Hong Kong’s revival contrasts with crackdown on last remaining independent bookshops
As the financial hub regains confidence, police action against small booksellers highlights continuing limits on dissent
New York
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead: Violence, humour and sharp social criticism
Final novel in two-time Pulitzer winner’s Harlem Trilogy traces evolution of its ageing crook characters and of New York itself
I got ‘the call’ from home. Dad’s days of wandering New York’s streets were over
Dad whispered I should leave, so he could sleep: ‘I want to dream about my children’
Why all the anti-Dublin bias?
Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford are fine, but none is a global city. Why, then, all the anti-Dublin bias?
Irish woman in NYC: ‘The Irish don’t celebrate our wins like New Yorkers’
Amie Wiley has learned Irish people are not very good at ‘talking about ourselves or our achievements’
Knock on the wall: A vision of Irish America in New York’s St Patrick’s Cathedral
Rite & Reason: A new mural at the cathedral was commissioned by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, and is by the American artist Adam Cvijanovic
US woman murdered in Killarney died from suffocation, postmortem finds
Gardaí say main suspect in Killarney murder inquiry has fled Ireland as they liaise with foreign police forces
New York unveils $5 billion plan to finish Brooklyn mega-development
More than 20 years after it was announced, though, the project remains unfinished, a symbol of broken promises and the pitfalls of taxpayer-subsidised megaprojects
Donald Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with extraordinary attack
US president tells supporters communism is ‘the enemy of July 4th, 1776′ during Mount Rushmore address
Taylor Swift marries Travis Kelce in dress designed by Irishman Jonathan Anderson
Actor Adam Sandler officiated the ceremony and the couple chose their siblings to stand in as man of honour and best man
Podcast: Ken Early in New York, Kevin Kilbane in Canada, explaining the snickometer, and the delirium of Paul Howard
America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding: What we know so far
Apparently a gathering for 100 is expected at Madison Square Garden tonight, and another for 1,000 people tomorrow afternoon
Irishman killed in Korean War makes final journey home after 79 years
Tipperary native Thomas O’Brien emigrated to the US before joining the army and was identified through modern DNA analysis
Helping overlooked colleagues recover their motivation when you become their boss
Doing nothing if you get promoted over a colleague increases the likelihood of them leaving and you losing a valued team member
Séamas O’Reilly: An insane sequence of events led to me to quit the office job I hated
An insane and arbitrary sequence of events led to me getting to write about things for a living, instead of toiling away in an office job I hate
From a Monaghan farm to New York high fashion: ‘Ireland is still a very big part of my life’
Orla Maguire had a successful magazine career in Manhattan before founding her own range of beauty products
Sinn Féin’s US fundraising and lobbying arm sent €41,000 to party in Belfast
Latest filing by Friends of Sinn Féin shows it raised almost €100,000 in the US in six months
Rory McIlroy not blown off course as wind plays havoc in opening round of US Open
Scottie Scheffler, the world number one and a US Open win away from completing career Grand Slam, struggled with some facets of his game
Dublin is one of Europe’s most ‘resilient’ cities, new report finds
City jumps five places in Savills Resilient Cities Index, indicating it is likely to attract more investment
Under-3s training for $165: Why the US is the only World Cup nation where soccer is a country club
Parents of most youngsters taking up soccer in the US are well placed to afford the high sums it takes to put them in competitive arenas
A graduate’s story: ‘I led the world’s biggest pilot of the four-day working week’
From Galway students’ union to Toronto, via New York – I’ve learned so much from working with some of the most innovative people and companies
So US aristocrat Belle Burden was never going to be broke after her divorce. Who knew?
A New Yorker article indicates the author of bestselling memoir Strangers had minimised her personal wealth
New York collectively loses its mind as the Knicks reach NBA finals
Streets and subways are suddenly a blur of blue and orange shirts as the Knicks seek their first NBA championship since 1973
‘Up the Bohs’: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani backs League of Ireland club in video message
Solidarity message for political festival featured mention of Premier Division side
Sonny Rollins: ‘Genius’ saxophonist was one of the most inventive jazz musicians of his generation
Williamsburg Bridge practice sessions and sabbaticals from performing added to mystique of New York native and colossus of the saxophone
Emily O’Reilly: My brother’s HIV seemed under control. So why did he die?
Brian had lived through the 1980s epidemic; the 21st century HIV narrative was optimistic, with Aids tamed and everyone expected to live long and healthy lives
‘Kyle Busch is an American badass’: The sudden death of a 41-year-old Nascar star
Notoriously unfiltered, the driver nicknamed Wild Thing revelled in his ‘badass’ persona on the racetrack
Rachel Eliza Griffiths: ‘One of the gifts my mother gave me is I’m now not afraid to die’
The US multimedia artist, poet and novelist who is married to Salman Rushdie on her ‘kaleidoscope of quirks’
Fifa’s fleece ’em all mentality has immunised Americans against World Cup fever
Many American soccer fans do not appear especially excited. Even Donald Trump has baulked at the ticket prices
CarTrawler acquired by travel giant Expedia
Irish tech firm founded by two brothers in 2004 out of the family business
Luigi Mangione wins bid to suppress key evidence in murder trial
UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect charged with first-degree murder
The Dublin hairstylist to A-listers: ‘It’s nearly easier to work with celebrities’
Dubliner Marc Ballance has styled Bad Bunny and Nick Jonas: ‘It’s nearly easier to work with celebrities than normal clients’
‘I can’t live in Dublin. Unless you have a gig that pays a lot of money, or four jobs, you can’t’
Songwriter Mark Geary on his debut Irish gig and the country’s increasing level of ‘cruelty and grift’
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