" A British soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan was helping a comrade who had been caught in an earlier blast. Sjt Paul McAleese, 29, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, went to the aid of Pte Jonathon Young, 18, from...
Would you be brave enough to predict the outcome?Early today I spoke with two contacts that I have who work for EU in Brussels. They were very worried by the possibility that the Lisbon treaty might be rejected. I...
"President Mary McAleese is expected to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Northern Ireland today.
Queen Elizabeth will also be greeted by Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley as he says his final farewells before retiring in May.
Today's meeting will be the sixth...
"A visit to the Republic of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth II is inevitable, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has said.
Mr Ahern was speaking on RTE radio on Christmas Eve when he made the comment.
"I think she will...
President McAleese left Dublin this morning on an eight-day visit to three north American cities.
Mrs McAleese will visit Philadelphia, where she will be conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Villanova University.
She will spend three days in Seattle before...
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President Mary McAleese is to visit a charity set up by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates in Seattle today as part of her official visit to the US and Canada.
She is visiting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which funds HIV/Aids programmes, before being guest of...
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