The Irish Times

California governor denies parole for Robert F Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan

Gavin Newsom rejects decision of parole board on releasing the 77-year-old

Thu Jan 13 2022 - 22:53

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass – Fatiguing and pernickety

Oliver Stone’s documentary unsurprisingly holds tight to conspiracy orthodoxy

Fri Nov 26 2021 - 05:00

Samoa’s measles reversal offers stark warning for Covid-19 pandemic

Europe Letter: Vaccine deniers descended on the Pacific island in 2019. Disaster followed

Wed Apr 28 2021 - 20:00

Anti-vax email 'deluge' hits European Parliament

MEPs receive thousands of emails aiming to stop introduction of vaccine certificates

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 12:19

Johnson plays down Biden’s removal of Churchill bust

British prime minister is seeking to build a relationship with the new US president

Fri Jan 22 2021 - 15:34

Group tries to storm Berlin parliament after mass Covid-19 protest

Nephew of John F Kennedy addresses previously banned demonstration against restrictions

Sat Aug 29 2020 - 21:16

Jean Kennedy Smith, last-surviving Kennedy sibling, dies aged 92

The former US ambassador to the Republic played a key role in North’s peace process

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 14:24

Body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend recovered after canoe accident

Granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy went missing with her son in Maryland last week

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 09:20

Search for two missing members of Kennedy family treated as ‘recovery mission’

Maeve Kennedy (40) and eight-year-old son Gideon went out in canoe and did not return

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 16:32

Biden’s tendency to spin a yarn doesn’t seem such a big deal now

Trump so mendacious that his relationship with factual truth is practically non-existent

Wed Mar 11 2020 - 21:00

Patrick Schwarzenegger: ‘Dad didn’t tell me how to act’

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son might be a chip off the old blockbuster, but he’s not wooden

Thu Feb 06 2020 - 05:00

Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter

Composer Brian Irvine’s new opera focuses on JFK’s intellectually disabled sister

Tue Jul 02 2019 - 05:00

Family of Robert F Kennedy Jr criticise his ‘dangerous’ stance on vaccines

Brother, sister and niece say he has spread ‘dangerous misinformation’

Thu May 09 2019 - 09:28

Dromoland Castle €20m refurbishment completed

Travel Bag: Summer school, a wellness weekend and a babymoon for expectant parents

Sat Aug 11 2018 - 06:00

Optimism in the air as Robert F Kennedy honoured 50 years after death

‘Kennedy clan was clearly of an Irish tribe’, former president Bill Clinton tells gathering

Wed Jun 06 2018 - 19:19

Ivanka Trump: ‘I will not be distracted by the noise’

Interview: Donald Trump’s daughter says she will continue pursue issues that matter to her

Fri Sept 15 2017 - 14:37

Obituary: Jimmy Breslin

Award-winning New York columnist and author who ushered in ‘New Journalism’

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 01:01

Robert F Kennedy’s killer loses 15th parole bid

Witness in 1969 trial of Sirhan Sirhan tells convicted killer: ‘I’m so sorry . . . It’s my fault’

Thu Feb 11 2016 - 15:22

Teddy Kennedy’s private battles with alcohol spill out in public

America Letter: Sons of Teddy Kennedy clash publicly after tell-all book about his drinking

Sat Oct 10 2015 - 05:00

Flanagan pays tribute to Edward Kennedy at ceremony for new Boston institute

Minister for Foreign Affairs is the only foreign dignitary to speak at opening events

Mon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00

Documentary tracing 1975 fall of Saigon has echoes in today's Iraq

America Letter: ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ shows risks in retreat from conflict without strategy

Sat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00

Kennedy’s widow told priest Jackie letters could be ‘burned’

Cork-born confidant of Kennedy clan says Jackie’s privacy should be respected

Mon Jul 07 2014 - 03:00

Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch, by Barbara A Perry

Stoical and politically tough, Rose Kennedy put up with her husband’s philandering, controlled every aspect of her children’s lives and to the end adhered to the ‘Kennedys don’t cry’ rule

Sat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00

Jackie Kennedy: The silent widow

Reeling from the events in Dallas, how the world saw the assassination of JFK through images of his widow Jackie – and how an alternative view was offered by Andy Warhol

Fri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00

Dallas then: ‘nut country’

JFK defied warnings and premonitions from those close to him to visit a very hostile territory