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‘The woman Ronald Reagan calls Mommie’
- US
- March 6, 2016, 21:03
On Friday, June 6th, 1986, The Irish Times printed a profile of first lady Nancy Reagan. It was headlined, The woman Ronald Reagan calls Mommie. In (...)

Roddy L’Estrange: Vinny craving light at the end of the tunnel
- Sport
- March 2, 2016, 06:00
All was still on the Montlake Cut, the most famous stretch of rowing water in Seattle, when Vinny Fitzpatrick arrived at dawn on Monday morning. Hi(...)

Chicago officer who shot black teen pleads not guilty to murder
- US
- December 29, 2015, 18:31
The Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Tuesday, as the mayor, Rahm Emanuel, cut short (...)

Ángel Di María on the brink of €47m move to PSG
- Soccer
- July 30, 2015, 23:00
Paris Saint-Germain are hopeful of finalising a deal this weekend to buy Ángel Di María from Manchester United for a fee of around £40 million (€57m)(...)

American industrial designer making his mark on the world
- Retail & Services
- February 13, 2015, 02:00
Most boys want to become star athletes when they grow up; rather fewer want to become star designers. But for Jason Mayden, growing up in an unforg(...)

Daredevil Nik Wallenda walks between Chicago skyscrapers
- World
- November 3, 2014
Daredevil Nik Wallenda broke two world records yesterday with two high-wire walks between Chicago skyscrapers without a net or harness, doing the seco(...)

Wearable technology that feels like skin: to keep tabs on health, beauty and style
- Technology
- October 16, 2014, 01:40
When it comes to the future of computing, there is one major known and a principal unknown.The known, with almost guaranteed certainty, is that the ne(...)

Irish woman a victim of Chicago attacker’s ‘violent rage’
- Crime & Law
- October 17, 2013, 08:01
A young Irish woman was attracted to the glamour of Chicago, but instead met with its dark “underbelly”, the trial of the man accused of attempting t(...)

Venus rising: Ann Scott is back
- Music
- October 4, 2013, 00:00
Most musicians agree that releasing an album is a bit like launching your child into the world; you shape and mould them to be the best that they can,(...)

Interior fittings business serves all 50 US states
- Retail & Services
- June 14, 2013, 10:23
Here it has become a byword for the collapse of an economy but Michael Clune’s expansive construction empire in the United States is a solid example o(...)