Keith Duggan

3 days ago | irishtimes.com | Keith Duggan

A vision of American pastoral life visited the south lawn of the White House on Monday as US president Donald Trump hosted the centuries-old tradition of the White House Easter Egg roll. It was an hour or two of almost-escapism for the Trump administration from its ongoing ideological battles with its political adversaries and the Supreme Court amid its ongoing ambition to reshape the future of the United States.

4 days ago | irishtimes.com | Keith Duggan

Those old enough remembered that on April 19th 30 years ago, the always-volatile Oklahoma weather had conspired against them. As the day of the bombing turned to night, it was wet and horribly cold as a big crowd stood outside the ruined Murrah federal building. As if in remembrance, the early hours of Saturday’s 30th anniversary delivered a burst of hail and thunder and lightning to the city. The morning was cold and sombre.

4 days ago | irishtimes.com | Keith Duggan

Edye Raines looks from spangle-rimmed sunglasses when asked whether she is the same person now as she was before the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19th, 1995. “Oh, no I’m a different person. People keep telling me I should write a book. And I say ‘no, no!’” she says, laughing at the thought. “Too many people would be mad at me.”We are sitting on a sunny lunchtime in Bar-K, a dog play pen and a cafe.

5 days ago | irishtimes.com | Keith Duggan

At 10am on Thursday morning the intersection between Mickey Mantle Drive and East Main Street in the urban heart of Oklahoma City is deserted – except for one joyrider. He might be in his 60s and elegantly zips about on an electric one-wheel board. He has all the paraphernalia – elbow pads, knee pads, a helmet, and carries a small speaker through which he is blaring Warren Zevon’s Werewolves of London.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Keith Duggan

“It’s just ... bulls**t” offers James Dunn with a dark chuckle when asked about what he thinks of the tariff saga which has been gripping the entire world. It’s Saturday afternoon and he is waiting on the stoop of a townhouse in the residential fringes of East Market street in York, Pennsylvania. “I don’t know,” Dunn shrugs when asked why he thinks Donald Trump is embarking on his tariffs war. He stands up to speak in short, animated bursts.