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  • Caught between hope and fear

    'We want the Americans to hurry! Will it take more than 48 hours?' asked one Iraqi, before last night's attacks. Lara Marlowe reports from Baghdad p

  • Old allies but worlds apart

    The rift between the US and 'old Europe' over Iraq is not a one-off conflict but part of an ongoing historical trend, writes Jonathan Eyal p
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  • Ask not for whom the bombs toll

    Leaving aside the torrent of welded politics and propaganda, one simple question predominates. How many people supporting the attack on Iraq would feel the same if they risked their own homes being bombed? If the armchair generals were equally prepared to risk extreme violence being visited on themselves, they have a case. If not, they don't. p

  • Throwing principle to the wind

    This week's Dáil decision on Shannon refuelling signals Irish alignment with a US-dominated 'coalition of the willing' to replace the UN, argues Fintan O'Toole p

  • Neutrality is not an a la carte option

    Vagueness over our neutrality comes at a price, argues Mark Hennessy , Political Correspondent p

  • A new recipe to bring diners back to the table

    In response to public distaste at the price of eating out, restaurateurs are launching a 'special value menu', writes Madeleine Lyons p

  • Waiting for Oscar

    He has been nominated for an Oscar seven times without actually winning one but, at 70, Peter O'Toole is still in the game, writes Michael Dwyer p

  • Killer bugs are coming our way

    As we come to grips with our first suspected cases of SARS, Kathryn Holmquist asks how and why the disease could cause a pandemic similar to the Black Death p

  • Anyone buying or selling a ticket at inflated prices?

    The bigger the occasion, the better the pay-out for the ticket touts, reports Ed Power p

  • This Week They Said

    The people of the United States, and our friends and allies, will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder. We will meet that threat now, with our army, air force, navy, coastguard and marines, so that we do not have to meet it later with armies of firefighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities. - President Bush. p
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