Article Archive

August 8th 1998

• • News

  • Fame is the spur News
  • Green On Screen News
  • The pirate of Parnassus News
  • Encouraging the hardy annuals News
  • Angel food News
  • The Jewish Mafia News
  • Lyndon Johnson: Vietnam casualty News
  • Praise to the wine hewers News
  • Bottle Of The Week News
  • Evidence fails to counter swimmer's claims, solicitor says News
  • Method used in Barcelona on third analysis of samples not recognised by IOC, says swimmer News
  • Defence team plays tough, but where is the evidence? News
  • Eye On Nature News
  • The cosmopolitan ideal News
  • Over the moon News
  • Double agent News
  • Factfile - Newt Gingrich News
  • Traffic advisory for Croke Park News
  • Shots fired at men in Crumlin News
  • £120,000 drugs seized by gardai News
  • Paracetamol not recalled in State News
  • Chronology of attacks on US targets overseas News
  • US has `some ideas' who carried out the `brutal, heinous, cowardly" bombings News
  • Breakthrough expected in murder case News
  • Publican released after apologising News
  • Here comes the summer, but just for one day, warns Met Eireann News
  • Drug addict hanged himself in guest-house News
  • Gardai link republicans to bomb-crater find News
  • Three divers rescued off Kerry coast News
  • Squad `surprised' Swiss woman News
  • Cruise vessel arrives in Foynes News
  • Galway planning application fails News
  • Derry shows Drumcree alternative way on parades News
  • Prisoner release policy challenged News
  • New checks for explosives News
  • Court upholds parade ban News
  • Internet helps identify man News
  • Annan's move on Iraqi weapons welcomed News
  • WEU calls for NATO intervention in Kosovo News
  • US sick of Lewinsky scandal News
  • 5 dead children found in car boot News
  • Champion mum of 57 dies News
  • Port reopens after 3 years News
  • Third man held over murders News
  • Blaze continues on Mt Olympia News
  • Kashmir fighting starts again News
  • Lottery fever strikes Germany News
  • Sweden's lake monster hunted News
  • Peru's PM resigns News
  • Job hunters seek divine assistance News
  • People News
  • Ex spy's interview broadcast News
  • Bearing witness to the tragedy of a betrayed, golden land News
  • Troops leave rebel area with official apology for human rights violations News
  • Kabila in Zimbabwe for talks on emerging crisis News
  • Major Chinese cities threatened by city floods News
  • Cuban cigar lovers charged News
  • Battles erupt in Afghanistan News
  • McBride on election list News
  • Euthanasia condemned News
  • Archbishop condemns bombing News
  • US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam targeted by bombers in day of carnage News
  • Egyptian Jihad group warned US of reprisals over prisoners News
  • Most Romanies do not want to leave home News
  • Hostages to fortune News
  • I don't mean to crib ... News
  • Whose child is it, anyway? News
  • Vertical reality News
  • In the steam of centuries News
  • Garden Work News
  • Delightfully DIY Edinburgh News
  • Kohl's party cuts back SPD lead in new opinion poll News DENIS STAUNTON
  • Birth defect report ignites debate over landfill safety News RACHEL DONNELLY
  • Homosexuals urged to change their ways News JOE CARROLL
  • Food air-drops no solution for Sudan's starving News JOHN O'SHEA
  • Increased security for US embassy in Dublin after blasts News MARIE O'HALLORAN
  • Fetlocks flying News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Partying in the oasis News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Hat's the idea News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Winter entertainments News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Hector's Boathouse News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Portlaoise switch caused heartbreak News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Oh no it's not panto time . . . . . .Oh yes it is! News VICTORIA WHITE
  • Sometimes it takes time News CARLO GEBLER
  • The men who made the West News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • He Knew He Was Right, by Anthony Trollope (OUP, £4.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • Perdition U.S.A., by Gary Phillips (No Exit Press, £6.99 in UK) News VINCENT BANVILLE
  • The Diviners, by Margaret Lawrence (Virago, £6.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Personal Demons, by Christopher Fowler (Serpent's Tail, £8.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Irish Narratives, ed. David Fitzpatrick (Cork University Press, £8.95, four vols.) News BRIAN FALLON
  • An Unusual Diplomat, by Krystyna DobrzynskaCant well (Polish Cultural Foundation, London, £9 in UK) News BRENDAN O CATHOIR
  • Without a Hero, by T. Coraghessan Boyle (Granta, £6.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Ovid in English, ed. Christopher Martin (Penguin, £9.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • A death in the desert News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Short is beautiful News JOHN BOLAND
  • Broad Beans News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Plants in their Sunday best News JANE POWERS
  • Watching the bottlenoses News MICHAEL VINEY

  • Sport

  • Giving something back Sport
  • Loughnane says he was right Sport
  • Bond intends to heal wounds Sport
  • A new dawn Sport
  • Door left open for English clubs Sport
  • Munster Council Statement Sport
  • Cordingly battles into decider Sport
  • Barnes trying to avoid life ban Sport
  • Butler gets call-up Sport
  • Festina trio back in action Sport
  • Sydney chiefs on attack over drugs Sport
  • US earn dream repeat Sport
  • Leinster's lions' share Sport
  • Blitz brings Horton into joint lead Sport
  • Coughlan heading home Sport
  • Keane to see action Sport
  • Corkery gives Munster boost Sport
  • Irish seek final word Sport
  • Ross sees some light Sport
  • Bristol may move on Sport
  • Ultimatum for Cardiff Sport
  • Full steam ahead for Showboat Sport
  • Kismah may be special Sport
  • A man who always made a splash Sport
  • Campbell at last back in the hunt Sport
  • Leinster given a close call by defiant Ulster Sport
  • Del Piero in legal threat Sport RUSSELL THOMAS
  • Rich beyond relief Sport MARTIN THORPE
  • Lynch set for three-month suspension Sport SEAN MORAN
  • Smith in busy tune-up Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • Irish aim to retain status Sport MARY HANNIGAN
  • Athletes rue funds rebuff Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Impossible to see beyond Clare Sport SEAN MORAN
  • Silence is crucial in golden age of hurling Sport SEAN KILFEATHER
  • Turning gamekeeper Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Positive drug tests Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • The truth can hurt Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Driving instructions Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Funny that, Des Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Football's bear market Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Home advantage softens double YMCA blow Sport KARL JOHNSTON
  • Hussey edged out of final Sport LIAM GORMAN
  • Sponsorship to smooth waters Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • Holyfield returns Sport JOHN RAWLING
  • Dropped catches may cost England Sport MIKE SELVEY
  • Shalazar's good run to continue Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Pharmacist to serve up right dosage Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Sports Speak Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON

  • Business

  • Market Report - Europe Business
  • Market Report - London Business
  • Unilever recovers after brokers take fright at results Business
  • Fyffes to sue Geest for £50m Business
  • Pledge on customers Business
  • Statoil price increase Business
  • New transmission system Business
  • Dublin site for £28m Business
  • Obuchi pledges to `spare no effort' Business
  • Market Report - NEW York Business

  • Opinion

  • Bruton and Quinn can work together Opinion
  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • One stable currency Opinion
  • Unholy Trinity Letters
  • Visitor Tax Proposal Letters
  • Tour De France Letters
  • President And The Horse Show Letters
  • President And The Horse Show Letters
  • Coping With Refugees Letters
  • A Right Plethora Letters
  • Poison In Sea Shallows Opinion
  • Visitor Tax Proposal Letters
  • Bishop Eamon Casey Letters
  • Bishop Eamon Casey Letters
  • Bishop Eamon Casey Letters
  • Funding Athletics Letters
  • Lord Of The Rings? Letters
  • Irish Weather Letters
  • Independent Newspapers Letters
  • Canterbury Meeting Opinion
  • Bomb Attacks In East Africa Opinion
  • Growing public/private sector pay disparity hard to justify Opinion GARRET FITZGERALD
  • McCreevy could reduce taxes with £1bn windfall Opinion MAIRE GEOGHEGAN QUINN
  • Much EU pressure, minimal action on pollution Opinion DENIS COGHLAN
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion KEVIN MYERS

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • Church slow to ease way for return of its prodigal Culture
  • French `directing' refugees to Ireland Culture
  • Refugees met with mix of generosity and envy Culture
  • Forthcoming Fairs Culture
  • Auction Results Culture
  • A gentleman in Verona Culture
  • Anglicans demonstrate a certain talent for cohesion Culture
  • Lambeth decision `slap in the face' for homosexuals Culture
  • Clinton faces a crucial week of decisions Culture
  • Palestinians sleep while Israelis systematically steal their homeland Culture
  • The durable appeal of a prince of pastiche Culture
  • Travel Briefs Culture JOAN SCALES