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- Reflecting on life without Rachel
Fri, Nov 20, 2009Rose Callaly, who has just published a book about the life and death of her daughter, Rachel O’Reilly, gives her thoughts on Joe O’Reilly, the ‘daft’ justice system and reliving terrible events - Catherine Nevin: case not closed
Sat, Nov 14, 2009Lawyers for Catherine Nevin – who was imprisoned nine years ago for the murder of her husband, Tom, following a trial that enthralled the country – are claiming a miscarriage of justice. Their second appeal, which continues in court this week, focuses on the evidence of three shadowy witnesses - Return to the heart of the mission
Sat, Nov 14, 2009The kidnapping and safe return of Fr Michael Sinnott is the latest incident in the long and eventful history of Irish Columbans in the troubled islands of the Philippines - The wall is gone, but the scars of Stasi brutality remain
Sat, Nov 14, 2009A new documentary that relies on the spoken word of former Stasi prisoners invokes utter horror, and counters the trend of downplaying the horrors of the East German dictatorship - Why official complacency about public rage is misplaced
Sat, Nov 14, 2009The Government seems blasé about recent expressions of public unhappiness. Though that rage has been unfocused, it is dangerous to ignore it - Don't be a have-a-go heroSat, Nov 14, 2009Two recent cases have seen people fight off intruders in their homes or businesses. It may be brave, but it’s not a good idea, gardaí warn
- Were sister act's fans dancing or staggering?
Sat, Nov 14, 2009They were in the mood for dancing – and a bit of drinking – at the Nolans Sisters concert last weekend. But did it all get too much? - Gamers heed the call of version 2
Sat, Nov 14, 2009The sixth game in the ‘Call of Duty’ series has surpassed all expectations, with first-day sales exceeding 1 million in the UK alone. So what’s the appeal? - Seven DaysSat, Nov 14, 2009A glance at the week that was
- No country for young men
Sat, Nov 7, 2009According to two reports this week, young Irish people - and men in particular - are bearing the brunt of the recession, with potentially devastating effects on their lives and the economy. Members of the so-called 'lost generation' discuss their plight.CARL O'BRIEN, Chief Reporter - Is 'Lonely Planet' right to love Cork?
Sat, Nov 7, 2009IN CORK, the news that theLonely Planet travel guide had named the city as one of its top 10 cities to visit for 2010 was greeted not with an “oh, how nice”, but with a “shur why wouldn’t it?”. While there is much to admire in such pride, there is also a current of smug complacency, writes ALAN O'RIORDAN - Small airports are plane sailing for drug smugglers
Sat, Nov 7, 2009WHEN DRUG dealer John Kinsella was sentenced recently for conspiring to import cocaine and heroin, his barrister told Judge Tony Hunt that Kinsella’s guilty plea had saved the State the considerable expense of a lengthy and complex trial, writesCONOR LALLY, Crime Correspondent - Women on the prowl for men a little youngerSat, Nov 7, 2009MOVE OVER Madonna, you old cougar you. Irish women aged 40 and older now share your taste for men in their 20s and 30s. One-third of single Irish women in their 40s are prowling for men at least five years younger, according to research by Parship, an internet dating site with 50,000 Irish members, writesKATE HOLMQUIST
- London Editor
Sat, Nov 7, 2009Expensive construction and farming machinery is being stolen in Ireland and the UK by organised crime gangs. It turns up in places as far away as Iraq and South Africa, writesMARK HENNESSY - Drink and disorder in a beautiful Sydney suburb
Sat, Nov 7, 2009THE SYDNEY beachside suburb of Coogee entered the minds of Irish people with brutal force last week through the violent death there of Dubliner Gearóid Walsh (23), writesPÁDRAIG COLLINS , in Sydney - Ennis's wee problem
Sat, Nov 7, 2009IN A WEEK when it was announced that the partial-boil notice on drinking water in Ennis is to be lifted, waterworks of a different kind were drawing attention to the Co Clare town. The issue of public urination came to the fore recently when local shop owner John O’Connor was forced to install an electric fence outside his shop to deter would-be urinators, for whom the streets and lanes of Ennis have become an open bathroom, writesBRIAN O’CONNELL - We need more than words to reverse wildlife decline
Sat, Nov 7, 2009ANOTHER LIFE: ‘BIODIVERSITY” WAS NEVER a word to fire the heart. We know what it means – or do we? According to the Eurobarometer, half the Irish in 2007 had never heard the word and only one in five knew what it meant. But yes, we readers ofThe Irish Times can take a bit of scientific shorthand, and the word is so much handier than “everything in nature: all the different species, all the patterns and systems of their lives.” - Horizons
Sat, Nov 7, 2009A herigate and habitat roundup - The day the Wall came down
Sat, Oct 31, 2009On the evening of November 9th 1989 the first breach was made in the Berlin Wall, which had divided Germany – and the world – for a generation. In the first of a four-part series,DEREK SCALLY , in Berlin, retraces the chain of events leading up to that historic moment 20 years ago - Are the winds of change really blowing for Obama?
Sat, Oct 31, 2009As the first anniversary of Obama’s election approaches, the US is in wait-and-see mode, with the euphoria surrounding his victory clouded by his perceived lack of progress on troops and on Guantánamo
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