As the early polling began for the 2016 US presidential election, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is off to an early lead in New Hampshire. If she also wins North Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will have to win every other battleground state to win the election. Hillary Clinton ... Read More »

The Rose of Tralee, the Republic of Ireland’s long-running beauty pageant, is not usually a platform for thorny issues. But, this week, it became the unlikely battleground in Ireland’s ongoing debate over abortion legislation. Brianna Perkins, the Sydney Rose, sparked the controversy with comments she made live on television to ... Read More »