04 December, 1999 Digital News Archive

Euro fights to retain parity with dollar amid economic policy discord in EU

Division One

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

A corncrake in the kitchen

By Michael Viney

Labour's love lost

Stand up and be counted

By By BERNARD FARRELL

North's ministers out on their first public meetings

By By PAUL TANNEY

Nail-biting time for NASA as it awaits word from Mars

By Dick Ahlstrom

Schroder plans change in tax if EU fails to act

By Denis Staunton

Something is rotten in state of Israel, top official claims

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

Death toll at eight in Austria

Ryanair chief demands apology and retraction from airport authority

By By MIRIAM DONOHOE

A hundred years in pictures

By Bryan O'Brien

Brace yourself for Bridget

By Arminta Wallace

St Patrick's move onto heels of leaders

By Ian O'Riordan

IAAF confirms AAI position

By Johnny Watterson

Leaving Patrick by Prue Leith (Penguin, £5.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Ahern hails the arrival of MIT

By Karlin Lillington

Next Month's Problem

Rules for accounting body to get go-ahead

By By SIOBHAN CREATON

North devolution as Dail argues over Budget 2000

By Kitty Holland

Budget blues

This is a wonderful selection: the images are by turns ravishing, mysterious, seductive and witty

By By JOHN BANVILLE

Spanish dismay as ETA ends 14-month truce

By By JANE WALKER

A parent support strategy is urged

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

Exploring reality and myth of family life

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

Outrage at Family tax measures took Government by surprise

Sex and tux and frocks and Cole

By By JOHN BOLAND

Irish Literature

By By LIAM MAC COIL

Actress, Kahn, dies of cancer

Stocktake on the cruellest century

Images of war

Montrose bosses intent on cutting RTE's throat?

Dublin men give it five

Acoustic

By Kevin Courtney

Top Of The List

BBC fail to snare Ryder

WTO talks move into restricted session

By By JOE CARROLL

Report on economy sends Dow soaring

Pioline shows French resistance

Bruton plans campaign to fight `divisive' tax proposals

By By MIRIAM DONOHOE

Reactions To Budget 2000

No mean city (with mountainy background)

By By GERALD DAWE

Morrissey

By Kevin Courtney

Elan chairman's share deal

You cooking at me?

By By MAEVE BINCHY

Thinking pink

Man charged with murder

Reactions To Budget 2000

Precious Salmon

All-Ireland League Previews

By Gerry Thornley

Gardening

By By JANE POWERS

PDs make a stand against the FF-backed taxi monopoly

Mandelson's date with destiny

It hasn't all been roses

By By KEVIN MYERS

Hands-on editor of AngloCelt

Rwandan book wins prize

Curb on Hong Kong courts greeted by violent clashes

By By CONOR O'CLERY

US figures carry bourses to further records

KPN pulls the plug on Eircom recovery

Three leading indices all hit new closing highs

Security review after bank raid

Early-morning brekkie recce

By Orna Mulcahy

A Vote for Irish

Another earthquake rocks Turkey

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Desmond says he would be glad to help Haughey

Fog-Lamps

English FA Premiership: Team news and statistics

Local radio stations beset by digital fears delay passage of Broadcasting Bill

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

A tremendous demonstration of the primacy of politics

Politics/History

By By JOHN HORGAN

Letters Home. By Fergal Keane. Penguin. 205pp. £6.99 in UK

By Rosita Boland

`Messiah XXI' makes its debut in the RDS tonight

Full metal racket

Oglesby & Butler stable

Esat rebuffed in efforts to buy Telenor stake

By By BARRY O'KEEFFE

First Active talks on dispute

FF likely to do well in elections to Udaras board, says MRBI poll

By By IRISH TIMES REPORTER

O'Toole deplores failure to invite any Independent to signing

Art

By Aidan Dunne

Who Read What

By By KATIE DONOVAN

It's the wheel thing

By By JOAN SCALES

Deal for repayment of £75,000 yacht-repair loan `not good security'

By Marie O’Halloran

Seattle's joy sours as riot and curfew disrupt world trade summit

An Historic Week: New Relationships for a New Century

Wine

By By MARY DOWEY

Two die after car hits tree

Megan Eustace, Hilary Nunan

By By MARK EWART

Major figure in Third World forestry

Biography

By By HELEN MEANY

Bottles Of The Week

Donation to Haughey was unsecured loan - Desmond

By By JAS KAMINSKI

Banned drug found in toothpaste

Ravenous raven

By Johnny Watterson

Sports Speak:

Judge criticises appeals by DPP

Knocking it back for Belgium

Women reject McCreevy's vision for the working woman

Cameroon With Egbert by Dervla Murphy (Flamingo, £7.99 in UK)

By Rosita Boland

4,000 fall in numbers signing on

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

The Top 20

Kavanagh award to Leitrim poet

By By SADBH

Leader in technology education gets $14m

By By BARRY O'KEEFFE

No home to go to

By Orna Mulcahy

Derby buy into the magic

Farmer believed trust fund set up by bank was tax free

What we said and when we said it

By By MAURICE MANNING

Brennan banned

Eight die in slum massacre

Iraq given one week extension

Book on number launched

By Lorna Siggins

Travel

By Rosita Boland

Chissano expected to win

US figures give markets a boost

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Auction Results

Reactions To Budget 2000

Nurse wins £3m in Australia

Final booking

Reactions To Budget 2000

Kids centre stage in Budget row

By Dominic Coyle

Wines For A Swish Dinner

Science

By Dick Ahlstrom

The cheque is in the Post

Lander may solve the Mars water mystery

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Reactions To Budget 2000

Process kept going by refusal to accept failure

Euro weakness bodes ill for Irish inflation

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

CINEMA

By BY MICHAEL DWYER

Mussolini-style march planned

ESB loses the power of persuasion on shortages

Comedy

By Brian Boyd

Fireworks displays will see in 21st century

Gifts that just keep coming

By By JANE POWER

Video Releases

By By MICHAEL DWYER

A Christmas cracker

By By IAN KILROY

British prisoners suffer abroad

Barnes wins club's backing

By By IAN ARCHER

We, the People by Timothy Garton Ash (Penguin, £7.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

This Week They Said

Queen of New Orleans

By By JOHN KELLY

Brennan waxes lyrical on candlelight project

Congo conflict reignites

Man jailed over burglary death

Pakistani child killer sought

Sexy Soul

By Kevin Courtney

The Euro Causes Concern

Man held in Serbia is French, says Paris

Food

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Playing the market

Sexual abuse sentence suspended

Trip to US confirmed

By By PETER BYRNE

Turning politics into art

By By MARY MAHER

The Nation's Favourites: Twentieth Century Poems edited by Griff Rhys Jones (BBC, £5.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

State's hollow response to the needs of asylum-seekers

Bubblewatch

The truth about flutes

By By MARY DOWEY

Civil servants in North will have to learn to adjust to new political order

EU rapid reaction force of 50,000 troops to be set up

By Patrick Smyth

Jazz

Garden Work

Father gets nine years for abuse

Archbishop asks Cabinet to drop family tax plan

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Shaky investment needs to reap positive dividend

By Gerry Thornley

Rock/Pop

Irish athletics must get back on track

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

Sport

By By TOM HUMPHRIES

Making magic

By Rosita Boland

Flirting with disaster, soap style

By By EDDIE HOLT

Respected teacher and senator

Expect cold and wind to continue

By By FRANK KILFEATHER

Meath clean up with seven All Stars

By Keith Duggan

The flying vote

Police suspected over graves

Independent inquiry into baby organs scandal announced

It's the sky-blue limit

Club Final Previews

By Philip Reid

No splitting hairs as Na Fianna come of age and go for broke

Coleridge: Darker Reflections by Richard Holmes (Flamingo, £9.99 in UK)

By By HELEN MEANY

Succour for big spenders

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Gardai hold four after drugs seizures

Criminal Genius

By Jane Coyle

Young Joe Cole and the commotion

By Mary Hannigan

He is the greatest

New ministers need vision and sensitivity to succeed

Nujoma wins again in Namibia

The first draft is a safety net

By By MARY MORRISSY

Natural World

By Michael Viney

Church Of Ireland Notes

A family tells of its heartbroken quest

By By JIM CUSACK

Work reduced to care for families

Bruton promises to reverse FF's controversial tax plan

By By MARK BRENNOCK

Economic growth replacing the needs of growing families

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Trimble urges UFF to appoint a go-between

By By CLARE MURPHY

Thunder to crash through

By Brian O'Connor

Corrections And Clarifications

A dose of disappointment

Look out for the Direct Route

News world order

By By HARRY BROWNE

Forthcoming Fairs

Gaiety of the Gospel

FAI National League Previews

By By PAUL BUTTNER

Science really runs in this family

Reactions To Budget 2000

McCreevy's big blunder was to miss century for pensioners

Plan to control lobbyists by open preparation of legislation would `revitalise our democracy'

By By JIMMY WALSH

13-year-old boy fathers twins

Proposals hinder the successor to Partnership 2000

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Dark angel Gabriel

Els leads as Garcia moves up

Budget's CAT changes open new loopholes

By By FERGUS MCCARTHY

Health Is A Male Issue

Theatre

By By GERRY COLGAN

His Song to hit right note

By Brian O'Connor

Justice clampdown

Sport Under Cover

ISEQ reaches highest level since mid-July

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Facing Mexico's pain

By By MICHAEL MCCAUGHAN

McCreevy's meanness jars with generosity in the North

By By DICK WALSH

Radio Previews

By Lorna Kernan

The parent trap

By By KATHY CREMIN

Exemplar of courtly behaviour at the Bar

North's ministers sign en masse

Sharp shock for Ireland

By By PAT ROCHE

New beginning for our new neighbours

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

President seeks to `build bridges'

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Great expectations for paintings of Kernoff

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Putting Doonbeg on the map

The war that made us modern

By By BRIAN FALLON

Traditional

Banking on a new way of doing business

Respected painter and art educator

Factfile

Bestsellers

Man stabbed 18 times

The needle and the damage done

By By EAMON DELANEY

NI accord is EU-style sovereignty pooling to optimise influence

By Paul Gillespie

School given more time to consider expulsions over cannabis smoking

Calliope House - Quadrille

By By MARY O'MALLEY

Russia warned to respect Chechens

The leaders of the pack

Forthcoming Auctions

Panto

By By YVONNE DRYSDALE

A Dickens of a night

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Crime Fiction

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

Banker murdered in Monaco

Man sent defamatory letters from Dublin cyber cafe

Mass At St Patrick's

Cathedral date for Vanbrugh and Vogler

By Michael Dervan

Implementation bodies will forge links on both sides of Border

Pouring With Panache

Presbyterian Notes

Rafferty not only Ryder candidate

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Minister gives details of £250m childcare spending

By Kitty Holland

Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy by Amanda Vaill (Warner Books, £9.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Attempted suicide may be on the increase

By By EAMON TIMMINS

UN rights team leaves Timor

Dictionary of Contemporary Slang compiled by Tony Thorne (Bloomsbury, £8.99 in UK)

By By JOE BREEN

Molnlycke to close Dunmanway plant

The battle against decommissionering

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Reactions To Budget 2000

Music

By Arminta Wallace

Inspired Wolves sink City

Olympia bill for Buffalo Ani

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Woodward `fired from Tory front bench by pager'