Article Archive

December 31st 1998

• • News

  • RUC chief and Empey receive knighthoods in honours list News
  • Concern about cement firm's £40m plan for Kinnegad site News
  • Portlaoise expected to double in size News
  • £3m Lotto win a Christmas surprise News
  • 2 charged after NI boy's death News
  • Andrews in visit to Caribbean News
  • Methodist President on Dublin visit News
  • Freeflow project superb, says AA News
  • American actor dies in Cork News
  • Luas journey to take 22 minutes News
  • Eight units fight Dublin fire News
  • SIPTU initiative to help disabled find work News
  • Sex-abuse policies must focus on reality News
  • Planning board toughens stance on appeals News
  • Northern Ireland Honours List News
  • Moderator implores politicians to uphold Christian principles News
  • National and city train and bus services curtailed over the holiday period News
  • You'll feel the difference in 1999, Blair promises public News
  • Families of 4 avalanche victims tell of their grief News
  • People News
  • President asks for forgiveness News
  • Mother of seven goes home leaving fragile babies in hospital News
  • Generals queue up to challenge Netanyahu in crowded election News
  • New members on Security Council News
  • More troops in Sierra Leone News
  • Rome says no to Venice plan News
  • Catholic prayer halls set on fire News
  • Women kidnap nine Josephs News
  • Legal victory for liberal Jews News
  • One last free ride News
  • Taliban forbids beard-trimming News
  • Mine kills 8 in Angola News
  • Cancer warning on Welsh coast News
  • Republicans, Democrats disagree over witnesses to Senate hearing News
  • French rail company sued over war role News
  • 1m survive cancer - charity News
  • Baby-stealing plan denied News
  • Court told stains are Anwar's News
  • Tribe releases four German hostages News
  • US warplanes exchange further fire with Iraq News
  • Opposites emerge to combine forces in search for peace and reconciliation in the North News
  • Still espousing reconciliation yet continuing to practise division News
  • Clinton's ultimate downfall is war aim of the cultural right News
  • Canonisation of The First Lady News
  • Universal human rights are pushed on to the world stage News
  • Diplomatic away win but own-goal loss at home News
  • New dawn for socialism but what does it mean anymore? News
  • French jobless develop a taste for strike action News
  • After the failure of shock therapy what hope for Russia now? News
  • New generation takes over in Bonn News
  • Sticky wicket for `Teflon Tony' as sleaze nouveau bedevils Labour News
  • Political instability is fall-out from nuclear fiesta News
  • It was a bad year for . . . News
  • So, farewell then . . . News
  • Full statehood for Palestinians inches closer News
  • Time runs out for crooners, poets, philosophers and baby gurus News
  • Pinochet forced to confront ghosts of past, while Woodward faces a blighted future News
  • Economies at risk unless global warming is tackled News
  • Risks in dependence on US in wake of Hurricane Mitch News
  • And they gave birth in 1998 News
  • Sex, sectarianism and violence on the streets News
  • Economic upheavals mean misery for the poor News
  • Reformers still face legacy of the Great Helmsman News
  • Transition to enigmatic Mbeki has South Africans worried News
  • Hopes for a bright future for Africa are again on hold News
  • Forecasters of doom on race relations and economy confounded News
  • 2000 AD: the race is on to catch the bug News
  • Saddam: will 1999 see the end of him? News
  • What a year for Bill 'n' Hill News
  • Honours go to actors, volunteers, entertainers and a mobile grocer News RACHEL DONNELLY
  • Turks oppose Crete missile deployment News MICHAEL JANSEN
  • King Sihanouk backs genocide tribunal for Khmer Rouge leaders News STEFAN SMITH
  • Mobs attack military in troubled Aceh province News TOMI SOETJIPTO
  • The good life in Bonn will outlive the power shift to capital of hassle News NUALA HAUGHEY
  • It was a good year for . . . News ROISIN INGLE
  • They said . . . News SEAN ARCHBOLD
  • Tense new year for woman in mast action News SEAN MACCONNELL
  • Safety council calls for increased State spending to reduce carnage on roads News PATSY MCGARRY
  • Employers' group criticises extensions to parental leave News MAOL MUIRE TYNAN
  • Designs by Sybil Connolly to live on in Hunt Museum News SANDY BARRON
  • Healy-Rae `under pressure' to stand in Euro poll News MAOL MUIRE TYNAN
  • High-flying entrepreneur promotes novel way to beat the Dublin traffic News ROISIN INGLE
  • Draft legislation to extend pub opening hours to be examined News RODDY O'SULLIVAN
  • 3,000 households in North still without electricity News SUZANNE BREEN
  • Strong winds expected to return today as many areas still mopping up after storm News TIM O'BRIEN
  • Relief for parents of rescued climbers News MICHAEL MCNAMARA
  • IFA says euro will mean a drop in value of CAP funds News SEAN MACCONNELL
  • GPs `slow to report child sex abuse' News PADRAIG O'MORAIN
  • Locals pay tribute as stabbed publican is buried News SHANE MACCABE
  • RNLI saved 145 lives, rescued further 528 News PATSY MCGARRY
  • A front-of-house appeal to Santa News RODDY O'SULLIVAN
  • Knighthood for RUC chief in honours list News SUZANNE BREEN
  • Concern as accidents at work account for 66 deaths in year News TIM O'BRIEN
  • RTE to screen Galway team's success News PATSY MCGARRY
  • Industry leader pins prosperity in North on political progress News SUZANNE BREEN
  • Signs of hope for church stressed by priest News PATSY MCGARRY
  • Homing in on the birth of winter storms News BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

  • Sport

  • IOC begins Salt Lake City probe Sport
  • Australia to investigate tennis abuse Sport
  • Irish have their fill of Turkey Sport
  • Hartigan's fine strike seals it Sport
  • Gullit on defensive Sport
  • Ferguson under fire Sport
  • Teeton Mill is likely to run in Haydock race Sport
  • Cork seek new date Sport
  • A great talent sorely missed Sport GEORGE KIMBALL
  • All-Ireland Cup draw gives edge to leagues Sport DERMOT ASHMORE
  • Warne returns to the frontline Sport MIKE SELVEY
  • McCall makes timely return Sport JOHN O'SULLIVAN
  • McHale and Gilleece take the laurels again Sport BRIAN FOLEY
  • Getting better all the time Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • McKiernan rated top marathon runner Sport PETER BYRNE
  • Decision on 50m pool early in new year Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • St Patrick's Ath V Shelbourne (Richmond Park, live on Network 2, 7.35) Sport PAUL BUTTNER
  • Wallace wins it at death Sport PATRICK GLENN
  • Flood double on cards if racing goes ahead Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Coq Hardi Venture can see off Noble Thyne Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Star still to shine at brightest Sport GREG ALLEN
  • Barron en route to India Sport PAT ROCHE

  • Business

  • The Eurotimes site Business
  • Irish financial shares to gain in euro zone Business
  • Money supply rise meets ECB expectations Business
  • ECB head reiterates intent not to quit in middle of term Business
  • Annual rate of inflation Business
  • Euro will test bank systems Business
  • Credit cards cheap entry into euro Business
  • US clears way for BP/Amoco merger Business
  • Blue-chips slip in volatile final session Business
  • Merger talk helps Paris break trend Business
  • Winning streak halted Business
  • Transport and tourism find it harder to recruit Business
  • Inflation drops to annual 1% within EU Business PATRICK SMYTH
  • Euro to be set at around 79p-80p by EU ministers Business CLIFF TAYLOR
  • Bumper year closes on high note Business EMMET OLIVER
  • Looming labour shortages threaten continued economic growth: report Business EMMET OLIVER
  • Building sector faces a challenge Business EMMET OLIVER
  • Harney considers move to prosecute Bula Resources Business COLM KEENA

  • Opinion

  • "Can Spring Be Far Behind?" Opinion
  • Trimble's Speech In Oslo Letters
  • Air Attacks On Iraq Letters
  • Science And Religion Letters
  • Adoption And Social Workers Letters
  • Biggest Bully Of Them All? Letters
  • Clerical Sex Abuse Letters
  • Rainy Day Women Letters
  • Sporting Cycle Letters
  • Middle Doors On Buses Letters
  • Future Of The Gaiety Letters
  • Offaly History Letters
  • Ex-Taoiseach Letters
  • J. D. Gwynn Opinion
  • The World Grows Smaller Opinion
  • Tourism Booms Opinion
  • Demise of Mandelson could impact on peace Opinion MARY HOLLAND
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion KEVIN MYERS

  • Life & Style

  • `Supply of apartments in the city will fall' Homes & Property
  • New homes on outskirts of Dublin will be best buys of 1999 Homes & Property

  • Culture

  • The Golden Globe nominations Culture
  • A wide-open year for the Oscars Culture
  • The multiple meanings of life Culture
  • Will the real Lara Sioth Lacey AnnaLivia please stand up? Culture
  • The Top 10 Names of 1997 Culture
  • Supporting EU enlargement will not be easy, but it's in Ireland's best interests Culture
  • The alarming gap between the rich and poor must be bridged Culture