Enda Kenny

Ireland proposes law on abortions to protect mothers' lives

2013-05-01 11:18:00

LONDON -- Spurred by the preventable death of a pregnant woman, the Irish government unveiled a proposed law Wednesday spelling out when abortions can be performed to save the life of the mother, a controversial move in a country that still outlaws most...

Margaret Thatcher death: Tributes, criticism from around the world

2013-04-08 12:11:00

In Britain and around the world, supporters of the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher celebrated her legacy Monday. Even some of her sharpest critics said she defined an era in British public life -- if not always for the right reasons. Among those...

Irish leader apologizes for infamous Magdalen laundries

2013-02-19 12:45:00

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny offered an emotional apology Tuesday for� government involvement in a harsh system of laundries run by Roman Catholic nuns, where women and girls labored long hours behind locked doors, unpaid and often bewildered about why...

Ireland seals deal to ease crippling bank bailout costs

2013-02-07 13:41:00

LONDON — Ireland sealed a deal with the European Central Bank on Thursday to ease the crippling cost of its public bailout of failing banks, keeping the country on track to wean itself from international emergency loans. By overhauling repayment...

Ireland: State involved in harsh system of Magdalen laundries

2013-02-05 17:18:00

The Irish government was enmeshed in a harsh system of laundries run by Catholic nuns, where women and girls worked behind locked doors without pay, according to a fact-finding report released Tuesday. More than 10,000 women labored in the infamous...

Report: British agents 'facilitated' killing of Belfast attorney

2012-12-12 16:09:00

British police and army agents aided in the assassination of a Belfast attorney in front of his wife and three children more than two decades ago, but there was no “overarching state conspiracy” to kill him, say the findings of an...

Ireland votes on treaty aimed at controlling Europe's deficits

2012-05-31 04:37:16

Vatican issues report on Irish church child abuse investigation

2012-03-20 16:40:06

You knew O'bama was Irish, but did you know he's going there in May?

2011-03-17 21:35:42

Cardinal skips Boston College commencement because Irish prime minister's involvement

2013-05-20 17:29:17

BOSTON (AP) — Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs legislation to permit abortion, and O'Malley's views were echoed outside the ceremony by...

Boston Herald Margery Eagan column

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Good for Boston College for refusing to disinvite Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as this Sunday's graduation speaker after Cardinal Sean O'Malley basically told BC: It's him or me. Well, BC chose Kenny. O'Malley's staying home. Fantastic. On his...

O'Malley sitting out BC graduation in protest of speaker

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley is snubbing Boston College's May 20 graduation ceremony in protest of a planned commencement speech by Ireland's prime minister, who supports a narrow abortion rights bill. "Recently I learned that the prime minister of...

Ireland Prime Minister Enda Kenny speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

2013-01-24 00:00:00

President Barack Obama meets with Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Ireland in the Oval Office, March 20, 2012.

2012-04-09 00:00:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel waves to the crowd along side Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, left, during the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

2012-03-17 00:00:00