Article Archive

August 8th 2008

• • News

  • Co Offaly firm to shed 71 jobs in November News
  • At least 12 killed in Texas bus crash News
  • Man rearrested in Quigley murder case News
  • Key facts on Georgia's South Ossetia region News
  • Gardaí name man killed in Limerick crash News
  • Aid package of €3m announced for Iraq News
  • Kilkenny Arts Festival kicks off News
  • UN Security Council meets over Ossetia fighting News
  • Aer Arann appoints new chief executive News
  • Manufacturing production rises in June News
  • Royal Bank of Scotland reports £691m loss News
  • Body of man found in Kilkenny river News
  • Explosive devices found on Belfast railway line News
  • Man (30) killed in Laois traffic collision News
  • Duff provides star turn in Cork News
  • Irish in Action - Saturday News
  • Greek sprinter fails doping test News
  • How to: be a greener festival goer News
  • Playwright and diarist Simon Gray dies, aged 71 News
  • Junk food plea bargain in Oregon murder case News
  • In short News
  • Beijing proudly waits to unveil Olympic spectacle News
  • Patient safety report: main recommendations News
  • In short News
  • Mandatory licensing of healthcare providers urged News
  • Rain keeps 'Angela's Ashes' tour real as McCourt joins in News
  • Will the Government ensure funding is available so report can become reality? News
  • Commission: Remit and composition News
  • British government denies inaction over North killings News
  • Brothers charged over feud murder News
  • Dancers invited to weave in and out by Chieftains FESTIVAL DIARY News
  • Park that car and get a ticket to ride News
  • I'd be much obliged if you gave up the céad míle thank yous News
  • German row bodes ill for how vanished socialist state should be remembered News
  • Abolition of 35-hour week in France is approved News
  • Two Israeli soldiers on shooting charges News
  • Turkish trade in migrant players shows how asylum seekers are being sidelined News
  • Coup leaders promise early election News
  • Beijing Games declared open News
  • Bree drawn in lane two for 100m heat News
  • Fighters handed favourable Olympic draws News
  • Pietersen leads from the front News
  • Irish horses given clean bill of health News
  • Sella admits doping offences News
  • Georgia claims capture of South Ossetia capital News
  • President, Cowen wish Olympic athletes well News
  • British climate activists stage 'glue' protest News
  • Bill Clinton to address Democratic convention News
  • Clergy to snub Omagh families memorial News
  • Cannabis worth €1 million seized in Swords News
  • Olympic Games opened at lavish Beijing ceremony News
  • Sadr to dissolve Madhi army if US withdraws News
  • Roche rejects EU Commissioner 'speculation' News
  • Mauritanian coup leaders to form new government News
  • HSE scraps out-of-hours children's services plan News
  • Kildare plant investigated in salmonella cases News
  • Weekend festivals in Offaly, Kilkenny, Meath News
  • North-east look-back review 'in final stages' News
  • Two jailed over murder of London-Irish boy News
  • One In Four launches fundraising campaign News
  • Mortgage repossession rate soars in North News
  • Six die after train hits collapsed Czech bridge News
  • Welfare fraud crackdown raises €238 million News
  • Weekend to bring further showers and windy weather News
  • Militants pushing meatless, petless society, seminar told News
  • Sri Lanka claims 17 rebels killed in clashes News
  • Australia makes world's biggest ecstasy haul News
  • Mbeki to attend Zimbabwe talks on Sunday News
  • Mayor, gardaí to discuss Dublin disorder News
  • More creatures great and small take to roads News
  • Full Olympics coverage online and in print News
  • UN votes to extend mission in Iraq News
  • Iseq rebounds as financials gain News
  • UBS 'close to bond debt buy-back' - source News
  • Fannie Mae posts $2.3bn quarterly loss News
  • Labour calls for new measures against identity theft News
  • Banks tightened lending conditions in second quarter News
  • Healthcare stocks lead European shares News
  • Toyota to slow production on weaker demand News
  • Oil steady at $120 after pipeline attack News
  • Ibec and Siptu clash on motor trade pay deal News HARRY McGEE
  • Drug reaction alert after man's death News BARRY ROCHE
  • A bit of monkey business on way to work News ELAINE EDWARDS
  • Consultants paid 'on the double' for treating patients News HARRY McGEE
  • Government trying to destroy aquaculture sector, IFA claims News LORNA SIGGINS
  • Mini-stroke possible cause of fatal crash News BARRY ROCHE
  • Raiders ram supermarket in attempt to rob ATM News MARY FRANCES RYAN
  • Talks aim to help residents of flats blackspot News STEVEN CARROLL
  • 70% of Leaving Cert pupils taking grinds, survey finds News SEAN FLYNN
  • Medical errors must be reported but detail kept private News OLIVIA KELLY
  • FG urges patient safety body to be set up News OLIVIA KELLY
  • Amnesty in China rights protest to Cowen's office in Tullamore News ALISON HEALY
  • 150,000 expected to visit Knock for novena News PATSY McGARRY
  • More than half of household packaging recycled last year News PAMELA NEWENHAM
  • Three men in court after shooting incident in Dublin News JOHN LAWRENCE
  • Inquest told murdered man brought suspected killer home with him News GEORGINA O'HALLORAN
  • IFA chief not going to forum on animal rights movement News OLIVIA KELLY
  • Death of man not suspicious - police News RUADHAN MACCORMAIC
  • Free as a bird News ANNE LUCEY
  • Vehicle leasing firms fear toll fines News JOHN LAWRENCE
  • Coughlan orders report to compare prices News MICHAEL O'REGAN
  • Cardinal Brady to deliver address at Humbert School News PATSY McGARRY
  • Robinson says SF devolution claim 'false' News DAN KEENAN
  • Charmed mare's win puts Kürten on cloud nine News RUTH LONEY
  • Better weather and Ladies Day attract crowds to Ballsbridge News SEAN MACCONNELL
  • Veteran Roche confident Ireland can avoid the drop News RUTH LONEY
  • Ennis provides stellar performance with one, two, three News MARGIE McLOONE
  • Fishermen vote to accept Shell offer News LORNA SIGGINS
  • 85,000 expected at Kilkenny festival News DARA de FAOITE
  • BirdWatch says seabirds on Great Blasket under threat News ANNE LUCEY
  • Shannon deluge breaks record News RONAN McGREEVY
  • Newcastle West flood shows need for new protection methods - An Taisce News KIERAN FLYNN
  • Three held after rural raids yield €500,000 in cannabis News RONAN McGREEVY
  • Ecologically sound is the mood music for festival season News KITTY HOLLAND
  • Opera frolics woo hardy crowd News LAURA SLATTERY
  • Guinness Storehouse now top attraction News GENEVIEVE CARBERY
  • Art lovers retreat indoors from rain to enjoy gallery's 'Impressionist Interiors' News ALISON HEALY
  • Watch this space News Eugene Egan
  • Pakistan's coalition to impeach Musharraf News SAEED SHAH
  • Lisbon vote result is not hampering EU, report suggests News JAMIE SMYTH
  • Key Mafia member arrested by Italian police News PADDY AGNEW
  • Danish immigration law under fire after landmark ruling in Irish case News RUADHAN MACCORMAIC
  • Sadr calls on Mahdi Army to end all armed action News MICHAEL JANSEN
  • Bush takes hard line on Chinese repressions US president angers Beijing with pre-Olympics speech in Beijing News CLIFFORD COONAN
  • 'Mr Rogge . . . come just once to Beijing No 2 Prison to see what it is like' News CLIFFORD COONAN
  • Georgian president offers ceasefire to separatists News DANIEL McLAUGHLIN
  • FBI insists scientist acted alone in carrying out anthrax attacks in 2001 News CARRIE JOHNSON , DEL QUENTIN WILBER
  • Zimbabweans opt for petrol coupon 'currency' News BILL CORCORAN
  • Anwar pleads not guilty to 'malicious' sodomy charge News JOHN BURTON

  • Sport

  • Federer has them swooning in the village Sport
  • Running to searing standstill Sport
  • Untested Kilkenny could prove vulnerable Sport
  • Morrison moves to Coventry City Sport
  • GOLF DIGEST Sport
  • Harrington frustrated with opening round Sport
  • Chelsea confirm Robinho bid Soccer
  • Neville set to lead depleted United Soccer
  • Kidney hints at change of captaincy Rugby
  • Ireland's qualifier against Georgia in doubt Soccer
  • Karlsson, Singh share PGA lead Sport
  • Harrington's challenge fading at Oakland Hills Sport
  • League postponed in the north Soccer
  • Bohs win in Cork to move further clear Soccer
  • Rogge is not for stirring Sport KEITH DUGGAN
  • O'Mahony named as Kerry make no changes Sport GAVIN CUMMISKEY
  • Chelsea confirm offer for Robinho Sport STUART JAMES
  • Peelo flying high as Irish flagbearer Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • GOOD DRAW FOR BYRNE Sport IAN O'RIORDAN
  • Lack of wind just one of many issues Sport DAVID O'BRIEN
  • Case of waiting and seeing for Roche, Deignan Sport SHANE STOKES
  • FIVE RINGED CIRCUS Sport JOHNNY WATTERSON
  • Laois begin search for successor to Kearns Sport GAVIN CUMMISKEY
  • Cork determined to halt Bohemians' momentum Sport EMMET MALONE
  • Demanding test brings best out of Karlsson Sport PHILIP REID FROM Oakland Hills
  • Elusive major next target for razor-sharp Spaniard Sport PHILIP REID FROM Oakland Hills
  • Kidney outlines his aspirations for the season Sport JOHN O'SULLIVANfrom Cork
  • Easterby appointed Leinster's chief scout Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • IRELAND CAPTAIN: NO DECISION Sport JOHN O'SULLIVAN

  • Business

  • Banks suffer as Iseq's brief rally comes to abrupt end Business
  • Innovation - not nostalgia - will be the way to play ourselves out of recession Business
  • In short Business
  • We're better off without risk equalisation payments Business
  • Internet: questions and answers Business
  • In short Business
  • Budget Travel paid €60m to parent firm Business
  • Millstreet versus most of the evils of modern history Business
  • Inflation watching is all about numbers Business
  • Bank lost out on its low loan-to-value mortgages Business
  • Bord na Móna in €4.5m waste firm deal Business
  • Passengers up at Aer Lingus while long-haul traffic falls Business
  • Oil-rich Oman invests €200m in Jurys Inns Business
  • Prices and inflation rate both fall in July Business
  • Credit union breaks new ground with debit card Business
  • ECB and Bank of England interest rates unchanged Business
  • NIB pretax profits fall 71% to €2m in first half of 2008 Business
  • Ryanair hopes to buy 200 new planes at bargain price Business
  • Payzone may be set to sell European divisions Business
  • Allianz abandons profit targets as Dresdner slumps Business
  • Solaris bids to be EU-wide provider Business
  • Murtagh adds to stake in Andor holdings Business
  • Credit at home feeling crunch Business
  • Global writedowns nearing $0.5 trillion Business
  • PLANET BUSINESS Business
  • When economic gloom can prove a boon Business
  • Philanthropy Business
  • China's winning potential for 'Olympic effect' noted Business
  • Must do better Business
  • Shorting of shares Business
  • Illegal file-sharing is here to stay, experts say Business
  • Delta Index to expand overseas Business
  • Expert reveals more about internet flaw Business
  • Video game can help in cancer treatment Business
  • Working out how the net works Business
  • Top-level domains: if you or I can, do we need Icann? Business
  • On yer bike Business
  • iPhone safe from latest 'killer' Business
  • Pay restraint at the top Business
  • Redundancy counsellors are back in vogue Business
  • Keeping bureaucracy out of State supports Business
  • In for the long haul Business
  • ON THERECORD Business
  • Cat is out of the bag on BSkyB's new subscribers Business
  • Book looks at Rock crisis Business
  • De-icing on the cake for Ryanair is a soaring cost Business
  • In vino investment Business

  • Opinion

  • Army tied into questionable peace missions Opinion
  • Killing the myth that Ireland's wealth has poisoned its values Opinion
  • Olympic ideal shines in Mosney and Beijing Opinion
  • Sensory overload as Taliban fighters attack from all sides Opinion
  • Frozen lasagne used as weapon while badger mating sparks alert Opinion
  • Bush, China and human rights Letters
  • Age cannot wither Letters
  • Curtains up on the five-ringed circus Opinion
  • Uncertainty in Pakistan Opinion
  • Athletic supermen should be, literally, a breed apart Opinion
  • The Lisbon Treaty dilemma Letters
  • Time to stamp out stamp duty Letters
  • Free download from ESRI Letters
  • Tut- tutting over 'Cosi' Letters
  • Irishmen in British army uniforms Letters
  • Gay Pride Festival in Belfast Letters
  • Water quality at Seapoint Letters
  • Banking on public trust Letters
  • Storage crisis at modern art museum Letters
  • Shopping around Letters
  • An Irishman's Diary Opinion Frank McNally

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • DadRocker Culture
  • NEW DVDs Culture
  • A chill in the movie air Culture
  • Dan the one-hit wonder steals thunder from all the big names Culture
  • ROOTS Culture
  • JAZZ Culture
  • HIP-HOP Culture
  • ELECTRONICA Culture
  • CLASSICAL Culture
  • TRADITIONAL Culture
  • MUSIC DVDs Culture
  • Cultural missionary man Culture
  • Don't mess with the Schneider Culture
  • The weekly movie quiz Culture
  • Eastern star Culture
  • Read 'em and leap Culture
  • Tales from The Script Culture
  • THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR Culture
  • Another festival feels the squeeze of slow ticket sales Culture
  • ROCK/POP Culture
  • SHUFFLE Culture
  • On the double Druid and Walsh take Fringe First Culture Gerry Smyth
  • ELITE SQUAD/TROPA DE ELITE Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • THE FOX AND THE CHILD/LE RENARD ET L'ENFANT Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • SUMMER OF THE FLYING SAUCER Culture MICHAEL DWYER
  • MAKE IT HAPPEN Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • BEFORE THE RAINS Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • DEATH DEFYING ACTS Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • ELEGY Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • KILLER OF SHEEP Culture DONALD CLARKE
  • The write touch Culture BRIAN BOYD