Article Archive

December 4th 1999

• • News

  • Science really runs in this family News
  • Wines For A Swish Dinner News
  • Bubblewatch News
  • Bottles Of The Week News
  • Pouring With Panache News
  • It's the sky-blue limit News
  • Garden Work News
  • The cheque is in the Post News
  • Knocking it back for Belgium News
  • Images of war News
  • Man charged with murder News
  • Man jailed over burglary death News
  • Father gets nine years for abuse News
  • Nurse wins £3m in Australia News
  • Two die after car hits tree News
  • First Active talks on dispute News
  • Man stabbed 18 times News
  • Desmond says he would be glad to help Haughey News
  • A tremendous demonstration of the primacy of politics News
  • Process kept going by refusal to accept failure News
  • A parent support strategy is urged News
  • Church Of Ireland Notes News
  • Presbyterian Notes News
  • Factfile News
  • Judge criticises appeals by DPP News
  • O'Toole deplores failure to invite any Independent to signing News
  • Man sent defamatory letters from Dublin cyber cafe News
  • Farmer believed trust fund set up by bank was tax free News
  • School given more time to consider expulsions over cannabis smoking News
  • Sexual abuse sentence suspended News
  • Gardai hold four after drugs seizures News
  • Security review after bank raid News
  • Dark angel Gabriel News
  • Budget blues News
  • Justice clampdown News
  • The flying vote News
  • Final booking News
  • Labour's love lost News
  • A dose of disappointment News
  • North's ministers sign en masse News
  • Mandelson's date with destiny News
  • Next Month's Problem News
  • Full metal racket News
  • Bestsellers News
  • Rock/Pop News
  • Jazz News
  • Traditional News
  • Outrage at Family tax measures took Government by surprise News
  • Russia warned to respect Chechens News
  • Another earthquake rocks Turkey News
  • Mussolini-style march planned News
  • British prisoners suffer abroad News
  • Work reduced to care for families News
  • Actress, Kahn, dies of cancer News
  • Pakistani child killer sought News
  • Rwandan book wins prize News
  • Iraq given one week extension News
  • Eight die in slum massacre News
  • 13-year-old boy fathers twins News
  • Independent inquiry into baby organs scandal announced News
  • Woodward `fired from Tory front bench by pager' News
  • Man held in Serbia is French, says Paris News
  • Police suspected over graves News
  • UN rights team leaves Timor News
  • Congo conflict reignites News
  • Death toll at eight in Austria News
  • Nujoma wins again in Namibia News
  • Chissano expected to win News
  • Exemplar of courtly behaviour at the Bar News
  • Exploring reality and myth of family life News
  • Major figure in Third World forestry News
  • Respected painter and art educator News
  • Hands-on editor of AngloCelt News
  • Respected teacher and senator News
  • The battle against decommissionering News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • You cooking at me? News MAEVE BINCHY
  • Facing Mexico's pain News MICHAEL MCCAUGHAN
  • A family tells of its heartbroken quest News JIM CUSACK
  • A Christmas cracker News IAN KILROY
  • Queen of New Orleans News JOHN KELLY
  • Turning politics into art News MARY MAHER
  • Making magic News ROSITA BOLAND
  • News world order News HARRY BROWNE
  • Flirting with disaster, soap style News EDDIE HOLT
  • No mean city (with mountainy background) News GERALD DAWE
  • The needle and the damage done News EAMON DELANEY
  • The war that made us modern News BRIAN FALLON
  • The first draft is a safety net News MARY MORRISSY
  • The parent trap News KATHY CREMIN
  • Brace yourself for Bridget News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • It hasn't all been roses News KEVIN MYERS
  • Kavanagh award to Leitrim poet News SADBH
  • No home to go to News ORNA MULCAHY
  • Letters Home. By Fergal Keane. Penguin. 205pp. £6.99 in UK News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Sex and tux and frocks and Cole News JOHN BOLAND
  • What we said and when we said it News MAURICE MANNING
  • Calliope House - Quadrille News MARY O'MALLEY
  • Stand up and be counted News BERNARD FARRELL
  • This is a wonderful selection: the images are by turns ravishing, mysterious, seductive and witty News JOHN BANVILLE
  • Coleridge: Darker Reflections by Richard Holmes (Flamingo, £9.99 in UK) News HELEN MEANY
  • Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy by Amanda Vaill (Warner Books, £9.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • Cameroon With Egbert by Dervla Murphy (Flamingo, £7.99 in UK) News ROSITA BOLAND
  • The Nation's Favourites: Twentieth Century Poems edited by Griff Rhys Jones (BBC, £5.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • We, the People by Timothy Garton Ash (Penguin, £7.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Dictionary of Contemporary Slang compiled by Tony Thorne (Bloomsbury, £8.99 in UK) News JOE BREEN
  • Leaving Patrick by Prue Leith (Penguin, £5.99 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Cathedral date for Vanbrugh and Vogler News MICHAEL DERVAN
  • Sexy Soul News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • Theatre News GERRY COLGAN
  • Comedy News BRIAN BOYD
  • Olympia bill for Buffalo Ani News TONY CLAYTON LEA
  • Panto News YVONNE DRYSDALE
  • Acoustic News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • The truth about flutes News MARY DOWEY
  • Early-morning brekkie recce News ORNA MULCAHY
  • Succour for big spenders News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Travel Log News JOAN SCALES
  • It's the wheel thing News JOAN SCALES
  • A corncrake in the kitchen News MICHAEL VINEY
  • Gifts that just keep coming News JANE POWER
  • Video Releases News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Radio Previews News LORNA KERNAN
  • A Dickens of a night News CATHERINE FOLEY
  • Travel Log News JOAN SCALES
  • Sport News TOM HUMPHRIES
  • Politics/History News JOHN HORGAN
  • Natural World News MICHAEL VINEY
  • CINEMA News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Art News AIDAN DUNNE
  • Crime Fiction News VINCENT BANVILLE
  • Music News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • Something is rotten in state of Israel, top official claims News DAVID HOROVITZ
  • NI accord is EU-style sovereignty pooling to optimise influence News PAUL GILLESPIE
  • EU rapid reaction force of 50,000 troops to be set up News PATRICK SMYTH
  • Curb on Hong Kong courts greeted by violent clashes News CONOR O'CLERY
  • Spanish dismay as ETA ends 14-month truce News JANE WALKER
  • Nail-biting time for NASA as it awaits word from Mars News DICK AHLSTROM
  • Bruton promises to reverse FF's controversial tax plan News MARK BRENNOCK
  • Bachelor boy back at No 1 News ROISIN INGLE
  • Megan Eustace, Hilary Nunan News MARK EWART
  • Morrissey News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • Criminal Genius News JANE COYLE
  • North devolution as Dail argues over Budget 2000 News KITTY HOLLAND
  • Plan to control lobbyists by open preparation of legislation would `revitalise our democracy' News JIMMY WALSH
  • FF likely to do well in elections to Udaras board, says MRBI poll News IRISH TIMES REPORTER
  • Attempted suicide may be on the increase News EAMON TIMMINS
  • Book on number launched News LORNA SIGGINS
  • Deal for repayment of £75,000 yacht-repair loan `not good security' News MARIE O'HALLORAN
  • Donation to Haughey was unsecured loan - Desmond News JAS KAMINSKI
  • Trimble urges UFF to appoint a go-between News CLARE MURPHY
  • North's ministers out on their first public meetings News PAUL TANNEY
  • Archbishop asks Cabinet to drop family tax plan News EAMON TIMMINS
  • Minister gives details of £250m childcare spending News KITTY HOLLAND
  • Expect cold and wind to continue News FRANK KILFEATHER
  • Proposals hinder the successor to Partnership 2000 News PADRAIG YEATES
  • Bruton plans campaign to fight `divisive' tax proposals News MIRIAM DONOHOE
  • Lander may solve the Mars water mystery News BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS
  • The Words We Use News DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

  • Sport

  • Look out for the Direct Route Sport
  • Thinking pink Sport
  • Playing the market Sport
  • Dublin men give it five Sport
  • Sport Under Cover Sport
  • Top Of The List Sport
  • Putting Doonbeg on the map Sport
  • No splitting hairs as Na Fianna come of age and go for broke Sport
  • The leaders of the pack Sport
  • Division One Sport
  • Pioline shows French resistance Sport
  • Els leads as Garcia moves up Sport
  • Banned drug found in toothpaste Sport
  • BBC fail to snare Ryder Sport
  • Inspired Wolves sink City Sport
  • Derby buy into the magic Sport
  • English FA Premiership: Team news and statistics Sport
  • Brennan banned Sport
  • He is the greatest Sport
  • Meath clean up with seven All Stars Sport KEITH DUGGAN
  • Shaky investment needs to reap positive dividend Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Trip to US confirmed Sport PETER BYRNE
  • IAAF confirms AAI position Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Club Final Previews Sport PHILIP REID
  • Irish athletics must get back on track Sport SEAN KILFEATHER
  • All-Ireland League Previews Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • St Patrick's move onto heels of leaders Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • Sharp shock for Ireland Sport PAT ROCHE
  • FAI National League Previews Sport PAUL BUTTNER
  • Rafferty not only Ryder candidate Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • Barnes wins club's backing Sport IAN ARCHER
  • Young Joe Cole and the commotion Sport MARY HANNIGAN
  • His Song to hit right note Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Thunder to crash through Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Ravenous raven Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Sports Speak: Sport

  • Business

  • Euro fights to retain parity with dollar amid economic policy discord in EU Business
  • Report on economy sends Dow soaring Business
  • US figures carry bourses to further records Business
  • Three leading indices all hit new closing highs Business
  • Banking on a new way of doing business Business
  • KPN pulls the plug on Eircom recovery Business
  • ESB loses the power of persuasion on shortages Business
  • Seattle's joy sours as riot and curfew disrupt world trade summit Business
  • Molnlycke to close Dunmanway plant Business
  • Oglesby & Butler stable Business
  • Elan chairman's share deal Business
  • Banker murdered in Monaco Business
  • Schroder plans change in tax if EU fails to act Business DENIS STAUNTON
  • US figures give markets a boost Business BRENDAN MCGRATH
  • 4,000 fall in numbers signing on Business EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Euro weakness bodes ill for Irish inflation Business JANE O'SULLIVAN
  • Budget's CAT changes open new loopholes Business FERGUS MCCARTHY
  • Esat rebuffed in efforts to buy Telenor stake Business BARRY O'KEEFFE
  • Ahern hails the arrival of MIT Business KARLIN LILLINGTON
  • ISEQ reaches highest level since mid-July Business BRENDAN MCGRATH
  • Rules for accounting body to get go-ahead Business SIOBHAN CREATON
  • Leader in technology education gets $14m Business BARRY O'KEEFFE
  • Local radio stations beset by digital fears delay passage of Broadcasting Bill Business EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Ryanair chief demands apology and retraction from airport authority Business MIRIAM DONOHOE
  • Kids centre stage in Budget row Business DOMINIC COYLE
  • WTO talks move into restricted session Business JOE CARROLL

  • Opinion

  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • Corrections And Clarifications Opinion
  • A Vote for Irish Opinion
  • The Euro Causes Concern Opinion
  • Precious Salmon Opinion
  • Mass At St Patrick's Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Reactions To Budget 2000 Letters
  • Health Is A Male Issue Letters
  • Fog-Lamps Letters
  • Gaiety of the Gospel Opinion

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • The Top 20 Culture
  • Stocktake on the cruellest century Culture
  • New ministers need vision and sensitivity to succeed Culture
  • Civil servants in North will have to learn to adjust to new political order Culture
  • Implementation bodies will forge links on both sides of Border Culture
  • An Historic Week: New Relationships for a New Century Culture
  • State's hollow response to the needs of asylum-seekers Culture
  • Montrose bosses intent on cutting RTE's throat? Culture
  • PDs make a stand against the FF-backed taxi monopoly Culture
  • Fireworks displays will see in 21st century Culture
  • `Messiah XXI' makes its debut in the RDS tonight Culture
  • Brennan waxes lyrical on candlelight project Culture
  • Women reject McCreevy's vision for the working woman Culture
  • McCreevy's big blunder was to miss century for pensioners Culture
  • Forthcoming Auctions Culture
  • Auction Results Culture
  • Forthcoming Fairs Culture