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Taoiseach Brian Cowen presents President Barack Obama with a bowl of Shamrock at the White House.  Picture: Reuters

Warm welcome as Paddywagon rolls up to door of White House

Thursday March 18 2010

THE 44th President of the United States looked out over the room on Capitol Hill where some of of America's most powerful politicians were crammed together around tables, and chatted about his Irish roots.

An artist's impression of how the new power plant in Lumcloon, Ferbane, Co Offaly, will look when completed in 2013.

Green light for power plant puts 500 construction jobs in pipeline

Wednesday March 17 2010

UP to 500 construction jobs will be created in the midlands after plans to build a power station were given the green light yesterday.

Lise Hand: Valley of the giants inspires Taoiseach

Tuesday March 16 2010

SO, how green is this valley? To the outsider it may seem like merely a sprawl of inelegant buildings clumped in a shallow bowl of land in San Jose. But to Brian Cowen, who hails from a once-verdant land now turned into an economic dust-bowl filled with tumbleweeds drifting through the plains where the once-proud Celtic Tiger used to roam, Silicon Valley is a glittering Shangri-La.

Cardinal Brady. Photo: Frank McGrath

Cardinal Brady must accept his guilt

Tuesday March 16 2010

AS A 35-year-old, highly educated, teaching priest, the then Father Sean Brady, acting on instructions from his religious superior, imposed a vow of silence on two innocent children aged 10 and 14. Think about that.

Martin Whelan (left), the Construction Industry Federation's director of policy and research, and Tom Parlon, director general, briefing the press yesterday in Construction House, Canal Road, Dublin 6

Row over who's picking up the bill stalls work on four public sewerage schemes

Tuesday March 16 2010

CONSTRUCTION work has yet to begin on four public sewerage schemes promised more than three years ago.

Vickery brace fires Kilkenny

Tuesday March 16 2010

A long and testing campaign by Thurles CBS came to a bitter end in Freshford yesterday when they were out-gunned by Kilkenny CBS.

Dooley on target to inspire Faithful fightback

Monday March 15 2010

An excellent second-half comeback helped Offaly gain an impressive first league victory of the season in Tullamore yesterday.

Breheny contribution the difference in Sligo victory

Monday March 15 2010

Sligo talisman Eamon O'Hara's second-half introduction, Kenneth Sweeney's return at full-forward and Mark Breheny's contribution of four points were the vital ingredients for Sligo as Kevin Walsh's charges occasionally laboured to a one-point win over Offaly at Markievicz Park.

They're off by planes, trains but definitely no limos

Saturday March 13 2010

And so the Great Escape is under way, with almost two dozen members of the Government boarding planes, trains (but no limousine-style automobiles, no sirree) this weekend to fly the green flag in various near and far-flung cities.