Article Archive

August 21st 1999

• • News

  • The songwriter strikes back News
  • Bestsellers News
  • Bilton By Andrew Martin (Faber, £6.99 in UK) News
  • Death by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth of Austria by Andrew Sinclair (Constable, £9.99 in UK) News
  • Ferguson Shoot-Outs News
  • Rock/Dance News
  • Classical News
  • The viral terrorist News
  • Tipperary remembers poor Bridget News
  • Hello cello, a star is born? News
  • One man and his oboe News
  • Dressing down for the movies News
  • Out but not down News
  • Traditional News
  • Six To Sort You Out On Varieties News
  • Bottle Of The Week News
  • Don the gear, feel the fear, and go! News
  • Getting There News
  • Eye On Nature News
  • Garden Work News
  • Floods kill 22 people in Iran News
  • Judge condemns rape inquiry News
  • Former guerrillas seek damages News
  • Saudis behead 2 men over drugs News
  • Raisa gets break from treatment News
  • `Mein Kampf' taken off line News
  • Woman dies in Channel swim News
  • More than 200 killed in clashes News
  • Al Fayed to mark deaths News
  • N Korea angry at US-Japan missile accord News
  • Opposition steps up pressure on Milosevic after successful rally News
  • Police investigate nerve gas experiment News
  • Eritreans flood into Sudan News
  • Iranian judiciary reshuffled News
  • Gadafy urges African unity News
  • Dagestan fighting spreads as Russia launches heavy air bombardment News
  • Millennium dawn worth £78,760 to NZ islanders who live on the hill News
  • Actor who made the toga one of Hollywood's favourite costumes News
  • Big, warm heart behind a bellicose facade News
  • Quintessential Old Labour party man News
  • Talented, dedicated sports reporter News
  • Shots fired in Larne, two arrests News
  • Cheers for Rice as he leaves court News
  • No future for bearing of flags News
  • Record £1m paid for pub in Monaghan News
  • RUC seek men after robberies News
  • Hospital closure plans postponed News
  • Man charged with attempted robbery News
  • Numbers needing dialysis increases News
  • Ferry service under threat News
  • Study suggests options for disposal News
  • Plastic bags are most visible waste problem News
  • Romanian men sought in Kilkenny News
  • Helvick cliff-fall victim named News
  • Mater Dei to join up with DCU News
  • Phoenix Park gate closures News
  • Man dies after house fire News
  • Chinese crates pose beetle threat News
  • Missing teenage girls located News
  • Birthday suit duo told to pay £150 to court News
  • Quake death toll will reach 40,000, UN official says News
  • Methodist Notes News
  • Pub prices to be displayed at entrance News
  • Prison drugs `out of control' News
  • Judge refuses bail in fraud case News
  • Court orders arrest of boy (14) News
  • Restaurateur seeks restraining order News
  • Church of Ireland Notes News
  • Factfile News
  • Seven weeks on remand unfair delay, says judge News
  • Great jazz, no jizz News CATHERINE FOLEY
  • It's good to talk News LOUISE EAST
  • Informing Spirit News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • The Brady punch News TONY CLAYTON LEA
  • Atomic power News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Lend us a tenor News MARTIN KETTLE
  • As good as if gets when it comes to bluegrass News JOHN KELLY
  • Suicidal sex News EDDIE HOLT
  • Call my bluff News BRIAN BOYD
  • Tete-a-tete News HARRY BROWNE
  • Confessions of an eleventh-hour addict News GAYE SHORTLAND
  • Mind how you go News MIC MORONEY
  • Mad, mad carry-on entirely News JOHN KENNY
  • Me genius, you Jane News PENELOPE DENING
  • Tipperary's not so far News SADBH
  • Savage salvo to explode sacred myths of 1916 News CARLO GEBLER
  • Behind the hard shell of a brave mountaineer News LORNA SIGGINS
  • So who were the Irish? News P J MATHEWS
  • A man in full News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Not just horror News PETER THURSFIELD
  • A Slight and Delicate Creature: The Memoirs of Margaret Cook (Orion, £6.99 in UK) News ANGELA LONG
  • Jem (and Sam) by Ferdinand Mount (Vintage, £6.99 in UK) News MARY MOLONEY
  • Village Bells by Alain Corbin (Papermac, £12 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • California Fire & Life by Don Winslow (Century, £10 in UK) News VINCENT BANVILLE
  • Everyone's Own Language: A Guide to the International Language Known as Esperanto by Maire Mullarney (Nitobe Press, £4.50) News ROSITA BOLAND
  • (Ab)original Sinny News ANGELA LONG
  • Ferguson scores more direct hits than Cole, is calmer under pressure than Irwin and comes up with more angles than Beckham News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Open-air outing for 1919 silent romance News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Rock News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • Readings News YVONNE DRYSDALE
  • Theatre News GERRY COLGAN
  • A taste of today's male culture News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • Glam/Rock News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • Classical News MICHAEL DERVAN
  • A place to move and shake News ORNA MULCAHY
  • King of the kitchen News LOUISE EAST
  • Grasping the grape News MARY DOWEY
  • Sea of E News NICK HOPKINS
  • Al Dente: enemy of the people News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Travel Log News JOAN SCALES
  • Desire takes to the air - by the million News MICHAEL VINEY
  • Throwing shapes - with grace News JANE POWERS
  • Radio Previews News LORNA KERNAN
  • Video Releases News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Breaking the big taboo but isn't afraid of the Troubles News HUGH LINEHAN
  • The car's in the pound but, bar cold stout, all's well with the world News FRANK MCNALLY
  • Thousands hold silent vigil to mark anniversary of Omagh bomb News PATRICIA LEAHY
  • Libertine - Crypt Arts Centre News GERRY COLGAN
  • RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet/Chi Chi Nwanoku (double bass)/Hugh Tinney (piano) News MARTIN ADAMS
  • A perky ladette who hears the ovaries clacking News ROISIN INGLE
  • Department rejects USI claim that charge is fee in disguise News MARIE O'HALLORAN
  • Warning to pupils on debt danger News JAMIE SMYTH
  • Trendy apolitical writers are failing society, says Gormley News JOAN TOBIN
  • Flatulent cows top EU limits News JOAN TOBIN
  • Students urged to get meningitis jab News YVONNE HEALY
  • Sunday headlines `run political life' News JOAN TOBIN
  • Women of LUST celebrate their scores in exam results News CATHERINE FOLEY
  • Irishwoman arrested at nuclear submarine base News RODDY O'SULLIVAN
  • Corporation urged to learn from northside bus corridor `mistakes' News TIM O'BRIEN
  • College says Department accepts need for new site News JIM DUNNE
  • Tourist dies in Shannon toll-bridge accident News MARIE O'HALLORAN
  • Measles epidemic almost inevitable within next two years, doctor warns News EAMON TIMMINS
  • Tortoise recovered News FRANK KILFEATHER
  • Sinn Fein's place in review process is guaranteed by NIO News CLARE MURPHY
  • Clinton appeals for co-operation News JOE CARROLL
  • Residents and Apprentice Boys meet News CLARE MURPHY
  • Minister defends cutback of 4,500 places in schemes News JIM DUNNE
  • Plastics industry says bags tax would breach EU law News EAMON TIMMINS
  • Details of £12m marina due soon News FRANK KILFEATHER
  • Georges Quay appeal told of 3,000 jobs News NUALA HAUGHEY
  • The Words We Use News DIARMAID O MUIRITHE
  • Trinity iron man who studied seismology News BRENDAN MC WILLIAMS
  • Bush fails to convince on question of cocaine use News JOE CARROLL
  • Stability Pact points the way for Serbia to avoid disaster News MLADJAN DINKIC
  • Gandhi hopes to inherit her late husband's mantle News DAVID ORR
  • Back in the days of the Monkey Trial News JOE CARROLL
  • ANC strains its alliance with Cosatu by refusing to agree to wage demands News PATRICK LAURENCE
  • Relatives `relieved' at inquiry into river disaster News RACHEL DONNELLY
  • Italy turning back waves of boat people from Kosovo News PADDY AGNEW
  • Budget tax cuts warning issued by IMF News CLIFF TAYLOR

  • Sport

  • Limerick leave it late Sport
  • Gilzean to the rescue Sport
  • Clarke returns to form Sport
  • Weekend Previews Sport
  • A real test of the new look Madrid's ability Sport
  • Irish seeded Sport
  • Tailor-made for Nichol Fifty Sport
  • No longer the third man Sport
  • What's in a name? Sport
  • Dundrod day Sport
  • Cool running Sport
  • No Kidding Sport
  • Defying the odds Sport
  • Still all to play for in Ryder Cup race Sport
  • Facing the high jump Sport
  • England's rally lasts just one day Sport
  • Cork's success built on firm foundation Sport
  • Douglas latest to fail test Sport
  • Second draw for Galway Sport
  • Mayo's hopes about to be dashed Sport SEAN MORAN
  • A sport in need of salvation Sport PETER BYRNE
  • Now or never for mature Mayo Sport PAT ROCHE
  • Germans threaten to overrun weak Irish Sport MARY HANNIGAN
  • Head-to-head: Sport JOHN O'KEEFFE
  • Hungry Mayo have the scoring power Sport JOHN O'MAHONY
  • Late bloomer ready for Cork Sport KEITH DUGGAN
  • Ireland hopefuls come one step closer Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Bear's view commands respect Sport DERMOT GILLEECE'S
  • Irish eyes firmly on their Cup rivals Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Henry gunning for United Sport ROY COLLINS
  • Ruthless finishing the key Sport EMMET MALONE
  • National League Previews Sport EMMET MALONE
  • Amethyst to show full potential Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Scottish Memories to relish challenge Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Cork events do little to foster relations Sport SEAN KILFEATHER
  • Fasliyev can oblige Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • No shelter for Danny's girls Sport MARY HANNIGAN
  • Team Seville: The Irish brigade Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • World record Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Sports Speak: Sport

  • Business

  • Japanese banks hope tie-up will revive sector Business
  • Bid terms revised for Carbury Mushrooms Business
  • Last hurrah at foot of falling inflation? Business
  • Customer relations in the banking world Business
  • French banks fight to a frustrating stalemate Business
  • Refusing to pay the price of good citizenship Business
  • DJ with attitude sets out to woo shy banker Business
  • Tax giveaway inevitable despite IMF restraint plea Business
  • IMF acknowledges `sustained' strength of economy Business
  • Traders respond to Wall Street rally Business
  • Frankfurt closes volatile week with modest gain Business
  • Search for safe bets results in blue-chip rally Business
  • Profits jump 46% at New Zealand newspaper group Business BILL MURDOCH
  • Quantum set to lose 80 jobs in Dundalk Business ELAINE KEOGH
  • Companies tardy in filing annual returns Business COLM KEENA
  • Inflight shelves planned listing Business COLM KEENA
  • Meteor hopeful of positive outcome to ruling on mobile phone licence Business SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH
  • Japanese merger news fails to lift financials Business EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Sigma sells division to Centurion for $5m Business MADELEINE LYONS
  • Satellite bug could affect some networks Business KARLIN LILLINGTON
  • Esat confirms bid for An Post net provider Business MADELEINE LYONS
  • Say it softly - banks raise rates Business DOMINIC COYLE
  • Deadline looms for ICC bid submissions Business SIOBHAN CREATON

  • Opinion

  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • Creating stories for holidays when no news is bad news Opinion
  • Corrections And Clarifications Opinion
  • Valuing our treasures Opinion
  • Quality Bus Corridors Letters
  • Quality Bus Corridors Letters
  • Quality Bus Corridors Letters
  • Quality Bus Corridors Letters
  • Defending the Clergy Letters
  • Ormeau Road Protest Letters
  • Politicians' Pay Letters
  • Politicians' Pay Letters
  • Court Reports Letters
  • Montrose Accents Letters
  • Road Ramps Letters
  • Tyrone House Letters
  • Duffy's Circus Letters
  • Plastic Pollution Opinion
  • Disaster in Turkey Opinion
  • Not A Red Squirrel Opinion

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • Forthcoming Auctions Culture
  • Auction Results Culture
  • Forthcoming Fairs Culture
  • Celebrating the works of a Grand Tour painter Culture
  • Government to allocate further £500,000 Culture
  • British aid flights depart for Turkey Culture
  • UNICEF help for the children Culture
  • Girl (11) rescued after 17-hour dig Culture
  • Oil refinery fires are extinguished Culture
  • Earthquake cost `unprecedented' Culture
  • What law of fate dictates a baby's doll is spared, while the child is crushed? Culture
  • Critics say the censors got it all wrong Culture
  • All the `fun' of soft porn is about taking women back to 1950s Culture
  • Furore over sex industry is just vintage Irish sanctimony Culture
  • Prostitutes safer in brothels, and drug treatment would be a help Culture
  • Journalism requires confidentiality Culture
  • Patience lacking in sainthood Culture
  • High achievers put pressure on themselves Culture
  • Donating money Culture
  • Smell of rotting bodies stings the nostrils Culture