Michael D’s sky spirit defies a rainy start

examiner 12-NOV-11

Ireland's new president Michael Higgins condemns Celtic Tiger years

dailymail 30-OCT-11

Higgins Voted New Irish President

IHT 29-OCT-11

Polling closes in Presidential Election

RTERadio 27-OCT-11

07:32 Gallagher under fire over donation

irishtimes 25-OCT-11

Gallagher leading presidential race

theirishworld 24-OCT-11

Norris confirms 16 years of disability claims

RTERadio 05-OCT-11

Presidential candidates hit campaign trail

RTERadio 01-OCT-11

Ex-IRA commander McGuinness seeks Irish presidency (AP)

news 18-SEP-11

Irish anger at Prime Minister Cowen

euronews 23-NOV-10

Callely issues statement on expenses

RTERadio 07-AUG-10

Nine FG frontbenchers lose confidence in Kenny

RTERadio 15-JUN-10

Ryanair retreats over ash victim expenses claims

thetimes 22-APR-10

Desperation amid quake aid logjam

channel4news 20-JAN-10

Ireland's Yes vote in its second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty sets the stage for the EU to end years of navel-gazing and r

ft 04-OCT-09

Czechs hold key to Lisbon treaty

ft 03-OCT-09

Olympic medal-winning boxer found hanged in south London flat

24dash 15-SEP-09

Iran rally in Washington urges more U.S. action

latimes 12-JUL-09

Police fire shots on Iranian protesters

telegraph 10-JUL-09

Sinn Fein lose Dublin-based MEP

bbc 08-JUN-09

Count under way in Irish EU poll

bbc 07-JUN-09

McGuinness elected on first count in East

RTERadio 07-JUN-09

Ganley stalls in poll but Higgins enters reckoning

irishtimes 30-MAY-09

Rethink needed on Green/FF agreement, Boyle

RTERadio 16-MAY-09

De Burca admits regaining Green EU seat will be ‘tough’ task

examiner 23-AUG-08

SF to tell Sarkozy there can be no repeat vote

irishtimes 19-JUL-08

Irish wary of 'second vote' idea

bbc 16-JUL-08

Nicolas Sarkozy's military reforms criticised by French commanders

telegraph 20-JUN-08

Europe urged to scrap Lisbon Treaty

channel4news 14-JUN-08

Irish EU vote lost, officials say

bbc 13-JUN-08

The whole EU is watching

RTERadio 06-JUN-08

Irish in spotlight

bbc 04-JUN-08

Ibec rejects SF claims on Lisbon Treaty

irishtimes 26-MAY-08

Labour party hits out at Libertas advertisement

belfasttelegraph 23-MAR-08

Warning over end to boom

examiner 20-FEB-08

Sellafield Irish Govt complains to UN Roche 'unsurprised' by EU court ruling

RTERadio 30-MAY-06

Commission warns banks, Visa and Mastercard of antitrust action

ft 13-APR-06

Israeli prison conditions worst among developed nations

peopledaily 30-AUG-05

[ said]: The tradition of speaking at the end of a count is gone,

irishtimes 30-OCT-11

[said:]: I'm delighted for Michael. He'll make a fine president. Sabina will make an excellent first lady. I'm very grateful to my wife and my children and my family generally. The country has made a decision. We all must respect that and I will work with Michael.

irishtimes 29-OCT-11

[-said that]: He is hard working and honest – what you see is what you get, he will use the time in the Aras to work for the working class people, because he comes from that background and is proud of it.

waterford 27-OCT-11

[said:]: I ask questions about Martin McGuinness because Martin has raised these questions himself. I'm talking about issues he's raising now. These are legitimate questions to raise.

eecho 05-OCT-11

[said:]: I know of no such thing... I’ve been the subject of negative campaigning myself, I took it on the chin.

examiner 05-OCT-11

[ asked]: How do people know you won’t lie about other things?

irishtimes 05-OCT-11

[-remarked]: Myself and my brother had a very difficult start in life but we didn't take to the gun,

herald 03-OCT-11

[-told]: This man (McGuinness) says that he is not a member of the IRA and hasn’t been since 1974 – that’s not true, Martin,

breakingnews 02-OCT-11

[-says]: This man says he’s not a member of the IRA and hasn’t been since 1974. That’s not true, Martin,

98fm 02-OCT-11

[ says]: West Brits

RTERadio 01-OCT-11

[said:]: I was brought up to believe you make charitable donations secretly.

examiner 19-SEP-11

[ said]: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,

examiner 09-SEP-11

[-pointed out that]: >US Embassy in Dublin in 1998, addressed to the US government and congress, protesting the impending execution of Louis Joe Truesdale Jr. Truesdale was convicted in 1980 of the kidnap, rape and murder of Rebecca Ann Eudy (18). According to the prosecutors, Truesdale forced Eudy into his car at gunpoint, shot her four times and raped her as she bled to death. The Mitchell campaign commented:

independent 16-AUG-11

[-said]: When we entered the European Union our income per head of population was 56 per cent of the then EU average and they gave us a lot of their money to build up our economy

irishtimes 12-AUG-11

[-added]: Some people might think that that’s mad

irishtimes 12-AUG-11

[-told]: We’ll make a democratic decision and I have a very good idea what the result will be tomorrow. That’s the poll were running on right now. I don’t want to be cocky but I am relatively at ease with what I think will be the outcome and I am quietly confident

irishtimes 08-JUL-11

[said:]: I was absolutely thrilled with the response to the poetry competition I launched in conjunction with the Evening Herald.

herald 02-JUL-11

[stated:]: Sport is a major revenue generator and its money-making potential has not been missed by highly-organised crime gangs. Corruption schemes span a variety of means from bribing referees and decision-makers to betting scandals. These are areas that need to be examined and the support received for this Written Declaration demonstrates the political will for anti-corruption measures.

ppe 15-JUN-11

[-told]: courageous, good-humoured and a decent person.

98fm 10-JUN-11

[ said]: We're not threatening anybody. We're saying please help us out on this ... Ireland is not capable on its own of doing this,

nzherald 26-MAR-11

[ said]: We have a problem with recapitalization of our banks,

irishsun 24-MAR-11

[-told]: We have a problem with recapitalization of our banks. We're not threatening anybody, we're saying please help us out on this. ... Ireland is not capable on its own of doing this,

AP 24-MAR-11

[ said]: I would be surprised if out of that (summit) does not come an opportunity to recapitalise the banks and do a deal on the interest rates,

herald 22-MAR-11

[ concluded]: 22,000 children die every day as a result of living in poverty - the equivalent of one child dying every four seconds. While some progress has been made, we as Members of the European Parliament must continue our fight to end poverty

eppgroup 27-JAN-11

[ said]: If we lose this battle, we may have to wait for a new Treaty in order to finally obtain the powers that the Lisbon Treaty is giving us now

europarl 26-JAN-11

[ said]: The EU attaches an increasing importance to children's rights. The proof is that, after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the protection of the rights of the child has become a specific objective, and is mentioned as such in the Treaty of Lisbon

europarl 06-DEC-10

[said:]: If you put up corporation tax it doesn’t mean you take more taxes. Let me give you an example. One third of all the corporation tax we collect comes from the financial services sector in Ireland. Twenty-five thousand jobs are created by that. This is a real contribution to our solidarity, to our needs. These are people who would otherwise be on the dole or would be drawing social welfare. If governments in Europe want to put the corporation tax on the agenda, let them put it on the agenda. But it will be

euronews 24-NOV-10

[-added]: Any of us could have walked out and made protest statements,

irishsun 24-NOV-10

Kenny [ said]: I don’t believe these polls at all from the evidence that I have from the days I’ve been on this campaign with Gay Mitchell and his wife Norma,

irishtimes 22-OCT-11

Kenny [ said]: I don't believe these polls at all from the evidence that I have from the days I've been on this campaign with Gay Mitchell and his wife, Norma,

irishtimes 21-OCT-11

Kenny [ said]: I have never commented on people in any kind of election. I will say this: Gay Mitchell is an appropriate candidate,

irishtimes 27-SEP-11