Article Archive

February 26th 2000

• • News

  • Behind closed doors News
  • Timor role for Andrews? News
  • A `howya' too far News
  • Canny kind of co-operation News
  • `He liked to melt into the anonymity of London' News
  • Walk on the wild side News
  • Language of the heart News
  • Things To Try News
  • Down Under, Down South News
  • Bottle Of The Week News
  • Fret-free address book News
  • Diary Dates News
  • Garden Work News
  • Eye On Nature News
  • World Fares News
  • Putting people first News
  • Getting there News
  • It's a scream News
  • Going shopping News
  • Kennedy crash was `due to pilot error' News
  • Church Of Ireland Notes News
  • Cleared truck driver loses claim for costs News
  • Zealous, anti-Communist reformer News
  • Fighting the good fight to keep Dublin fair News
  • Two killed after their car skids on ice News
  • The North is stuck with old friend News
  • Cut in sentence criticised News
  • All abroad for Paddy's Day News
  • No Kerry joking News
  • Presidential praise News
  • Mother of invention News
  • Rock/Dance News
  • Jazz News
  • Traditional News
  • Novel achievements News
  • Bouquets and barbed wire - and candles News
  • Presbyterian Notes News
  • Couple are caught in thickets of planning policy News
  • Burren code hopes to curb cairn-building fad of visitors News
  • Mrs Nevin was in bed with garda, court told News
  • Judge orders building of care units News
  • Nine road protesters agree to abide by court order News
  • Gardai to investigate allegation that rape details revealed outside court News
  • Care home owner `felt intimidated' News
  • Man jailed for killing his girlfriend News
  • Ryanair fined after engineer lost his arm in accident News
  • Son charged with killing father News
  • Man offered to get Gillane out of jail News
  • Order continued on river works News
  • Barman gets five years for rape News
  • 5 years for man who cut prisoner News
  • Man shot and injured in central Portadown News
  • Former FF Dail deputy dies News
  • Rejectionists of compromise cannot now be left behind News
  • 44 die in Philippines bus bombs News
  • Babitsky said to be in Dagestan News
  • Police cleared in NY killing News
  • India denies killing raid News
  • Greenpeace stops GM soya ship News
  • Chirac summons Jospin to report News
  • Denmark sides with Russia News
  • Thai helicopter crashes, 11 dead News
  • No additional NATO troops to Kosovo at present News
  • Physical and psychological marks of war still stamped on face of Croatia's cities News
  • Thatcher silent on claim she spied on ministers News
  • German poll will impact on SPD and influence leadership battle in CDU News
  • Spanish campaign starts News
  • Awkard choice for SA editors News
  • Visionary scholar of Irish studies in Boston News
  • Putting FG into winning mode News
  • Britain's Wizard of Dribble News
  • Rock's original shock `n' roller News
  • Origin of Chechen `atrocity' videos disputed News SEAMUS MARTIN
  • Pope in Cairo attracts little fanfare News SIONA JENKINS
  • Floods cut main road between Zimbabwe, S Africa News EMELIA SITHOLE
  • Britain to recall 300,000 army rifles for modification News RACHEL DONNELLY
  • Fine Gael is on `amber' alert News RENAGH HOLOHAN
  • Cowboy country News ROSITA BOLAND
  • Taxis, tubes and no glamour News LOUISE EAST
  • Just songs and storytelling News TONY CLAYTON LEA
  • The Insider deal News HUGH LINEHAN
  • Staving off the cuts News MICHAEL DWYER
  • A swirl of Mexico News AIDAN DUNNE
  • Rock in a hard place News TONY CLAYTON LEA
  • A matter of scat News JOHN KELLY
  • Symbols and their meanings News EDDIE HOLT
  • Wildean nationalism News HARRY BROWNE
  • Murder and burgers in the deep South badlands News EVE PATTEN
  • Great wee place, no mean city News POL O MUIRI
  • Giving footnotes the full treatment News P J MATHEWS
  • `To end the internal cold war in this land' News MARTIN MANSERGH
  • Burros and Bohemians News ALANNAH HOPKIN
  • The legacy of ancestors News LOUISE EAST
  • Poise in the hood News BRIAN BOYD
  • Albion unravelled News DANIEL MULHALL
  • A day at the desk can be troubling News EVELYN CONLON
  • Shrewd stories with a strong presence News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis (Picador, £6.99 in UK) News EILEEN BATTERSBY
  • Stanislavski: his Life and Art by Jean Benedetti (Methuen, £12.99 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • The Dudley Smith Trio by James Ellroy (Arrow, £12.00 in UK) News VINCENT BANVILLE
  • The Snakebite Survivors' Club by Jeremy Seal (Picador, £6.99 in UK) News JOE CULLEY
  • From Wood to Ridge by Sorley MacLean (Carcanet/Birlinn, £9.95 in UK) News BRIAN FALLON
  • Peadar O'Donnell by Peter Hegarty (Mercier, £12.99) News BRENDAN O CATHAOIR
  • The Dark Side of the Sun by Elizabeth Palmer (Century, £10.00 in UK) News ARMINTA WALLACE
  • The Rabbit News MICHAEL LONGLEY
  • Crash cut a dash with mix mash News MICHAEL DERVAN
  • Art News AIDAN DUNNE
  • Jazz News RAY COMISKEY
  • Song writer News TONY CLATYON LEA
  • Thrilling Jazz tales from a stand-up News RAY COMISKEY
  • Theatre News GERRY COLGAN
  • Cheesy Disco News KEVIN COURTNEY
  • Tipple as you tryst News MARY DOWEY
  • Peyton's next place News PENELOPE DENING
  • Succour at speed News JOHN MCKENNA
  • Say it with booze News XKITTY HOLLAND
  • A civilised sort of luncheon News ORNA MULCAHY
  • Sow what? News JANE POWERS
  • Somewhere snug to sleep News MICHAEL VINEY
  • The great escape News KELLIE RUSSELL
  • Travel Log News JOAN SCALES
  • Video Releases News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Radio Previews News LORNA KERNAN
  • Great (rearranged) expectations News STUART NICHOLSON
  • Thing of Beauty News CATHERINE FOLEY
  • Dressing for democracy News FRANK MCNALLY
  • World's hungry finally outweighed by the obese News PAUL CULLEN
  • Cooked ham scare after salmonella outbreak News KEVIN O'SULLIVAN
  • CAO notes a drop in applications News EMMET OLIVER
  • Pope stresses call for Christian unity News PATSY MCGARRY
  • Thurles to re-enact '98 Man's unveiling 100 years ago News EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Fun label uses its humour on a witty and exuberant debut News FRANCESCA FEARON
  • Children alone call Childline just for a chat - report News EITHNE DONNELLAN
  • Ministers on alert after near defeat News MIRIAM DONOHOE
  • Defer decision on new system, teachers asked News EMMET OLIVER
  • Principals offered training course News EMMET OLIVER
  • Colmcille News MARY LELAND
  • How High Is Up? News JACKIE BOURKE
  • Parties will table motion on Smith News JIM CUSACK
  • Labour opposed to changes in PR News KEVIN RAFTER
  • EU renews pressure over Sellafield News PAUL CULLEN
  • Commission set up to study fertility treatments News MIRIAM DONOHOE
  • Government to buy helicopter for training News JIM CUSACK
  • CAO third-level applications down by 1,600 News EMMET OLIVER
  • Irishman to assess Danube pollution News PATRICK SMYTH
  • Kings' Inns, Solicitors of Ireland take honours News PAUL TANNEY
  • 10 cases of BSE found this month News SEAN MACCONNELL
  • Development `ignores local community' News JUDITH CROSBIE
  • Racism in Dublin is endemic, says MEP News MIRIAM DONOHOE
  • Docks plan will cause gridlock, development body says News JUDITH CROSBIE
  • Adams calls on followers to return to the streets News SUZANNE BREEN
  • `Disquiet' in PUP at recent SF positions News SUZANNE BREEN
  • Soldiers escape injury from bomb News GEORGE JACKSON
  • The Words We Use News DIARMAID O MUIRITHE
  • Meeting of weather and agriculture minds News BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

  • Sport

  • Olympic build-up begins in earnest Sport
  • Hammam sells up at Wimbledon Sport
  • Premiership Previews Sport
  • Leicester's logical leader is a contradiction in terms Sport
  • Games backing Sport
  • Prepare for the obvious to fail Sport
  • Red Marauder hard to beat Sport
  • Leaving her mark second time around Sport
  • Lara's resignation surprises Sport
  • Atletico pigeons Sport
  • Windy Games Sport
  • Ball tampering Sport
  • Teaatral confirms his rating Sport
  • Nolan and Carroll have real chance Sport PETER BYRNE
  • Clarke set to meet Ryder foe Sutton Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • Bohemians rue missed chances Sport EMMET MALONE
  • National League: Premier Division previews Sport EMMET MALONE
  • Costly climbdown by league Sport EMMET MALONE
  • Oh baby, there may be trouble ahead Sport MARY HANNIGAN
  • Early goal needed to end caution Sport DAVID LACEY
  • Lawrie sacks Irish `super-caddie' Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • Same format Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Watson cements his links Sport JOHN O'SULLIVAN
  • A new era brings new constraints Sport DERMOT GILLEECE
  • Champions in desperate need of win Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Previews (kick-offs 2.30) Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Locals send favourites packing Sport SEAN MORAN
  • National Hurling League Previews Sport SEAN MORAN
  • Darts agus craic Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • Placings reversed Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Danoli to miss Cheltenham Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • Sportspeak Sport

  • Business

  • Bourses end volatile week in record territory Business
  • US economy records fastest growth Business
  • Giving the unions credit where the credit is due Business
  • Guinness falls prey to tiger market's taste buds Business
  • Pundits prove wisdom of punters' scepticism Business
  • Asset sales boost profits at Telenor Business
  • Mystery over identity of owner of Cater Allen account Business
  • Australian connection to Ansbacher comes to light Business
  • Dow drops below 10,000 following GDP figures Business
  • Blue-chip revival defies latest US inflation data Business
  • Belfast's rival airports in court battle over terminal Business
  • 5.6% increase in profits at NatWest Business
  • Heavyweights finding it tough on the ropes Business
  • George offers exporters in UK little comfort Business
  • Boyne Valley to create 30 new jobs Business
  • Currency ratings affirmed Business
  • Caution on house insurance Business
  • RTE loses TV director to BBC Business ARTHUR BEESLEY
  • McCreevy backs individualisation Business JAMIE SMYTH
  • Bula raises €2.9m in London placing Business BRENDAN MCGRATH
  • Revenue reaches compromise with IFSC banks in wrangle over audits Business SIOBHAN CREATON
  • Timing of FTSE decision may be bad for Baltimore Business BRENDAN MCGRATH
  • UUP opposed to proposed Independent deal Business RACHEL DONNELLY
  • Time for sense in row on DIRT Business DOMINIC COYLE
  • Ulster Bank profits up 6% to £165m Business MARY CANNIFFE
  • Interest bill hits profits at Howard Holdings Business JANE O'SULLIVAN
  • Spending spree continues as retail sales rise Business JANE O'SULLIVAN

  • Opinion

  • Unease grows among thoughtful TDs about need for economic restraint Opinion
  • Tax And The Banks Letters
  • Prostitutes Free To Choose? Letters
  • `Seven Ages' On RTE Letters
  • Howth Hazard Letters
  • Twin Wins Letters
  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • Corrections And Clarifications Opinion
  • Garbage and God Opinion
  • Married Ministers Letters
  • Cost Of Car Rental Letters
  • Drug Addiction Programmes Letters
  • Silence, Please Letters
  • Pull Of The West Opinion
  • Tension Grows In Mitrovica Opinion
  • Distributing Tourism Opinion

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • Few Irish artists have lived for so long Culture
  • Forthcoming Fairs Culture
  • Planet Hollywood prepares to take leave of this world Culture
  • Good thing the good old days are gone Culture
  • Cardinal is a church leader all politicians need on side Culture
  • Bush switches to `softer' role Culture
  • Bradley just can't compete with the best show in town Culture
  • The ballad of Posh and Beckham Culture
  • Growing consensus lawyer that immigrants Bill changes are unconstitutional Culture
  • ERHA heralds new era in healthcare Culture
  • Knight errant rides to rescue his bit of Dublin Culture
  • Trinity tangles with the introduction of an outsider Culture
  • Sotheby's and Christies may yet end in dock for price-fixing Culture
  • Forthcoming Auctions Culture
  • Auction Results Culture
  • A passionate devotion to the Irish countryside Culture
  • Only media seem to be interested in US race Culture MICHAEL FOLEY