dock

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 21:01

No apology over NFL players' Darren Wilson protest

St Louis Rams players’ Michael Brown hand gesture sparks dispute with police

Wed Dec 03 2014 - 00:16

A rare glimpse into Jacqueline Kennedy’s inner life

Few of Jacqueline Kennedy's letters have been published or sold at auction and fewer still have revealed much about her

Tue May 13 2014 - 06:00

Arctic air sends record-breaking freeze across eastern US

Flights cancelled and homeless shelters overwhelmed as temperatures plummet

Tue Jan 07 2014 - 19:31

Thousands commemorate 50th anniversary of King ’s 'Dream' speech

Marchers in Washington DC remember civil rights leader and call for 'new America'

Sat Aug 24 2013 - 16:21