21 August, 1999 Digital News Archive

Budget tax cuts warning issued by IMF

By Cliff Taylor

Six To Sort You Out On Varieties

Companies tardy in filing annual returns

By Colm Keena

Japanese merger news fails to lift financials

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

Ruthless finishing the key

By Emmet Malone

Quintessential Old Labour party man

Numbers needing dialysis increases

Behind the hard shell of a brave mountaineer

By Lorna Siggins

Village Bells by Alain Corbin (Papermac, £12 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Judge refuses bail in fraud case

Earthquake cost `unprecedented'

RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet/Chi Chi Nwanoku (double bass)/Hugh Tinney (piano)

By By MARTIN ADAMS

Donating money

Classical

Man dies after house fire

Open-air outing for 1919 silent romance

By By MICHAEL DWYER

World record

By Johnny Watterson

Jem (and Sam) by Ferdinand Mount (Vintage, £6.99 in UK)

By By MARY MOLONEY

California Fire & Life by Don Winslow (Century, £10 in UK)

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

Forthcoming Auctions

The viral terrorist

Church of Ireland Notes

Al Fayed to mark deaths

Woman dies in Channel swim

Satellite bug could affect some networks

By Karlin Lillington

Dundrod day

Politicians' Pay

Tipperary remembers poor Bridget

Bestsellers

Grasping the grape

By By MARY DOWEY

Head-to-head:

By By JOHN O'KEEFFE

Classical

By Michael Dervan

Bottle Of The Week

Defending the Clergy

Ferguson Shoot-Outs

One man and his oboe

Out but not down

Still all to play for in Ryder Cup race

King of the kitchen

By By LOUISE EAST

Last hurrah at foot of falling inflation?

Plastics industry says bags tax would breach EU law

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Atomic power

By By MICHAEL DWYER

N Korea angry at US-Japan missile accord

Record £1m paid for pub in Monaghan

Saudis behead 2 men over drugs

Iranian judiciary reshuffled

Methodist Notes

Women of LUST celebrate their scores in exam results

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Bear's view commands respect

By By DERMOT GILLEECE'S

Politicians' Pay

Plastic bags are most visible waste problem

What law of fate dictates a baby's doll is spared, while the child is crushed?

Ferry service under threat

Quality Bus Corridors

Disaster in Turkey

A perky ladette who hears the ovaries clacking

By By ROISIN INGLE

Savage salvo to explode sacred myths of 1916

By By CARLO GEBLER

Don the gear, feel the fear, and go!

The songwriter strikes back

Rock

By Kevin Courtney

Sunday headlines `run political life'

By By JOAN TOBIN

As good as if gets when it comes to bluegrass

By By JOHN KELLY

Patience lacking in sainthood

Great jazz, no jizz

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Tailor-made for Nichol Fifty

So who were the Irish?

By By P.J. MATHEWS

Montrose Accents

Tortoise recovered

By By FRANK KILFEATHER

A Slight and Delicate Creature: The Memoirs of Margaret Cook (Orion, £6.99 in UK)

By By ANGELA LONG

Opposition steps up pressure on Milosevic after successful rally

Sinn Fein's place in review process is guaranteed by NIO

By By CLARE MURPHY

Not A Red Squirrel

Limerick leave it late

Romanian men sought in Kilkenny

ANC strains its alliance with Cosatu by refusing to agree to wage demands

By By PATRICK LAURENCE

Corporation urged to learn from northside bus corridor `mistakes'

By Tim O'Brien

Bilton By Andrew Martin (Faber, £6.99 in UK)

Talented, dedicated sports reporter

Team Seville: The Irish brigade

By Ian O'Riordan

Seven weeks on remand unfair delay, says judge

Sigma sells division to Centurion for $5m

By Madeleine Lyons

Getting There

A place to move and shake

By Orna Mulcahy

No future for bearing of flags

Radio Previews

By Lorna Kernan

Residents and Apprentice Boys meet

By By CLARE MURPHY

A real test of the new look Madrid's ability

Sports Speak:

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

Informing Spirit

By Eileen Battersby

No shelter for Danny's girls

By Mary Hannigan

Tax giveaway inevitable despite IMF restraint plea

The car's in the pound but, bar cold stout, all's well with the world

By Frank McNally

Bush fails to convince on question of cocaine use

By By JOE CARROLL

`Mein Kampf' taken off line

Raisa gets break from treatment

Fasliyev can oblige

By Brian O'Connor

Say it softly - banks raise rates

By Dominic Coyle

Man charged with attempted robbery

Flatulent cows top EU limits

By By JOAN TOBIN

Inflight shelves planned listing

By Colm Keena

Pub prices to be displayed at entrance

Suicidal sex

By By EDDIE HOLT

Eritreans flood into Sudan

Girl (11) rescued after 17-hour dig

Irishwoman arrested at nuclear submarine base

By Roddy O'Sullivan

Second draw for Galway

Tyrone House

Details of £12m marina due soon

By By FRANK KILFEATHER

Customer relations in the banking world

Government to allocate further £500,000

Gandhi hopes to inherit her late husband's mantle

By By DAVID ORR

Police investigate nerve gas experiment

Weekend Previews

Court orders arrest of boy (14)

Eye On Nature

Quantum set to lose 80 jobs in Dundalk

By By ELAINE KEOGH

Death by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth of Austria by Andrew Sinclair (Constable, £9.99 in UK)

Furore over sex industry is just vintage Irish sanctimony

Corrections And Clarifications

Glam/Rock

By Kevin Courtney

French banks fight to a frustrating stalemate

Now or never for mature Mayo

By By PAT ROCHE

Actor who made the toga one of Hollywood's favourite costumes

Hungry Mayo have the scoring power

By By JOHN O'MAHONY

Late bloomer ready for Cork

By Keith Duggan

Clarke returns to form

Video Releases

By By MICHAEL DWYER

DJ with attitude sets out to woo shy banker

Chinese crates pose beetle threat

Japanese banks hope tie-up will revive sector

Hope runs out for waiting relatives

By By PELIN TURGUT

Georges Quay appeal told of 3,000 jobs

By By NUALA HAUGHEY

A man in full

By Eileen Battersby

Meteor hopeful of positive outcome to ruling on mobile phone licence

By By SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH

Study suggests options for disposal

No longer the third man

Restaurateur seeks restraining order

Irish seeded

Deadline looms for ICC bid submissions

By By SIOBHAN CREATON

Quality Bus Corridors

UNICEF help for the children

Tipperary's not so far

By By SADBH

Confessions of an eleventh-hour addict

By By GAYE SHORTLAND

College says Department accepts need for new site

By By JIM DUNNE

Call my bluff

By Brian Boyd

Oil refinery fires are extinguished

The Brady punch

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Traders respond to Wall Street rally

More than 200 killed in clashes

Quake death toll will reach 40,000, UN official says

Sea of E

By By NICK HOPKINS

Creating stories for holidays when no news is bad news

Duffy's Circus

Phoenix Park gate closures

Ormeau Road Protest

High achievers put pressure on themselves

Bid terms revised for Carbury Mushrooms

National League Previews

By Emmet Malone

All the `fun' of soft porn is about taking women back to 1950s

Gadafy urges African unity

What's in a name?

Cork's success built on firm foundation

Cheers for Rice as he leaves court

Rock/Dance

Libertine - Crypt Arts Centre

By By GERRY COLGAN

Amethyst to show full potential

By Brian O'Connor

Cork events do little to foster relations

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Stability Pact points the way for Serbia to avoid disaster

By By MLADJAN DINKIC

Theatre

By By GERRY COLGAN

Critics say the censors got it all wrong

Department rejects USI claim that charge is fee in disguise

By Marie O’Halloran

Former guerrillas seek damages

Henry gunning for United

By By ROY COLLINS

Frankfurt closes volatile week with modest gain

Profits jump 46% at New Zealand newspaper group

By By BILL MURDOCH

A sport in need of salvation

By By PETER BYRNE

Turkish solidarity emerges from ruins as thousands rally to join rescue effort

By By SUSANNE GUSTEN

Al Dente: enemy of the people

By By JOHN MCKENNA

(Ab)original Sinny

By By ANGELA LONG

Scottish Memories to relish challenge

By Brian O'Connor

Minister defends cutback of 4,500 places in schemes

By By JIM DUNNE

Road Ramps

Auction Results

No Kidding

Ferguson scores more direct hits than Cole, is calmer under pressure than Irwin and comes up with more angles than Beckham

By Arminta Wallace

Throwing shapes - with grace

By By JANE POWERS

IMF acknowledges `sustained' strength of economy

Traditional

Lend us a tenor

By By MARTIN KETTLE

Dressing down for the movies

Garden Work

Ireland hopefuls come one step closer

By Gerry Thornley

Shots fired in Larne, two arrests

Judge condemns rape inquiry

Hello cello, a star is born?

Tete-a-tete

By By HARRY BROWNE

England's rally lasts just one day

Birthday suit duo told to pay £150 to court

Dagestan fighting spreads as Russia launches heavy air bombardment

Measles epidemic almost inevitable within next two years, doctor warns

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Trinity iron man who studied seismology

By By BRENDAN MC WILLIAMS

Mind how you go

By By MIC MORONEY

Floods kill 22 people in Iran

Why can't we have a say on how our wealth is spent?

By By MARK BRENNOCK

Smell of rotting bodies stings the nostrils

Quality Bus Corridors

Mayo's hopes about to be dashed

By By SEAN MORAN

Refusing to pay the price of good citizenship

Defying the odds

It's good to talk

By By LOUISE EAST

Students urged to get meningitis jab

By By YVONNE HEALY

Clinton appeals for co-operation

By By JOE CARROLL

It's time for a fairer, less pressurised exam system

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

Quality Bus Corridors

A taste of today's male culture

By Kevin Courtney

Italy turning back waves of boat people from Kosovo

By By PADDY AGNEW

Journalism requires confidentiality

Prison drugs `out of control'

Big, warm heart behind a bellicose facade

By By SEAN HOGAN

Prostitutes safer in brothels, and drug treatment would be a help

Factfile

Gilzean to the rescue

Missing teenage girls located

Facing the high jump

Not just horror

By By PETER THURSFIELD

Readings

By By YVONNE DRYSDALE

Forthcoming Fairs

This Week They Said

Millennium dawn worth £78,760 to NZ islanders who live on the hill

Everyone's Own Language: A Guide to the International Language Known as Esperanto by Maire Mullarney (Nitobe Press, £4.50)

By Rosita Boland

Me genius, you Jane

By By PENELOPE DENING

Hospital closure plans postponed

RUC seek men after robberies

Warning to pupils on debt danger

By By JAMIE SMYTH

Douglas latest to fail test

Mad, mad carry-on entirely

By By JOHN KENNY

Breaking the big taboo but isn't afraid of the Troubles

By Hugh Linehan

Valuing our treasures

Trendy apolitical writers are failing society, says Gormley

By By JOAN TOBIN

Cool running

Unit should have helped Israelis first - families

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

British aid flights depart for Turkey

Irish eyes firmly on their Cup rivals

By Gerry Thornley

Celebrating the works of a Grand Tour painter

Relatives `relieved' at inquiry into river disaster

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Thousands hold silent vigil to mark anniversary of Omagh bomb

By By PATRICIA LEAHY

Desire takes to the air - by the million

By Michael Viney

Plastic Pollution

Mater Dei to join up with DCU

Search for safe bets results in blue-chip rally

Helvick cliff-fall victim named

Germans threaten to overrun weak Irish

By Mary Hannigan

Court Reports

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Back in the days of the Monkey Trial

By By JOE CARROLL

Esat confirms bid for An Post net provider

By Madeleine Lyons