Article Archive

February 14th 1998

• • News

  • Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy is colliding with Milky Way News
  • Clinton outlines his funding `gift' News
  • By-election writs for Tuesday News
  • £1m added to Lottery jackpot News
  • Sinn Fein likely to find the gates locked again News
  • RSF condemns threats to clergy News
  • Paris leaps into spring News
  • Sentimental Journey News
  • Love has me spinning News
  • Drifted into crime News
  • Heavens above News
  • Raking over the old muck News
  • Nous ne sommes pas en Provence News
  • Men are from Mars - and so are women News
  • Now and Zen News
  • Agent under the covers News
  • Country store News
  • Spill out your heart with every drop News
  • The love menu News
  • Garden Work News
  • Eye On Nature News
  • Top 10 games News
  • Rushdie `fatwa' irreversible News
  • Millions face starvation News
  • ECOMOG secures Freetown News
  • Court to examine Quebec issue News
  • SPD in danger of split News
  • Indonesians protest News
  • US and Vatican welcome Cuba's prisoner release News
  • A dish best served slowly News
  • The Monica factor News
  • All the cards in your hand News
  • So much sacrifice to success News
  • Nothing needs to be said News
  • Working with the devil's side News
  • Bestsellers News
  • Art On A Plate News
  • Bottle of the week News
  • Forward to the medieval News
  • Getting There: News
  • Lord of the trance News
  • Captain Doe's men kill 2 after threats News
  • Discovery of Laois bomb factory a major IRA setback News
  • Bomb-factory men get 20 years each News
  • Captain not guilty of conspiring to import cocaine News
  • Court told of `not hard' blows News
  • Sex offender agrees to go on register to regain freedom News
  • Secretary sues over telephone dismissal by Mexican envoy News
  • Dolly's creator is defensive News
  • Court told of inquest trauma News
  • Jury finds man guilty of sex assault charge News
  • Credit Union's Letter To McCreevy News
  • Credit Union Act likely to encourage further growth News
  • McCreevy in retreat on credit unions News
  • Minister's moment of madness was unprovoked News
  • Court extends demolition ban on buildings News
  • Body of man recovered from Liffey News
  • Public hearing in abuse inquiry News
  • Haughey family case next month News
  • Anniversary of Stardust tragedy News
  • Mogg move `not linked to Maze murder' News
  • Man wounded in Downpatrick News
  • Search ends for reported body News
  • SF men charged with obstruction News
  • Man shot in Belfast attack News
  • SF says it will challenge any attempt at expulsion News
  • UN team to survey suspect Iraqi sites News
  • Hume to stay on as cardinal News
  • Woman questioned about `deception' News
  • New prefect in Corsica post News
  • Waterloo station hit by blaze News
  • 11 feared dead in factory blast News
  • Fire destroys airport terminal News
  • Capital notices sinking feeling News
  • Wartime bomb found ticking News
  • Samaritan high priest buried News
  • Oldest profession vindicates claim News
  • Suicide becomes workers' symbol News
  • Absent minded judge quits UK High Court News
  • Lewinsky prepares for grand jury questioning News JOE CARROLL
  • Sexless scandal of 1997 could hurt Gore more than Clinton News JOE CARROLL
  • Clinton says he is not deterred from Iraqi attack by Russian objections News JOE CARROLL
  • Rabin family wants President Weizman to be replaced by Likud party member News DAVID HOROVITZ
  • Expected win by Clerides may mean `big push' to unity deal News MICHAEL JANSEN
  • Forging links by stepping over the tongs News DIARMAID O MUIRITHE
  • A star is grown out of the starlet of the swinging 60s News By ROISIN INGLE
  • Maginnis refuses to apologise in Mowlam row News RICHARD BALLS
  • Last tour for Captain Cook News BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS
  • Robinson criticised by UN Rwanda staff for remarks during controversial trip News PAUL CULLEN
  • House prices put family life at risk - Dr Connell News PATSY MCGARRY
  • Gardai investigate damage to Ryanair baggage equipment News RICHARD BALLS
  • Taoiseach `regrets' Ryanair decision News JANE O'SULLIVAN
  • Listowel poet and writer Bryan MacMahon dies at 88 News CHRIS DOOLEY
  • Top award for Eric Luke News MICHAEL FOLEY
  • Rock with no edge News AIDAN TWOMEY
  • RTE Musician of the Future Competition News MICHAEL DERVAN
  • William Butt (cello) News DOUGLAS SEALY
  • Human clone research continuing in private despite US funding ban News DICK AHLSTROM
  • John Cowley, `Riordans' actor and bloodsports opponent, dies News CHRIS DOOLEY
  • Irish motorists pay more for their cars News PATRICK SMYTH
  • 40 prisoners freed because of space crisis at Mountjoy News CATHERINE CLEARY
  • Credit unions are hopeful McCreevy will accept amendments News COLM KEENA
  • Northern talks can proceed without Sinn Fein, Taoiseach says News DICK HOGAN
  • Unionists united in pushing for expulsion of SF from peace talks News THERESA JUDGE
  • Clinton briefed by Ahern and Blair News JOE CARROLL
  • De Rossa says NI talks should move to Europe News THERESA JUDGE
  • Love in the small ads News NUALA O'FAOLAIN
  • Heatwave News RUTH PADEL
  • To Sir with Love News JAMES RYAN
  • Saved by the wiles of Cupid News MAEVE BINCHY
  • On the right track? News WILLIAM HEDERMAN
  • Pressing deadline News WILLIAM HEDERMAN
  • No rest for Rita News WILLIAM HEDERMAN
  • Wilde night News WILLIAM HEDERMAN
  • Met on the Net News ROSITA BOLAND
  • The thrill is in the chase News DECLAN HUGHES
  • Raiders of the skip archive News HELEN MEANY
  • A question of respect News MEDB RUANE
  • The making of a major motion picture News BRIAN FALLON
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass, by Lewis Carroll (Penguin Classics, £3.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • Volcano and Miracle, by Gustav Herling, trans. Ronald Strom (Penguin, £8.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • The Enchanter, by Vladimir Nabokov (Picador, £5.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • Roman Fever, by Edith Wharton (Virago, £6.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • So Long, See You Tomorrow, by William Maxwell (Harvill, £5.99 in UK) News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Two for Texas, by James Lee Burke (Phoenix, £5.99 in UK) News VINCENT BANVILLE
  • The Last Thing He Wanted, by Joan Didion (Flamingo, £6.99 in UK) News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Hunting Down the Universe, by Michael Hawkins (Abacus, £7.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Countless Dracula, by Tony Thorne (Bloomsbury, £6.99 in UK.) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • A Laureate goes north News JOHN BOLAND
  • Two Haiku News BILL TINLEY
  • Something sweet News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Let the kids do it News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Travel Briefs News JOAN SCALES
  • Bare-rooted for your love News JANE POWERS
  • Holding back the tide News MICHAEL VINEY
  • Just not the Sim News GARRETT ROWE
  • Time Crisis (with Guncom) News GARRETT ROWE
  • Keeping Polls Apart News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Southern style News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • I'll be euro Valentine News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Boundary blues News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Pardon my French News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Not Friday 13th? News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Male order News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Dynamic duo News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Sorry Start News RENAGH HOLOHAN

  • Sport

  • RTE to show Cup after all Sport
  • Huston, Ogrin share lead Sport
  • The common touch Sport
  • Fact File: Ted Walsh Sport
  • Ireland Goes Downhill: Schwarzacher-Joyce conquers the slopes Sport
  • Marcus leaves a milestone Sport
  • Back to business Sport
  • Fighting comeback by Darcy Sport
  • FA Premiership Previews Sport
  • English FA Cup - Fifth Round Sport
  • Aldridge chirpier than ever Sport
  • Graphic Equaliser must not be missed Sport
  • Roundwood looks value Sport
  • Zafarabad impressive Sport
  • Bobbing and weaving their way to glory Sport
  • Gullit defends and then attacks Sport PAUL HAYWARD
  • Swimmers suffer as funds withdrawn Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Samaranch loses Mass appeal Sport ANDREW JENNINGS
  • On The Sidelines Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Players not available to play the Ashton way Sport EDMUND VAN ESBECK
  • Boxing's attraction endures despite problems Sport SEAN KILFEATHER
  • Match-By-Match Guide Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Fascinating 800m final in prospect at Nenagh Sport PETER BYRNE
  • Garryowen look to key players to test Shannon Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Birr back with some youth on its side Sport PHILIP REID
  • Club Hurling Previews Sport SEAN MORAN
  • NFL Previews (3.0 unless stated) Sport SEAN MORAN
  • Montgomerie set to equal Faldo's record Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • Getting in way over your head Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • GUI moves on handicap worries Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • Bowlers are still in charge as Test swings Sport MIKE SELVEY
  • National League Previews Sport EMMET MALONE
  • United renew Treble chase Sport DAVID LACEY
  • Sheffield still sneaking up on the cup Sport DEREK POTTER
  • No classic but Gilzean secures vital win Sport EMMET MALONE
  • Sports Speak Sport

  • Business

  • London market stock finishes the week on relatively upbeat note Business
  • Timber labour dispute settled Business
  • Frankfurt up after a bad start Business
  • Some suggested Valentine's for true-and-fair economists Business
  • Smurfit ousts Einstein in search for fame and fortune Business
  • Bear market bad for sex Business
  • Ryanair flies on auto-pilot Business
  • Closing date for urban renewal plan extended Business
  • Chamber guarded on docklands projects Business
  • Group to convene on State agency merger Business
  • Bundesbank in cautious mood over EMU plan Business
  • Concerns over EMU dismissed by Waigel Business
  • IIU turns £5m profit on Golden Vale sale Business
  • Intel laboratory donated to TCD Business
  • Ailesbury BES seeks up to £2m Business
  • Extra time on the meter for car park tax perks Business
  • Disclosure of commissions `irreversible' Business
  • An unreal air surrounded planned move Business
  • Jones to finally exit from shipping Business
  • US halts its case against Irish law Business
  • Auditor confronts Martian Business
  • Wall Street edges up a half point Business
  • Board rejects `interference' on ombudsman Business EMMET OLIVER
  • Powerscreen pressurised by fund managers Business BARRY O'KEEFFE
  • Tax measures welcomed by Marine Food Council Business MARY CANNIFFE
  • New peat power to provide 600 jobs Business EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Dermot again displays the golden touch Business VICTOR KUSS
  • Accountancy firms vie for top spot Business CLIFF TAYLOR
  • Market seeks stimulus from the big-hitters Business EMMET OLIVER
  • Moderate taking of profits prevents any major advances Business EMMET OLIVER

  • Opinion

  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • St Valentine's Day Opinion
  • Dealing With Immigration Letters
  • Lansdowne Low Letters
  • Croke Park Letters
  • Leopardstown Road Roundabout Letters
  • McCreevy On Tax Evasion Letters
  • Future Of The Peace Process Letters
  • Future Of The Peace Process Letters
  • Crisis In The Gulf Letters
  • The Hidden Ireland Letters
  • Lansdowne Low Letters
  • Sunday Services On RTE Letters
  • Croppy Acre Letters
  • They Built The Titanic Opinion
  • New Republic Opinion
  • IRA/Sinn Fein In The Dock Opinion
  • Ineptitude on a scale of sixes and sevens Opinion DICK WALSH
  • Timely survey springs surprise on prospects for a solution in North Opinion GARRET FITZGERALD
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion KEVIN MYERS

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • Tough times for unions in US `enterprise' climate Culture
  • Before the Deluge: Ten great political songs Culture
  • Greens challenge study into genes-disease link Culture
  • The master teacher of Ireland Culture
  • The sisters whoop it up on raunchy night out Culture
  • Risky strategy with uncertain outcome Culture
  • A fresh dose of fertiliser for the Diana Culture
  • From Viking Dublin to Free State: coins for all eras Culture
  • Lavery and Jack Yeats's pictures among lots Culture
  • £2,700 for bookcase in sale of `strong prices' Culture
  • Irish and English silver on sale in Cork Culture
  • Set of fork-back dining chairs for £800-plus Culture
  • Foreign buyers help push up Adam prices Culture
  • Irish 18th century side-table makes £3,400 Culture
  • Money, medals and stamps at Dublin event Culture
  • A relationship that was on a roll but has now hit the rocks Culture
  • Ryanair dispute a test case for unionisation Culture
  • Adams's words leave Trimble cold, but some progress reported Culture
  • Experienced arbitrator's reputation for impartiality Culture
  • Fear lurks that bombing Iraq may invite biological attack Culture
  • Saddam's deadly biological armoury Culture
  • A republic may be up for grabs in the land down under Culture
  • Programme for Dublin phase of North talks Culture MARK BRENNOCK
  • Swimming coach claims rejected Culture JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Drumbeat on Iraq covers confused military aims Culture PAUL GILLESPIE
  • Trying to rebuild bridges in a town divided by war Culture ROISIN INGLE