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Sale’s Denny Solomona charged with ‘homophobic’ abuse
- Rugby
- March 29, 2018, 18:30
Denny Solomona has been charged by the English Rugby Football Union after allegedly aiming homophobic abuse at a Worcester player during an incident i(...)

Indian file – An Irishman’s Diary about the Taoiseach, the Choctaws, and my lunch with a Wonderbra model
- Opinion
- March 14, 2018, 00:01
All that stuff about Leo Varadkar and the Choctaws on Monday reminded me of one of the highlights of my journalistic career: the day I had lunch with (...)

What the Irish did for – and to – the Choctaw tribe
- Heritage
- March 12, 2018, 10:58
Skullyville, Oklahoma – Tuesday 23 March 1847 On that spring day, as Major William Armstrong surveyed those who had gathered in the small timber agen(...)

How the Irish were complicit in Native American suffering
- US
- March 10, 2018, 01:00
As the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the United States get under way this week, this year’s customary visit by the Taoiseach will include a (...)

Donald Trump praises Irish for ‘tremendous role’ played in US
- Abroad
- March 1, 2018, 16:43
US president Donald Trump has praised Irish-Americans for “helping usher in a new era of American prosperity”. Declaring March 2018 Irish-American He(...)

Trump repeats ‘Pocahontas’ jibe in address to Native Americans
- US
- November 27, 2017, 20:48
US president Donald Trump punctuated a meeting with Native American veterans on Monday by calling Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” (...)

‘What is Ireland doing putting Che Guevara on a stamp?’
- Irish News
- October 9, 2017
A prominent Cuban-American radio host is calling on An Post to explain why it decided to put Che Guevara on a stamp. Ninoska Perez Castellón, a promi(...)

Trump wades into history with comments on monument removal
- US
- August 16, 2017, 09:12
President Donald Trump is not generally known as a student of history. But on Tuesday, during a combative exchange with reporters at Trump Tower in Ne(...)

Can Donald Trump keep his grip on the presidency?
- US
- May 17, 2017
A few weeks ago only Donald Trump’s most implacable political opponents – the type derided as liberal crackpots on Fox News and other right-wing media(...)

Is President Donald Trump heading for impeachment?
- US
- May 17, 2017
In the relentless real-life drama of the Trump presidency there have been many points at which it seemed the president has crossed a red line. Perhap(...)