Seamus Culleton was detained by US immigration agents in Boston in September 2025.
- Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
The US president’s sentimental journey comes during a fragile political moment in Northern Ireland.
Efforts to create a pan-European media outlet have found it tough going, but there are signs that a new digital player may well be finding success.
Putin’s war is being portrayed as an attack on democracy in a country where the notion of democratic values is a deeply divisive issue.
President Biden call say it all he likes, but it’s going to take more than upbeat messages to heal the deep divides in American society.
While the genre is now overwhelming white, its roots are in Black music.
The fantasy of America as a liberal and redempetive global power is fast unravelling.
The US is a key player in the Good Friday Agreement – but there’s an election to think about too.
Political satire is not dead – but it’s had to adapt since Donald Trump’s election.
Europeans once looked across the Atlantic for leadership in times of global crisis. But those days are over.
Northern Ireland looms even larger an issue for Brexit as US Irish Americans wield influence.
The House of Representatives speaker repeatedly said the UK can forget about a trade deal with the US if it fails to meet its obligations to the Good Friday Agreement.
After the UK leaves, Ireland could be the gateway to Europe for the US.
In a series of short audio clips, four academics talk about the key figures involved in making the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 possible.
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland, this episode of the podcast looks at its history, its legacy and the impact of Brexit on its future.
To watch the Trump presidency unfold is to behold the crumbling of a political culture.
Donald Trump will preside over a new American reality as it takes shape. How can we understand it?
Scholars from the U.S., Ireland, Australia and France provide perspective on President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump, ou la victoire inattendue d’un manipulateur hors pair.
It wasn’t supposed to happen, but Trump’s mastery of the dark arts was just too great.
Meant to be a relatively tame “town hall”-style encounter, the second-round debate was one of the grisliest moments of an already ugly campaign.
La surprenante ascension du magnat américain, qui bouscule les élites traditionnelles, a lieu dans un climat dépressionnaire outre-Atlantique. La France n’a pas le monopole de l’angoisse du lendemain.
The US has often worried about its decline, but this year, the theme is stronger than ever.
Hillary Clinton’s ‘slow and steady push’ is hardly inspiring. But it shows she is playing the long game, already positioning herself as the centrist candidate for the election in November.
With the results in, Trump stands proudly on top of what looks like a five-way car crash. What now?
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