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  1. 10 surprising facts about Ireland
    October 26, 09

    Think you know everything about the Emerald Isle? Think again! Here are 10 facts that just might throw you for a loop.

  2. The secret life of Maureen Dowd
    September 10, 09

    It is quite an image... Maureen Dowd, scourge of every president since Poppy Bush and, arguably, the most powerful journalist in America thanks to her must-read column in The New York Times, talking of the road not taken, living a quiet life as a barkeep's wife back in Clare. Maybe that image isn’t so fanciful, though.

  3. Libyan leader Gaddafi’s son says no to IRA compensation
    September 07, 09

    The son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi stated on Monday that his country will fight demands for compensation from IRA victims.

  4. Brit PM changes Lockerbie course, promises support to IRA victims
    September 06, 09

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was today forced to offer his support to IRA victims seeking compensation from Libya, after outrage greeted the revelation that he had told them it would not be “appropriate” for him to get involved.

  5. End the silence on torture
    July 26, 09

    Paul Hill: The sacrifice of the heroes of 9/11 must not be used as a justification for torture.

  6. McCord gets poor reception from British Embassy
    May 21, 09

    Raymond McCord, the Belfast man who was in Washington last week seeking justice for the murder of his son by a Loyalist paramilitary group in 1997, was disheartened with the cold reception and lack of answers he got from the British Embassy.

  7. Obama praises Churchill, the man who had Prez's own grandfather tortured
    April 30, 09

    President Barack Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, must be turning over in his grave. Winston Churchill, the man who ordered his torture during the Kenyan war of independence, was just praised by his grandson for not using torture. What the hell was Obama thinking?

  8. 10 things you didn't know about Ireland
    March 16, 09

    10 surprising facts about Ireland - guarantee you've never heard 'em before!

  9. The Maureen Dowd you've never seen
    March 15, 09

    Niall O'Dowd: Somewhere in Australia there's an Irish lad called Rowan McCormick who broke Maureen Dowd's heart. When she went back in the early 1970s to visit her homestead in County Clare, hard by the majestic Cliffs of Moher, she met him and fell madly in love.

  10. Blair Would Have Met With IRA
    March 09, 09

    FORMER British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered to meet the IRA's ruling Army Council for face-to-face talks after former President Bill Clinton convinced him that it could cement the peace process, a new insider book is set to reveal.Jonathan Powell, who acted as Tony Blair's chief of staff for 12 years, reveals in a new book how, at the behest of Clinton in 2001, Blair asked Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to arrange top secret face-to-face talks between himself and the IRA leadership.Blair's former aide claims that soon after he left office in 2001 Clinton convinced the British premier that he needed to meet the IRA leadership in person.

  11. Intelligencer
    March 09, 09

    Thompson Seeks Out Maggie

    HMM, probable Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson flew to London this week so he could be pictured with Margaret Thatcher after a speech to a conservative organization there.

    Thompson expressly wanted to be photographed with Maggie to draw comparisons with Ronald Reagan, the last Hollywood actor and conservative to be elected president.

    Irish Americans, however, will be looking askance at this little bit of political theater.

  12. Intelligencer
    March 09, 09

    Inside the Peace Process

    JONATHAN Powell was at British Prime Minister Tony Blair's side throughout the Irish peace process and was the point man for the British government throughout that critical time.

    Powell has now set down his memoir of that intense period, and the book is expected to be released in May to coincide with the first anniversary of the new government in the North.

    Powell certainly has some juicy stories to tell.

  13. Intelligencer5 - 11 Nov 2008
    March 09, 09

    Gallagher To Retire

    DERMOT Gallagher, head of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, announced his retirement last week, ending a spectacular diplomatic career that took in major stints here in the U.S.

    Gallagher was at the helm of the Irish Embassy in Washington during the glory years of the American intervention in Northern Ireland led by President Bill Clinton.

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