US president Barack Obama holds a baby at a Father’s Day lunch  in the White House. “The silver-tongued campaigner has turned out to be a leaden salesman in the Oval Office.” Photograph: Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images

Not only is Barack Obama leading from behind, now he’s leading from behind Bill Clinton.After dithering for two years over what to do about the slaugh(...)

A general view shows damaged buildings and debris in Deir al-Zor, June 13, 2013. Photograph: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

The United States is considering a no-fly zone in Syria, potentially its first direct intervention into the two-year-old civil war, Western diplomats (...)

The Government has been accused of “sleepwalking”through false and destructive claims about the country’s tax code.Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary describ(...)

Apple CEO Tim Cook appears before seanators Carl Levin and John McCain.

Wednesday’s letter by Irish Ambassador to the US Michael Collins, to the US Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, set out Ireland’s stall on the t(...)

 Senator Carl Levin:  had repeatedly described Ireland as a tax haven during senate hearings. Photograph: Reuters

Two top Washington politicians have rejected the contention by the Irish Ambassador to the US that Ireland is not a “tax haven”.Ambassador Michael Col(...)

US president Barack Obama has offered his most vigorous public defence of drone strikes, describing them as legal, effective and necessary. (...)

Apple chief executive Tim Cook, centre, appears before a Senate investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

The Irish economy’s dependence on foreign multinationals is without parallel in the developed world. Foreign-owned companies account for a larg(...)

For Ireland, and for Taoiseach Enda Kenny, the issue of tax evasion, tax avoidance, and tax havens could not have surfaced at a less opportune (...)

Apple chief executive Tim Cook: told of his company’s relationship with Irish governments. Photograph:   Jason Reed/Reuters

Computer company Apple defended its tax practices and sheltering of $100 billion (€77 billion) in c(...)

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