Article Archive

December 9th 2004

• • News

  • Canadian government to legislate for gay marriage News
  • Child begging on the decrease, says ISPCC News
  • Increase in number of Catholics employed in North News
  • Gardai investigate armed raid on bank in UCD News
  • Safety Council issues Christmas safety warning News
  • President McAleese to visit troops in Liberia News
  • Shipman report criticises UK medical watchdog News
  • Court to deliver Berlusconi 'bribe' case verdict News
  • Sharon urges Likud to back Labour coalition News
  • Irish inflation rises to 2.9% in November News
  • Guinness to back Punchestown Gold Cup News
  • Full IRA statement in An Phoblacht News
  • The focus in Focas is shared resources News
  • Croaking frogs are baffling boffins News
  • No marsh as Mallow blocks the floodwater News
  • Governments have a lot done, but a lot more to do News
  • Judge refuses request not to send 15-year-old girl to detention centre News
  • Protesters win deal to enable fair voting in Ukraine News
  • Republicans pulled the plug on the deal, DUP leader insists News
  • Three jailed over bomb-making find News
  • Right to silence of appellant 'disregarded' News
  • Court to decide how €4m for separated wife should be paid News
  • Prisoner loses claim over clippers News
  • Brennan appears to get even rather than bitter News
  • Raising profile of the EU at a time of tension News
  • UN body gives Annan backing News
  • British helicopter crashes into sea News
  • Zany claims of drugged oranges keep Kiev smiling News
  • Police look for ways to prevent 'honour' killings News
  • Mitterand's son gets suspended sentence for tax fraud News
  • Abuse continued in Abu Ghraib even after scandal became public News
  • Fearless Nobel laureate who sees herself as 'a daughter of the soil' News
  • Troops complain to Rumsfeld about gear News
  • Software solutions for health News
  • Adams calls for talks with Paisley to resolve impasse News
  • Postal workers suspend further industrial action News
  • ComReg opens mobile networks to competition News
  • 94% of premises compliant with smoking ban News
  • Both sides in ferries dispute meet LRC facilitator News
  • Nursing home charges for medical card holders ended News
  • Government ignoring world's poor - Opposition News
  • Archbishop calls for humility not humiliation News
  • Council for special education to start in January News
  • Fathers isolated by dated family law - Brennan News
  • Health service 'treats Travellers differently' News
  • Angolan wins injunction against deportation News
  • Female Oireachtas members support Suu Kyi News
  • Number of children begging has fallen - ISPCC News
  • Politics seen as most corrupt sector - survey News
  • EU to foster links with neighbouring states News
  • Bush to hold EU summit in February News
  • UNICEF says 1bn children denied childhood News
  • Helicopter wreckage found off Cornwall coast News
  • Rumsfeld pleased to hear soldier's criticism News
  • Militant leader wounded in Israeli rocket attack News
  • Australia's Howard 'lied' on boatpeople claim News
  • Gunman kills four at Ohio heavy metal concert News
  • Powell asks Europe to move past Iraq divisions News
  • Nato warns Russia against Ukraine interference News
  • Players closing Dublin plant with loss of 90 jobs News
  • Investments worth €29 million create 495 jobs News
  • Eircom staff share scheme to sells 4% stake News
  • AIB sees strong earning growth in Poland, US News
  • BCI rejects two bids for Galway radio licence News
  • Raffarin vows to relax 35-hour work week rules News
  • French government cuts Air France KLM stake News
  • RBS confident of meeting profit expectations News
  • Dollar extends rebound against euro and yen News
  • Photographs never a possibility, says IRA News
  • Sharon wins vote to bring Labour into coalition News
  • South America launches trading bloc News
  • Driver blows the whistle on Mussolini's frantic love life News Paddy Agnew
  • Ahern and Blair to press on despite failure to agree NI deal News Gerry Moriarty , Mark Brennock
  • Copy of 1916 Proclamation is auctioned for record €390,000 News Tim O'Brien
  • Curtin put off roads for 2 years for drink-driving News Barry Roche
  • Striking postal workers march in Dublin News Chris Dooley
  • Asylum-seekers allege intimidation at centres News Carl O'Brien
  • Better drug for breast cancer identified News Dr Muiris Houston
  • Call for debate on insurance awards News Carol Coulter
  • O'Donoghue urges tourist industry to review prices News Martin Wall
  • Department confirms new strain of scrapie found in sheep here News Sean MacConnell
  • 650 staff laid off at Irish Ferries News Chris Dooley
  • Roche to field questions on Cullen contract News Mark Hennessy
  • €51m needed for teachers to retire News John Downes
  • Fundamentalist attitudes in US and Islam 'have similar basis' News Patsy McGarry
  • Pension use for nursing home fees challenged News Arthur Beesley
  • ISPCC seeks end to child beggars News Kitty Holland
  • JOHN (11): begging on a Dublin street News Kitty Holland
  • Solicitor to challenge inquiry into land deals News Paul Cullen
  • McBrearty alleges 'pattern of framing up' News Gerard Cunningham
  • Unions reject Rabbitte's lay-offs News Mark Hennessy
  • Treatment fund might use Monaghan hospital News Martin Wall
  • Ahern, Blair put positive gloss on progress made News Mark Brennock , Chief
  • Governments' document is a good deal, says Adams News Dan Keenan
  • DUP now accepts Belfast Agreement, says Trimble News Dan Keenan
  • Widow will not change position on release News Conor Lally
  • Rabbitte call to clarify draft IRA statement News Arthur Beesley
  • Not for the first time, the failure of one side to see the big picture brings the deal down News Frank McNally
  • Angolan man to apply to High Court to halt his deportation News Conor Lally
  • Harney warns postal workers on €90m loss News Michael O'Regan
  • Failure to free gardai from desks criticised News Marie O'Halloran
  • Harney says photo not only issue News Michael O'Regan
  • Kenny criticises PDs over foreign aid News Marie O'Halloran
  • Senator says An Post staff have not had recent good management News Jimmy Walsh
  • Special needs school a 'glorified factory' News Marese McDonagh
  • Tara protection plan abandoned News Frank McDonald
  • INTERNET CAMPAIGN: more than 2,000 pro-Tara signatures News Derek Scally
  • Housing policy review urged in Galway News Lorna Siggins
  • Cork city limbers up for year of culture and craic News Louise Geaney
  • Teagasc employee in travel fraud inquiry repaid €130,056 News Sean MACCONNELL
  • Work may begin on Cork music school in 2005 News Barry Roche

  • Sport

  • Gerrard puts a sting in the tale Sport
  • Roma are silenced but Real look frail Sport
  • New hurling battle lines drawn Sport
  • United-Lite leave top spot to Lyon Sport
  • Gunner has no fear of being in crossfire Sport
  • O'Neill's pleas for cash to be declined Sport
  • Redknapp appointment widens coastal divide Sport
  • Dalymount to get a new image Sport
  • Ajax claim UEFA Cup place Sport
  • It's money that matters in Europe Sport
  • Ulster to face strengthened Stade Sport
  • Kelly raises border issue Sport
  • Els quite outstanding in this field Sport
  • Casey not so anti-American Sport
  • Five Irish go to the land of the Incas Sport
  • Moscow Flyer to stay home for the holidays Sport
  • Williams' threat leaves fight on razor's edge Sport
  • IOC inquiry could be good news for Coghlan Sport

  • Business

  • Battle has been won but war between TV stations is not over Business
  • RTE does not abuse licence fees - report Business
  • IBM sells PC business for $1.25bn Business
  • US treasury secretary Snow agrees to stay on Business
  • Question was 'misunderstood' Business
  • Presence of discount stores boosts advertising Media&Marketing Emmet Oliver Business

  • Opinion

  • Ukraine compromise Opinion
  • Elections in Mozambique Letters
  • Paying aid to corrupt regimes no use to poor Opinion
  • Honouring F.J. McCormick Letters
  • Scale of tax settlements Letters
  • How close they have come Opinion
  • Promise of 2,000 extra gardai a lie Opinion
  • Not so much 'Groundhog Day' again as 'Waiting for Godot' Opinion
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion
  • Possible release of McCabe killers Letters
  • Shortfall in overseas aid Letters
  • Forgotten Irish emigrants Letters
  • Tax cuts and public spending Letters
  • Booklet on sexual orientation Letters
  • Political crisis in Ukraine Letters
  • Lethal danger of large trucks Letters
  • Hospital waiting-lists Letters

  • Life & Style

  • WatchThisSpace Homes & Property
  • Island house with clear views Homes & Property
  • Waterfront apartments on Spain's Costa Blanca Homes & Property
  • 32-storey tower for Dublin 4 Homes & Property
  • D6 Victorian makes over €4m Homes & Property

  • Culture

  • Hanging offence Culture
  • Reviews Culture