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<p>Navillus' former chief financial officer Pádraig Naughton arriving at Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, in June. Mr Naughton will serve his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix, New Jersey. Picture: Yuki Iwamura</p>

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Navillus bosses surrender themselves to their 'cushy' prisons today

Pádraig Naughton will be incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix in New Jersey, while Dónal O’Sullivan will present at Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida

<p>Ben Dunne with his wife Mary on October 22, 1981, shortly after they were reunited after he had been kidnapped and held for ransom for a week by the IRA. Picture: Lensmen/Irish Examiner Archive</p>

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Ben Dunne's IRA kidnap, arrest in Florida, and 'thanks, big fella': Episodes in a life lived large

<p>Ben Dunne arriving at a hearing of the Moriarty Tribunal in Dublin Castle. Picture: Billy Higgins/Irish Examiner Archive</p>

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'Ben Dunne led a life less ordinary': Tributes paid to controversial businessman

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Varadkar defends flying from NY to Miami for less than 20 hours

Drought And Climate Change Threaten Colorado River Basin

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Florida adds PragerU climate denial videos to approved syllabus for children up to 11

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Irish Examiner view: Over and out

Irish Examiner view: Who will pay the piper for stormy weather?

Disaster insurance

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

Sarah Harte: Sanitising literature serves to cover up critiques of hateful attitudes

The brouhaha around the edits made to the late Roald Dahl’s books is interesting, in how it has provoked a diverse array of comments from a varied cast of characters

Wed, 01 Mar, 2023

'Miracle' Miami turtle being looked after in Dingle after washing up on Irish beach

Dingle Oceanworld is looking after the turtle and director Kevin Flannery said it was very rare for such a small turtle to be found alive after crossing the Atlantic from Florida

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Trump chances

US general election

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

Irish Examiner view: 'Trump age' may be ending

US elections

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022

Miami Downtown Skyline With Palm Trees, Elevated View

Destination Florida: How tourism in the Sunshine State is weathering the storm

Following the impact of Storm Ian, the message from many cities is that Florida is back open for business

Sat, 15 Oct, 2022

Terry Prone: Paradise lost in the eye of the storm

It can be surmised, based on Hurricane Charley, that countless island homes will be boarded up or have bright blue roof coverings for months to come.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

Terry Prone: Visiting the States now puts you in line for a test of your forbearance

Trump supporters, without provocation, will forcefully share their beliefs with you; on the other side are people who passionately disagree, but take refuge in safe silence, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 10 Jan, 2022

Primark/Penneys profits to fall €660m due to Covid-19 impact

Profits at discount clothing retailer Primark - which trades here as Penneys - are expected to drop by around €660m this year, due to the disruption to trading caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Miami-bound Sara Byrne is tailor-made for Stateside success

Sara Byrne has all the attributes to make a success of Division I collegiate golf in the United States when the 2018 Irish Women’s champion takes up a full scholarship to the University of Miami later this summer.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2020

Cork balladeer Roy Buckley: breaking the American market

Cork singer/songwriter, Roy Buckley, has been described by Phil Coulter as "the last of the great balladeers." The thirty-three year old singer from Ballyvolane, whose recently released single reached No. 2 in the iTunes charts in Ireland, is proud of the accolade.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Covid-19: Infectious disease expert says some countries safe for international travel

Dr Jack Lambert, specialist in infectious disease at the Mater hospital, Dublin has said that if people observe the appropriate safety guidelines then it is safe to travel.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Rory McIlroy remembers one important thing about Hilton Head – it can bite

It was nothing like the ‘crap’ he finished playing at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas last Sunday, but Rory McIlroy still needed a 30ft birdie putt for a one-over start to the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head today.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Riots in the US are Trump’s back door route to re-election

They roll around every four years, as they’ve been doing since 1788, but one fundamental feature of presidential elections in the US is almost always forgotten by voters who, when they cast their vote for their preferred candidate, think their mark will count as much as the next voter’s, and that the prize will go to the contender who wins the plurality in the nationwide ballot.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

Irish Coast Guard on standby to rescue crew of US SpaceX rocket if emergency occurs

The Irish Coast Guard will lead any search and rescue operation off the Irish coast this evening in the unlikely event that the crew of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission are forced to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Historic SpaceX flight expected to be seen over Irish skies

A historic spacecraft flight is expected to cross Irish skies just before 10pm tonight, 20 minutes after it blasts off from Florida.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Brian Moore: 'Florida is a crazy place, an event here would be a lot better'

His fitness studio is shuttered for now, his MMA ambitions with Bellator locked in cold storage until October at the earliest, but Brian Moore is finding no end of ways to keep busy until the pandemic eases and he can step into an octagon again.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Seamus Power maintains his ambitions for PGA Tour

When Seamus Power saw the tide of Covid-19 sweep across Europe, closing golf courses in its wake, the alarm bells started to ring for the Irish PGA Tour golfer at his North Carolina base.

Tue, 12 May, 2020

Covid-19: No panic, but Noel is glad to be safe at home

When Noel Shanahan first heard the government talk about the need to ‘cocoon’ it brought to mind a movie of the same name, where a group of trespassing seniors from a Florida retirement home rediscover their youth after swimming in a pool containing alien cocoons.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Irish Examiner View: A tragedy unfolding by the day

It is not necessary to summon rancid ghosts or recall those old no-Irish-need-apply hatreds to know that national stereotyping is a pretty flawed, dangerous metric.

Sun, 26 Apr, 2020

Governor gives green light for some Florida beaches to reopen

Gatherings of 50 or more people are prohibited and people must still practice social distancing.

Fri, 17 Apr, 2020

Victoria White: Awful circus of ‘Tiger King’ may be closer to home than we imagine

In Ireland, have no laws to protect the public from potentially dangerous wild animals, writes Victoria White.

Wed, 08 Apr, 2020

Leona looking in the mirror during enforced golfing limbo

Like housebound, competition-starved athletes the world over, Leona Maguire is in a strange kind of limbo right now.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2020

Organisers proceeding as planned with €60m college football game in Dublin

Organisers of the Navy-Notre Dame game, due to be played in Dublin on August 29 and worth an estimated €60m-plus to the economy, are proceeding as planned for the event while monitoring the escalating coronavirus crisis.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2020

FEI announces cancellation of World Cup Finals

The FEI has announced that next month’s World Cup Finals in show jumping and dressage have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. “It is very regrettable, but the decision was out of our hands,” FEI President Ingmar De Vos said.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2020

World’s top three together at Sawgrass

World No 1 Rory McIlroy will be joined by world No 2 Jon Rahm and No 3 Brooks Koepka in the marquee grouping for the opening two rounds of the Players Championship this week.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

Top US trainers in doping scandal

More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described yesterday as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

Kerry will be the poorer for Donie Buckley's departure: The weekend’s GAA talking points

Our writers chat through the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

Sun, 08 Mar, 2020

Blake’s team line up for ‘friendly’ fire in Florida

Michael Blake will be hoping for an improved placing when he takes charge of the Irish showjumping team for his second outing as manager this weekend. His team started brilliantly but dwindled to a sixth-place finish two weeks back in the Nations Cup of America at Deeridge Farms in Wellington, Florida, near to where this second contest is being staged at Palm Beach International Equestrian Centre, also in Wellington.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2020

Two more countries lose Olympic places after FEI investigations

The FEI has announced that show jumpers from Qatar and Sri Lanka will not be allowed compete at this year’s Olympic Games

Tue, 18 Feb, 2020

Barclays boss in Jeffrey Epstein probe

Barclays chief executive Jes Staley is being investigated over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, his second run-in with British regulators since he joined the bank in 2015.

Thu, 13 Feb, 2020

Automation solutions for MedTech sector

Vivian Farrell discusses Modular Automation’s role in servicing the world’s leading MedTech companies.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Paul Rouse: American sports have all the bases covered as they spread

Sunday evening began at 5pm when the Detroit Pistons played a thrilling match against the Denver Nuggets.

Fri, 07 Feb, 2020

Corkman Matt Griffin lands senior post with CJJ Motorsports

Former International Racing Driver of the Year award winner Matt Griffin, who has racked up some 300 races in a Ferrari GT, has accepted a new role outside of his continuing competitive career that will see him race at 23 events this season.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2020

Darragh Kenny believes Classic Dream could be one of world’s best

After a low-key weekend in Europe, FEI World Cup action resumes this week, with Bordeaux in France staging what is the second-last qualifying round for riders competing in Europe.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2020

Colin Sheridan: McDowell the man may not have needed a win,but G-Mac the golfer did

Some good news from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! The star-studded European Tour Event, the Saudi International golf tournament, was won on Sunday afternoon by Graeme McDowell.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2020

Ask Audrey about #Election2020: FF's strategy is to hypnotise us so we can’t remember anything before 2010

As we enter the final week of the election campaign, our in-house agony aunt Ask Audrey shares her tips for dealing with canvassers, and tries to predict the winners.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2020

Conor McGregor escapes prosecution for motoring offences

Conor McGregor has been spared prosecution for motoring offences in Dublin.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2020

Equestrian: Billy Twomey and Bertram Allen boost Irish ranks in Florida

Wednesday sees the start of Week 4 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, Florida, while a second fixture in the same area at Deeridge Farms also gets underway.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2020

Terrace Talk: Manchester United - Ole not the only one looking over his shoulder

LET’S start by reminding ourselves of yesterday’s obvious prematch golden oldie: “That pitch looks so awful, it could be a real leveller; it might give United a chance”.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2020

Leipzig win secures final place for Denis Lynch

Denis Lynch secured his place in April’s FEI World Cup Final after getting the better of 15 jump-off opponents to win the latest round in Leipzig, Germany on Sunday.

Sun, 19 Jan, 2020

Gunman who killed 3, injuring more in Florida was military pilot from Saudi Arabia training in US

The gunman who killed three people, injuring many more at a naval base in Florida, US, was a military pilot from Saudi Arabia training in the US.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2019

Police investigating after baby put up for sale on Craigslist for $500

Authorities in Florida are investigating an advertisement on Craigslist offering the sale of a baby for $500.

Tue, 26 Nov, 2019

Rory McIlroy's 'perfect' approach: ‘Honestly, it’s possibly the best shot I’ve hit all year’

Rory McIlroy’s new trophy cabinet could soon need expanding after arguably his best shot of a stellar season capped a superb opening round in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2019