Northern Ireland

The first time I saw Hillary Clinton speak in person, she addressed about 80,000 people. But they hadn't come to see her.

The time was November 1995 and the place was the downtown area of my native Belfast. The Irish Republican Army had called a ceasefire a little over a year before and the sense was building that a real peace might take hold.  read more »

The Middle East peace process, frozen to the point of lifelessness, may be starting to thaw.  read more »

Republicans everywhere are on the defensive about Iraq, a development that is bound to have a big impact on the GOP incumbents fighting for survival here in New York.

Eliot Spitzer and John Faso favor very, very different approaches to tax policy.

Alan Hevesi leads his opponent, and continues to duck him. The Post editors want the Albany DA investing Hevesi to hurry up.

Brian McLaughlin's wife and two lady friends think the former labor leader is innocent. Some of McLaughlin's constituents don't.

Jeanine Pirro threatened a Republican for supporting a Democrat.

Tonight's Alfred E. Smith Dinner at the Waldorf creates a seating nightmare for party planners.

Mike Bloomberg said the city has already paid its fair share of the CFE school funding decision, which is a different position than Eliot Spitzer has taken.

Tom Reynolds is optimistic about his own re-election and Republican's chances of keeping the House.

John Sweeney asked congress how he should report his 2001 trip a Pacific island paid for by a lobbyist working for Jack Abramoff.

Sue Kelly doesn't plan on attending many debates with her opponent.

John Maine is a hero, just as our John Koblin said he would be.

And the AP Daybook has a majestic typo:

10:30 a.m. City Council Speaker Christine Queen and Irish leaders calling for finalizing Northern Ireland peace process; steps of City Hall.

-- Azi Paybarah

More than 30 years after firing its first shots, the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army h  read more »

More than 30 years after firing its first shots, the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army h  read more »

William Scott (1913-1989), whose paintings are the subject of an immensely appealing exhibition at D  read more »

"Get down on your knees and wash my feet with your hair toshow me just how grateful you are!" This m  read more »

Here's a deportation case you'll never hear about on those cable television screamfests, but if you  read more »

A little more than a century ago, William Butler Years, Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory and other writ  read more »

It has been said here and elsewhere, but it bears repeating: President Bill Clinton, fairly and unfa  read more »

It has been said here and elsewhere, but it bears repeating: President Bill Clinton, fairly and unfa  read more »

A militant group that is being tied to the worst atrocity in Northern Ireland's history received an  read more »

Wednesday, Aug.  read more »

The fire that consumed three Catholic boys in Northern Ireland on July 12 was the same fire that too  read more »

John Hume swept into town the other day to collect an award, to be congratulated for his long years  read more »

A ceramic portrait of Irish hunger-striker Bobby Sands hangs in the upstairs window of Hugh O'Lunney  read more »

Alfonse D'Amato is running his mouth about schoolteachers again.  read more »