Article Archive

November 14th 1998

• • News

  • Factfile News
  • `Irish Times' wins website award News
  • Preparing for a fine shower News
  • Tapping talent News
  • `All about alcohol and sex' News
  • Junk words News
  • Getting Around News
  • Where To Stay News
  • Wild life News
  • Eye On Nature News
  • Failte flurry News
  • Laying the ghosts to rest News
  • Proud of his roots? News
  • Out of the grey News
  • Getting There News
  • Reflections on a dirty war News
  • The holy terrors of old Grub Street News
  • The poetics of science News
  • Disabled boy to be paid £2.6m News
  • Mitch appeal raises £130,000 News
  • Protest stresses child-care needs News
  • People News
  • Loyalists crack man's skull News
  • RUC finds arms dump News
  • Late-night DART for Christmas News
  • Two killed in road accident News
  • The sound of music accompanies Paddy Clancy to his resting place News
  • Man on rape charge says victim had abused him News
  • Man jailed for raping retarded cousin News
  • Teenage witness tells of murder secret News
  • Man `admitted he pushed wife' News
  • Wills case is adjourned amid hope of settlement News
  • Dublin vandal who played football with ancient skull gets six years News
  • Ward collected £3m in a year for leader of gang News
  • Mallon hails SDLP accomplishments but stresses future responsibilities News
  • Omagh bomb car investigation ends News
  • Pact bodies `have potential' News
  • DUP hypocrisy alleged News
  • Libel award for solicitors News
  • Peace honour for Mowlam News
  • Treasurer of PDs settles job dismissal case News
  • Bill on bank inquiry remit has checks and balances News
  • Recognition for Irish war dead long overdue News
  • Ervine set for SIPTU meeting News
  • Dempsey urges gas reductions News
  • Five in hospital after Galway fire News
  • Nine die, scores injured as army fires on students News
  • Coalition deal ends Cambodia stalemate News
  • PKK leader held in Rome News
  • Kosovo village alleges beatings News
  • Moorland search for grave News
  • Russian forces free envoy News
  • Lottery win for Hague aunt News
  • Many clothes `made in sweatshops' News
  • `Slur' on island angers Aborigines News
  • Lawrence hearing comes to an end News
  • Tussle for Sioux warrior's shirt News
  • Bodies reported after kidnapping News
  • Critics cool on Conran bistro News
  • Woman drives on to pitch News
  • US names firms for sanctions News
  • Clinton hints Iraq still has time to avert air strikes News
  • Pupils hail Saddam as clergy thunder against the enemy News
  • Ex-garda says sex abuse case should stop News
  • Man gets 10-year term for assault News
  • Planning case adjourned News
  • Great balls of fire News
  • Who's horny, horny, horny? News
  • RTE raises the Tone News
  • Dynasty actress News
  • High and Lowe News
  • Death at Jonestown News
  • The culture of independence News
  • The Vintage Book of Fathers, edited by Louise Guinness (Vintage, £8.99 in UK) News
  • Dumb down or read up News
  • A corker of a book News
  • In The Bag News
  • Christmas pudding panache News
  • Bottle Of The Week News
  • Something in the city News
  • Garden Work News
  • Voice of history News
  • Snap decision News
  • Spring tide News
  • Flying in News
  • Sporting chance News
  • A fine romance News
  • Just the ticket News
  • A bid to lie for News MAEVE BINCHY
  • Doyens of design News LOUISE EAST
  • New York, here we come News KIERAN FAGAN
  • Blooms of youth News LOUISE EAST
  • Windows on hell News EDDIE HOLT
  • Portraits in a dying light News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Darwin and Evolution, by Paul Strathern (Arrow, £3.99 in UK) News MARY MULVIHILL
  • Janacek's Operas, by John Tyrrell (Faber & Faber, £17.50 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Sraidainmnea cha na hEireann, edited by Breandan S. Mac Aodha (An Gum, £6.95) News LIAM MAC COILL
  • The Unknown Shore, by Patrick O'Brian (HarperCollins, £6.99 in UK) News VINCENT BANVILLE
  • In and Out of the Shadow, by Liam Nolan (Mount Eagel, £7.99) News PATRICK SKENE CATLING
  • Mrs Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat, by Caroline Alexander (Bloomsbury, £6.99 in UK) News PATRICK SKENE CATLING
  • Off The Map: Bicycling across Siberia, by Mark Jenkins (Hale, £9.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • John Tavener: Glimpses of Paradise, by Geoffrey Haydon (Indigo, £7.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Paper histories News RICHARD ROCHE
  • The pity of war and its aftermath News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Les plaisirs de la vie News JOHN BOLAND
  • Staggering Ashore News HARRY CLIFTON
  • Siding with things News PETER SIRR
  • Decoding the label lingo News MARY DOWEY
  • A tower too far News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Travel Briefs News JOAN SCALES
  • By royal approval News JANE POWERS
  • Song of the grey seal News MICHAEL VINEY
  • No ruffles or reshuffles News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • When Larkin said No to Germany's sabotage campaign News JOE CARROLL
  • Paula Jones gets $850,000 but no apology News IRISH TIMES REPORTER
  • Palestinian discretion is better part of valour News ILENE PRUSHER

  • Sport

  • Green light back on in stop-go career of a striking prospect Sport
  • Striking Problems: Ups and downs of O'Neill's career Sport
  • English FA Premiership Team News Sport
  • Shelbourne hold on Sport
  • Big, bad wolf Sport
  • Just not cricket Sport
  • club V country: Demands on the Irish squad Sport
  • Complaint lodged against Toulouse Sport
  • Too easy for St Patrick's Sport
  • Corry get his chance to shine Sport
  • Late developer gets sharp Sport
  • Women's tennis criticised Sport
  • From Royal Dublin to the fields of Flanders Sport
  • Refreshed Norman two shots off pace Sport
  • Bray swept aside as St Patrick's storm to top Sport
  • Celtic deal closer Sport
  • Carberry to keep going on Nomadic Sport
  • Irish sweep with Lotto win Sport
  • Maguire not to appeal ban, but O'Dwyer's is reduced Sport
  • Cyfor Malta good Pipe dream Sport
  • Festival frenzy Sport
  • KGB clout Sport
  • Dual star Sport
  • Old boy in league with old enemy Sport
  • Sports Speak: Sport

  • Business

  • IMF agrees $41bn cash aid for Brazil Business
  • Market Report - New York Business
  • NIB and ACCBank cut mortgage rates Business
  • Software award winner Business
  • Auditors refuse to sanction EU accounts due to `fraud' Business
  • US cigarette makers agree to £170bn payment deal Business
  • Judgment reserved on widow's battle with Nationwide over £100,000 loan Business
  • Bord Failte appointment Business
  • Permanent to check out `overcharging' Business
  • Market Report - Europe Business
  • Market Report - London Business
  • Bank go-ahead for stockbroker takeover Business JANE O'SULLIVAN
  • Savings in debt servicing to aid McCreevy Business CLIFF TAYLOR
  • Designer Costelloe expects to show a profit Business EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Krups workers vote to accept £13.8m payoff Business ARTHUR QUINLAN
  • Telecom windfall to pay off State pension schemes Business BARRY O'KEEFFE
  • Revenue audits to bypass advisers Business COLM KEENA
  • Code of practice in place for euro move Business EMMET OLIVER
  • Market Report - Dublin Business JANE O'SULLIVAN

  • Opinion

  • In Flanders Field Letters
  • Cancelled Soccer Match Letters
  • Meeting the Devil today Opinion
  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • Corrections And Clarifications Opinion
  • Turkey And The Kurds Letters
  • In Defence Of TnaG Letters
  • Social Workers And Adoption Letters
  • Aer Rianta Charges Letters
  • Legal Services For Refugees Letters
  • Memories Of Armistice Day Letters
  • FIFA And The FAI Letters
  • Public Sector Pay Letters
  • A Hard Road In Desperate Times Opinion
  • Health And Efficiency Opinion
  • Those Stag Nights Opinion
  • Moment of truth for politicians North and South Opinion DICK WALSH
  • Give regions the autonomy they deserve to make decisions Opinion MAIRE GEOGHEGAN QUINN
  • State reaches maturity as the century closes Opinion GARRET FITZGERALD
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion POL O MUIRI

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • To live and work in Poland Culture
  • Doing the business Culture
  • Border duty Culture
  • Developing a new, `normal' identity Culture
  • Trading up Culture
  • Caught in the middle Culture
  • All change at the very heart of Europe Culture
  • Mirror image Culture
  • Changing gears Culture
  • Factfile: Poland Culture
  • Looking forward with a most pragmatic philosophy Culture
  • Keeping the priorities in order Culture
  • Overcoming the teething problems Culture
  • When finding the next fix is the point of existence Culture
  • Mayo emigrant to US who ended up a much-decorated hero of Vietnam war Culture
  • `How could The River do this to us? We never thought it would' Culture
  • Irish aid workers to the fore Culture
  • Debt amnesty may be only way to save poorest countries Culture
  • Public opinion shift on gays puts `Sun' in a spot Culture
  • Air of crisis as Asian club stands on slippery slope Culture
  • Belgrade can be friendly, but visiting fans should play ball Culture
  • `The Sun' Said: Culture
  • Public apathy greets media witch-hunt of gays Culture
  • When the world is your oyster - on a plate Culture
  • Yeats's oils lead the way for sale of Irish art Culture
  • Forthcoming Auctions Culture
  • Forthcoming Fairs Culture
  • Auction Results Culture
  • Real empathy Culture
  • Reaching across the great divide Culture
  • Jerzy Buzek Culture
  • Banking on the future Culture
  • The rocky road to economic stability Culture
  • Riveting times Culture
  • Time to move east Culture
  • Trouble at the mills Culture
  • An industry winds down Culture
  • A `tiger of tourism' Culture
  • A lot to offer Culture
  • Agrarian strife Culture
  • Money matters Culture
  • The land of art's desire Culture
  • Community centred Culture