18 July, 2007 Digital News Archive

Boomtown rats

ESB plans switch from oil to renewables over 30-year period

By Mark Hennessy

Ryanair breached rules with Brown ads

US Senate rejects Iraq troop vote

Eleven held in north Dublin drug raids

Hardshoulder

Music file-sharers get boost in EU court

Bar manager says gardaí targeted club

By Gerard Cunningham

Yahoo posts lower profit

Vinokourov runs out of steam and hope

By William Fotheringham in Briancon

Evidence in O'Reilly trial concluded

US captures Mexican drug cartel leader

Retail sales increase by 9.9% helped by maturing SSIA funds

By Ciarán Brennan

Clarkson 'did not want to live', says witness

By Peter Hong in Los Angeles

Vasseur wins stage amid controversy

WTO members urged to cut tariffs in trade talks

Republic to give £400m for roads in the North

By Dan Keenan, Northern News Editor and in Armagh

An Irishman's Diary

By Frank McNally

Commercial Property

Noel Smyth likely to buy major stake in Square

By Jack Fagan

EC investigates public transport grants

By Clodagh Mulvey

Japan nuclear plant closed after quake

Carnoustie in great shape - R&A

Scully critical despite latest win

By Paul O'Hehir

United bring Tevez case to Fifa

Dublin 'Love Tara' march to call for rerouting of motorway

By Jamie Smyth in Brussels

Ireland slip in world rankings

By Paul O'Hehir

Taoiseach's probity is a fair concern

Mulvihill announces retirement

Bernanke issues warning on inflation

Enterprise Ireland firms export €11.7bn

O'Donovan sets Cork up for win

Tehran shows TV pictures of jailed academics

By Robin Wright in Washington

North tops UK charity donations list

Insurers ignore penalty points

By David Labanyi

Reviewing the nuclear option

Gardaí to interview family about killings

By Olivia Kelly and Conor Lally

Poor sportsmanship at Croke Park

Failure to discover why boy (3) died

By Georgina O'Halloran

Bomb kills four police in south Russia

A&E closures criticised

By Pat Flynn

Fun the rally cry in battle for tyros

By Johnny Watterson

Case for banning stag-hunting

Madrid hopeful of signing Robben

Austrian bank chief pleads not guilty

Ta very much, but I'll take my chances

By Adam Brophy

Valentia service honours 'extraordinary' man

By Anne Lucey on Valentia Island

Dublin defence now faces bigger test

Fewer petrol stations to cater for Ireland's increasing car numbers

By Daniel Attwood

Derry software firm to create 750 jobs

McLaren document could scupper dreams

Constructing meaning from creepy urban myths

Judges still an elite group - report

By Ronan McGreevy

Bomb explodes near NI border

Tribunal is told Ahern lodgment equated to $45,000

By Colm Keena, Public Affairs Correspondent and and Fiona Gartland

Chinese citizens organising in drive for democracy

An exhilarating, hyperactive challenge

World air passengers hit record high

Explosion reported in midtown Manhattan

Hospital accused of obstructing inquest

By Eithne Donnellan, Health Correspondent and and Georgina O'Halloran

In Short

Gormley walks the tightrope

Driver knocked man down and drove over him

By Elaine Keogh

End of the goad nowhere in sight

Masters and Cork primed to strike

Pensions reserve rose €3.5bn in 2006

Inspector of Prisons Kinlen dies in Kerry

By Elaine Edwards

Russia set to react to diplomats' expulsion

By Michael Stott in Moscow

Euro zone trade in surplus despite euro

Pack up your troubles in a bag and the cat in a pillowcase, Sydney told

MCD committee to examine Streisand chaos

By Steven Carroll

Irish singer on Mercury shortlist

By Tony Clayton-Lea

French minister's defenders accuse her critics of racism

By Jon Boyle in Paris

Mandela's 89th birthday celebrated

Female recruits to Army rise 30%

By Clodagh Mulvey

Vodafone casts doubt on talk of takeover slowdown

By Fiona Walsh

Mercedes fight back with new model

Capital Bars does deal to provide free wireless internet on premises

By John Collins

Gormley to operate on 'consensus' basis

By Elaine Edwards

Tevez deal suffers another setback

By Jeremy Wilson

Rugby

Henry defends selection policy

Libyan decision

Inquests into deaths adjourned

Men sentenced over chip shop assault

One51 set to double profits as portfolio expands

By Úna McCaffrey

Libya revokes death sentences on six medics

By Daniel McLaughlin

Court refuses to extradite aviation broker to Belgium

Wizard Science: Harry Potter and the Trigeminal Ache

By William Weir in Hartford and Connecticut

Injured Rail Link to miss season

Nearly 200 people killed in Brazilian plane crash

Court to decide if Microsoft broke EU rules

Kilkenny secretary criticises Loughnane's comments

Els ready for the 'toughest of the whole lot'

By Philip Reid at Carnoustie

Gormley to have tough job keeping party sweet

Film Fleadh award winners

Council to examine houses for damage

By Olivia Kelly

'Ice Age is over,' says former Abominable No-man

No record of Ahern buying stg£30,000

By Fiona Gartland

Kernan steps down as Armagh boss

Workplace deaths rise in farming

By Elaine Edwards

US consumer prices rise by 0.2%

Kenny's post-election analysis

Private healthcare centre for Naas

By Paul Anderson

US ready to discuss Iraq crisis with Iranians

Oil edges up ahead of US fuel data

Group calls for aid for Roma family

By Clodagh Mulvey

In Short

Thirteen die as bomber targets Pakistani judge

By Zeeshan Haider in Islamabad

Pioneering Trinity course produces first graduates

By Kitty Holland

'Drivers to blame' - AA

By Patrick Logue

Imro must continue to pay CEO pending court action, judge rules

By Mary Carolan

Taoiseach's lodgment equated to stg£25,000 precisely

By Colm Keena

Traffic noise hits city centre hardest

Keane continues to spend

Fallon gets the all-clear

By Brian O'Connor Racing correspondent

Lotto jackpot to exceed €8.5 million

Patient Wenger bides his time

By Jeremy Wilson

Clarke ready to let fly

B of I chief says housing market concerns 'overdone'

By Ciarán Brennan

Greens' lamp poster boy completes role reversal

Scientology and homosexuality

Vatican and other churches

Lenihan criticises plethora of State agencies and bodies

By Mark Hennessy and Political Correspondent

Man's body found in Dublin Docklands

Suicide bomber attacks Kabul convoy

State boosts aid to poorer countries

Geraghty returns to Meath panel

ESB claims rules are preventing price cuts

Cadbury court fallout could hit Irish companies

By Barry O'Halloran

GAA to provide heart defibrillators to its clubs

By Clodagh Mulvey

Judge rules Bacon will not be called as witness

By Colm Keena and Public Affairs Correspondent

Expert's view on grainy CCTV blobs taxes court

Irish films for all seasons

Robertson unfazed by tough test

By Emmet Malone

US Senate holds overnight Iraq debate

Heading in the right direction - noisily

Harrington hopes the odds are right

By Philip Reid

UN confirms N Korea nuclear shutdown

Player makes drugs use claim

PS3 Japan sales hit 1 million

UK earnings growth subdued

Man (50) had sex with girl when she was 16

Charging back with the new Lancer

Bridge collapses in Connemara village

Israel firm on 'core issues' despite talk of summit

By Peter Hirschberg in Jerusalem

Ward son gets three years for knife attack on friend

By Ann Healy in Galway

Galway Arts Festival review

Gardai appeal over missing cocaine bale

Husband tells of grief for wife, son

By Olivia Kelleher

Cork's Miskella gets first start in championship

By Gavin Cummiskey

Baby is born in queue for groceries

By Joe Humphreys in Pretoria

Blue-sky thinking from China promises cloud-free Olympics

By Clifford Coonan and in Beijing

BoE voted 6-3 for UK July rate hike

LRC aims to avert eircom service threat

By Paul Anderson

Eircom dispute talks resume at LRC

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Irish among the happiest in EU

By Mary Fitzgerald and Foreign Affairs Correspondent

O'Donovan sets Cork up for win

Imperial to buy Altadis in €16.2bn deal

Stilted scripts ditched as real passion shown

By Dan Keenan

Derry unable to make the breakthrough

Harry Potter 'leaks' spread to China

Cannavaro snubbed Chelsea - agent

Motorbike News

By Patricia Weston

Larkin 1994 lodgment said to match $45,000

By Colm Keena and Public Affairs Correspondent

Scandal-hit Japanese PM fighting for political life in first test

Dalai Lama speaks at Derry charity

By George Jackson

Dublin to play on Saturday

By Gavin Cummiskey

Commercial Property

Top London retail investment interests Irish

NI ombudsman calls for more funding

A dream that became a nightmare for the dreamer

By Bob Montgomery

BBC to suspend phone competitions

Nikkei ends down 1.1% as techs slide

Quinlan buys into Frankfurt development

Decision soon on €1bn Galway plan

By Lorna Siggins and Western Correspondent

UK cannabis penalties may be stiffened

Gormley says vote was about leader, not coalition

By Miriam Donohoe and Political Staff

Neligan accused before court in Bray

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

Roaring changes lead to savage machine

Scientist says effect of climate change is apparent

By Mark Hennessy, Political Correspondent and in Glenties

Decisions on wind farms challenged

Quinlan in €30m property deal

By Arthur Beesley and Senior Business Correspondent

ComReg to act if unbundling delayed

By John Collins

Comfortable performance

By Donal Byrne

Woods in creative mode

By Philip Reid at Carnoustie

Analyst compares car CCTV images at quarry

7 people arrested during M3 protests

By Elaine Edwards

Wallabies rush Latham comeback

Two held over Finglas and Nenagh killings

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

Riverdeep projecting $1bn profits after Reed acquisition

By Arthur Beesley and Senior Business Correspondent

Toxic chemical found in drinking water supply

By Steven Carroll

Intel posts 44% rise in quarterly profit

Top guns

By Kilian Doyle

Harney to remain as PD leader

Sports Digest

In Short

PSNI appoints 60 financial specialists

Apartheid minister, police chief on trial

By Joe Humphreys in Pretoria

Four further remanded over cocaine seizure

By Barry Roche, Southern Correspondent and in Clonakilty

Dublin poised for final delivery

By Ian O'Riordan

PD parliamentary party meeting confirms Harney position as leader

By Carl O'Brien

Beckham debut against Chelsea in doubt

By Dominic Fifield in Los Angeles

Radical ex-bishop Lugo aspires to liberate Paraguay from rich elite

By Fionuala Cregan

HelpDesk

VRT evaders face crackdown

Muslims and martyrdom

In Short

China's old guard tells Beijing reforms have gone too far

By Clifford Coonan in Beijing

Ford considers Volvo sale

By Bernard Simon in Toronto

High stakes no excuse for low standards

By Seán Moran

Sixteen Pakistani troops die in ambush

Senators in all-night session for Iraq votes

By Denis Staunton in Washington

Eleven die in Baghdad bomb attacks

Man arrested over Russian tycoon 'plot'

Abbas to call for new Palestinian poll

Elliott leaves Sunderland for Wolves

By Paul O'Hehir

Pope's decision on Latin Mass

Gilmartin forced to defend his credibility

By Fiona Gartland

Labour Party's brand image

St Patrick's 'day' moved to 15th

Access to the countryside

Bikers look out for one another

Tevez deal suffers another setback

Joint communique issued after meeting

Euro hits record high against dollar

Downtown should have the stamina

By Brian O'Connor

Commercial Property

Lifestyle Sports for Citywest shopping centre

Lawyer hits out at deportation policy

By Paul Anderson

Group's €49.3m spend added six key subsidiaries

By Úna McCaffrey

Ex-IMO head to lead McElwee inquiry

By Martin Wall