Article Archive

December 15th 2001

• • News

  • Sister Ridge News
  • It's quitting time again News
  • The best of The Brill on old Broadway News
  • Assorted Bizkits News
  • Songs that have circled the world News
  • Informers and sex scandals News
  • Broadcast News News
  • The pioneering Passionists News
  • Web world News
  • Lure of the strange News
  • A year in our lives News
  • Seeds of Doubt by James Ryan (Phoenix, £6.99 in UK) News
  • Bellow - A Biography by James Atlas (Faber, £16.00 in UK) News
  • Enlightenment - Britain and the Creation of the Modern World by Roy Porter (Penguin Books, £8.99 in UK) News
  • Couples' lottery case adjourned News
  • Soldier killed in Meath car accident News
  • Adair in court over parole block News
  • Inquiry needed to throw light on how guns went North in 1970 News
  • Victim 'shattered' by verdicts News
  • Held two of the highest posts in British legal system News
  • Tracing the roots of terror News
  • Loose Leaves News
  • Performing in concert News
  • The treasure of the Chester Beatty News
  • Designs for strutting in News
  • Northside gumshoe resurrected News
  • Like nothing else News
  • West isn't always best News
  • Geisha in Ireland News
  • Two arrested at Shannon anti-war protest News
  • Man in hospital after paramilitary-style shooting News
  • Chemical weapons found in Taliban building News
  • Kenny kickstarts new Bohs career News
  • Walsh remains upbeat despite defeat News
  • Leinster claim Celtic League News
  • Hoddle returns to Chelsea for Cup semi News
  • Cheltenham lost to frost News
  • Frost claims Lingfield News
  • Man attacked by gang of youths in Belfast News
  • McGuinness meets Warrington bomb victims News
  • The Duke News
  • Art that appeals to be acquired News
  • The long trek to the end of the arrow News
  • Hotel jobs warning sounded over cuts at Shannon Airport News
  • Gardai man Monaghan checkpoints News
  • Church of Ireland Notes News
  • Presbyterian Notes News
  • Two years jail for larceny of laptops News
  • Judge rules noise of bachelor neighbours unacceptable News
  • Gilligan made at least £14m profit, court told News
  • Ex-RUC man challenges extradition News
  • Aer Rianta gets court order over dispute News
  • Judgment deferred on action by gardai News
  • Man convicted on sex assault charge News
  • Irish driver held after cannabis haul News
  • 10 new cases of BSE bring total to 835 News
  • SDLP reshuffles roles in Assembly team News
  • McGimpsey appeal on Sinn Fein News
  • Police move to disperse protesters News
  • Diplomats reject suggestion of joint EU force News
  • Some swear, some cry, but most watch in glee News
  • Plane-spotters pledge they will stand trial News
  • Man jailed for 'cowardly' murder News
  • Funeral of sailor killed by pirates News
  • 'Judge without mercy' on trial News
  • Sex Pistols fail to win honour News
  • Snow brings traffic chaos News
  • Cinema cancels film over threats News
  • Talks to start on Cyprus dispute News
  • Soccer player is found guilty of affray and cleared of grievous bodily harm News
  • Move on religious hatred dropped News
  • Innovative work in district courts earned many admirers News
  • 'Observer' editor with a flair for spotting talent News
  • Leading figure in FF until spat with Haughey News
  • Cult Hero : Mike Post News
  • All deals are on News
  • Wining and dining in Farmleigh News
  • Charlie of the trollies News
  • Merry-makers of all colours News
  • Best riposte yet News
  • Terms of abuse News
  • So, here it is . . . News
  • Love your country, love your language News
  • Sympathy with the poor who 'don't matter' News
  • Horizons News
  • Oh! to be a stick insect News
  • Metaphysics as antidote to terror News
  • Cannon Law by Vincent Banville (New Island, £6.99) News
  • The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer (Orion, £6.99 in UK ) News
  • A Christmas Omnibus: The Best of J.B. Keane (Mercier Press, £9.99 News
  • Books for all ages News
  • An inexplicable magic News
  • A cerebral poetic touch News
  • Al-Qaeda resistance crumbles as fighters flee into Pakistan News
  • Israel pulls out of Gaza town as five Palestinians die News
  • Three arrested after armed robbery in Dublin News
  • Sinn Fein leader due in Havana tomorrow News
  • Robinson urges Ireland to play role in EU force News
  • Ahern hails introduction of new euro coins News
  • Blair accused of breaking rules for Sinn Fein News
  • McGuinness to meet parents of bomb victims News
  • 25 reported dead in Paraguayan prison riot News
  • EU summit ends in acrimony over agencies News
  • Leaning tower of Pisa reopens after 12 years News
  • Bin Laden's voice detected on radio - claim News
  • US recalls Middle East envoy temporarily News
  • Police detain 39 at EU summit protests News
  • Zimbabwe opposition leader charged over radio News
  • 16 killed as violence flares in Kashmir News
  • Blast at McDonald's in China kills one News
  • Guard from US embassy shot dead in Nepal News
  • Giscard picked to head EU reform convention News
  • Pakistan's Musharraf warns India against retaliation News
  • Freed plane spotters touch down in Britain News
  • EU summit haggles over bloc's future News
  • South Africa govt questions AIDS drug judgment News
  • US vetoes UN resolution on Middle East violence News
  • China newspaper says US ABM move threat to peace News
  • India arrests three in probe on parliament attack News
  • 'Rocket' cruises through to final News
  • Tottenham trounce Fulham as United win again News
  • Singh leads from Woods News
  • Lara taken to hospital News
  • The Catholics of Ulster by Marianne Elliott (Penguin, £9.99 in UK) News
  • Traveller family loses out to Clare policy on housing News EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Two-thirds of mid-west tourism businesses feel pinch News EIBHIR MULQUEEN
  • Media miss out on 'The Fellowship of the Ring' News MICHAEL DWYER
  • Minister defends £200m payments to beef farmers News SEAN MACCONNELL
  • Toddler abandoned by father taken into foster care News EITHNE DONNELLAN
  • Medical Council watching doctors with health problems News PADRAIG O'MORAIN
  • Result due of State appeal against order to provide children's units News MARY CAROLAN
  • Father of stowaway tells of last phone call from his son News CAROLINE O'DOHERTY
  • Fatigue implicated in sea disaster News LORNA SIGGINS
  • 30 businesses ordered to close by Food Safety Authority News DECLAN FAHY
  • Task is to overcome the wave of apathy News PAUL GILLESPIE
  • Leaders seek accord for debate on future of EU News DENIS STAUNTON
  • Common rules on asylum planned News DENIS STAUNTON
  • Solbes predicts economic recovery next year News DENIS STAUNTON
  • Government postpones decision on new stadium News MARK BRENNOCK
  • Tributes paid to former senator News PAUL CULLEN
  • Progress in Wexford deaths case News JIMMY WALSH
  • Seasonal good cheer and easy victories for Coalition News MICHAEL O'REGAN
  • Referendum Bill 'a gross abuse of power' Oireachtas MARIE O'HALLORAN
  • Cinderella News CAROLYN SWIFT
  • NCC, ICO/Celso Antunes News MICHAEL DERVAN
  • Sleeping Beauty News MARY LELAND
  • The `halcyon days' of this Irish winter News BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

  • Sport

  • This day in golf history Sport
  • Henry's Euro plea Sport
  • An import with added value Sport
  • English FA Premiership: Team news and statistics Sport
  • Home-fires still burning so brightly for Shearer Sport
  • Bray show again it's just their cup of tea Sport
  • Cummins leaves it late to earn replay at Belfield Sport
  • FAI Cup Second Round Previews Sport
  • Pride of the parish will not bow to Jayo factor Sport
  • Doherty reaches UK final Sport
  • Jones 'a great, but not a saint' Sport
  • Christy senior and the greens stuff Sport
  • Dublin's (nearly) ancient royal link Sport
  • Singh looking over his shoulder Sport
  • Blindside convert retains singular focus Sport
  • Bleak Christmas for Williamson Sport
  • Duel to find place in sun Sport
  • Ex-student can show what class is missing Sport
  • Gypsy with a strong yearning for the roads of Europe Sport
  • Glenmore refuse to bow to their superiors Sport
  • Primed for final frontier Sport

  • Business

  • JP Morgan favours B of I Business
  • Equity downturn hits Quinn Direct Business
  • DCC buys UK brand for €16m Business
  • McCreevy opens e-tenders site Business
  • Strike fear as pilots shun Aer Lingus scheme Business
  • Taxpayers not likely to see hotel as a sure-fire winner Business
  • Owners of Four Seasons Hotel Business
  • Another uncomfortable day for pharmaceuticals sector Business
  • Bargain hunting late in session pushes stocks up Business
  • Bad news from US sees Footsie fall for sixth session Business
  • Star rating for NI university Business
  • Euro guidelines for NI retailers Business
  • UTV to expand into Britain Business
  • Flatley taps into stock market Business
  • IFG move on UK approved Business
  • Reversal of US slowdown offset by rise in prices Business
  • Libya 'not investor' in Bula Business
  • Closure threat at Youghal Carpets Business DICK HOGAN
  • Banks allege failure of ACCBank over funding hotel contract Business COLM KEENA
  • Fears grow of 100 job losses in NI industry before Christmas Business FRANCESS MCDONNELL
  • Receiver attempts to save Wexford factory Business CIARAN BRENNAN
  • Sherry FitzGerald gives warning of 'substantial' slump in profits Business CIARAN BRENNAN
  • Many heavyweight stocks drop in modest day's trading Business CIARAN BRENNAN
  • Inflation falls to lowest in 2 years due to cheaper energy, mortgages Business JANE O'SULLIVAN
  • FAS seeks to better image by bringing in 'continuous learning' plan for workers Business ARTHUR BEESLEY
  • Minister's resignation fuels fears for Argentina's future Business CONOR O'CLERY
  • Harney seeks probe of Gehe's purchase of Unicare Business ARTHUR BEESLEY

  • Opinion

  • Skirmishes and nervousness mark the end of phoney war Opinion
  • This Week They Said Opinion
  • Our Drinking Water Opinion
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion
  • Sutherland Speech On Nice Letters
  • Directorship Of IMMA Letters
  • People Dirty, Pigs Clean Letters
  • Speed Ramps In Dublin 4 Letters
  • Failures To Extradite Letters
  • Killings At Mazar-E-Sharif Letters
  • Now You See Them. . . Letters
  • Switching To The Euro Letters
  • Deaths of stowaways must not be forgotten Opinion
  • Magisterium of chancers for new millennium Opinion
  • The Summit At Laeken Opinion
  • The Messiah in Isaiah Opinion
  • Sutherland Speech On Nice Letters
  • Sutherland Speech On Nice Letters
  • Directorship Of IMMA Letters
  • The Price Of Soft Drinks Letters
  • Deaths Of Stowaways Letters
  • John Banville And Aosdβna Letters

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • Sir Ronnie, O'Loan continue to lock horns Culture
  • Key Questions Culture
  • Hackers in the News Culture
  • Forthcoming Fairs Culture
  • Cautious optimism or justified pessimism Culture
  • A tortuous journey to disaster and death Culture
  • Learning how to hack it in order to beat the growing army of computer break-in experts Culture
  • The case for Pakistan is put with diplomatic discretion Culture
  • Australian 'Indiana Jones' captured with Taliban fighters Culture
  • Rare appearance of antique tapestries Culture
  • Belfast artist celebrated in print Culture
  • Two new publications on fine arts in Ireland launched Culture
  • Forthcoming Auctions Culture
  • Auction Results Culture