DUBLIN — Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced Saturday that he has resigned as leader of Ireland's dominant Fianna Fail party but intends to kee...
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBLIN — The Irish government stood on the brink of collapse Monday, a day after being forced to accept a massive bailout from the European Unio...
Niall O'Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011
The wheels finally came off when six of Brian Cowen's ministers resigned over the last 48 hours and Cowen found himself unable to replace them.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBLIN — Prime Minister Brian Cowen is resisting calls for an early election in Ireland amid fears about the nation's debt troubles – and his own ...
Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011
Former US president George W. Bush said that Ireland's idea was "a good one" and that it reminded him of "the sort of thing I did while in office."
Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011
Last year, when I spoke with David Kavanagh, the running joke was that the difference between Ireland and Iceland was one letter and six weeks. In 2009, the economy sank 7.1 percent. And as in the US, citizen anger has been vehement and vocal.
The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011
The Irish Prime Minister is battling for his political survival following a radio interview in which he was widely judged to be the worse for wear aft...
Niall O'Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011
A lot of the pent-up anger at what has happened to the Irish economy and to people's living standards seemed to coalesce around the Cowen incident.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
If nothing else comes of it, you've got to admit that the health reform movement has given a lot of people a very detailed education about the sausage-making process in Washington.
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland — The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland presented a compromise plan Wednesday to keep Northern Ireland's fra...
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland — The British and Irish governments launched a round-the-clock mission Monday to save Northern Ireland's unraveli...
Posted 05.25.2011
Here are reactions to Ted Kennedy's death: President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, S...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
The Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has set October 2 as the date for the country's second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, reports RTE. Irish voter...
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Tuesday it will summon Roman Catholic orders and demand they contribute more funds to the thousands of p...
Telegraph UK | Posted 05.25.2011
Dozens of readers emailed me to ask why I hadn't include the teleprompter mix-up at last week's St Patrick Day event in my top 10 gaffes by Barack Oba...
RTÉ News | Posted 05.25.2011
Who snuck nude paintings of Taoiseach Brian Cowen into two of Dublin's most prestigious museums?...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Call him Barack O'Bama. As White House fountains ran green for St. Patrick's Day, the president saluted strong U.S.-Irish ties in ...
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011