Article Archive

October 14th 2008

• • News

  • Waterlogging threatens Tipperary meeting News
  • Budget live on irishtimes.com News
  • Lenihan faces long, hard day News
  • Iceland market plunges 76% as trade resumes News
  • British inflation hits 16-year high in September News
  • NIB withdraws ECB tracker mortgages News
  • Two killed in Kilkenny road crash News
  • Cigarettes, wine hit with 50 cent increase News
  • Body discovered in Co Clare river News
  • Dublin man jailed for 4 1/2 years for killing brother News
  • Garda gives graffiti go-ahead News
  • Author June Levine dies aged 76 News
  • Two arrested after petrol bomb thrown at house News
  • Drugs worth €80,000 seized in Co Kerry News
  • First-time Indian author wins Booker Prize News
  • What might Lenihan do? News
  • Neighbours settle dispute over painting on yacht's wind vane News
  • 'Minute to midnight' financial deal may inject some confidence News
  • In Short News
  • In Short News
  • Medicine must not be too harsh for ailing Irish patient News
  • In Short Health
  • Financial strain of living with cancer Health
  • 'Constant money drain' Health
  • 'Getting the medical card was a saga in itself' Health
  • Marathon guide Health
  • Reflexology: what is its secret? Health
  • Addiction is 'major contributor' to suicide rates Health
  • Building a better Budget for schools Education
  • Noticeboard Education
  • Residents agree not to interfere with Traveller family News
  • Dubliner held on stabbing and drug supply charges News
  • Údarás seeks return of €1.2m in grants to firms that ceased trading News
  • Communities stand up to Japanese mafia News
  • South Africa removes refugee camps but migrants fear a return to violence News
  • Cambodia demands pull-out of Thai troops from disputed zone News
  • Be patient with Irish 'No' to Lisbon, EU states told News
  • Lithuania's opposition prepares for coalition talks News
  • Scientists find, off the top of their heads, father-son genetic link to baldness News
  • Senate seat races throwing up some surprises News
  • How to crack the Leaving Cert Education
  • Huge task for popular general Education
  • The unexpected pay rise Education
  • Legal speak: Take note of judicial decisions and avoid court Health
  • Talks on the impact of a cancer diagnosis Health
  • Vive la différence Health
  • Author of maths books is a real stand-up guy News
  • Judge tells banks to 'note' his request for details of bonuses News
  • What is the budget? News
  • Solicitors' fines 'inadequate', says judge News
  • Man killed his brother in row after christening News
  • Tribesmen to start search for new manager News
  • Ireland reach final after Kenya win News
  • Galway chairman calls for unity News
  • Budget hits workers with 1 per cent income levy News
  • Obama opens six-point lead over McCain - poll News
  • Zimbabwe talks to resume tomorrow News
  • Hanafin says Budget protects the vulnerable News
  • O'Keeffe says cutbacks will mean bigger class sizes News
  • Tourism industry criticises airport departure tax News
  • Waterford Crystal, Wyeth to seek job cuts News
  • Firefighters continue to battle California blazes News
  • Budget will 'turn recession into depression' News
  • Siptu condemns 'crude' income levy News
  • N Korea resumes disabling of nuclear reactor News
  • Only three departments escape cuts in Lenihan Budget News
  • Spend on running public transport up by just €6m News
  • Regulator admits €15bn of bank loans 'vulnerable' News
  • Petrol duty, road tax and parking spaces targeted News
  • Medical bills set to rise significantly News
  • Mortgage relief for non-first-time buyers to fall News
  • Number of state agencies to be reduced by 41 News
  • 150,000 flee fighting in Congo - UNHCR News
  • Ministers and civil servants to take 10% pay cut News
  • Drogheda A&E reopens to patients News
  • EU raises BSE testing age to 48 months in 15 states News
  • Rhys Jones trial hears of hooded gunman News
  • HSE to restore wholesale rate for pharmacists News
  • Gardai appeal for witnesses to Cork murder News
  • Striking Mount Carmel staff agree proposals News
  • Bush announces cash injection for US banks News
  • European shares jump, led by banks News
  • Helicopter hit lamppost before Meath crash News
  • Naples gang wants Gomorra author dead by Christmas News
  • Four Bosnian Serbs arrested on war crimes charges News
  • Zimbabwe power sharing deal faces parliament test News
  • Thais told not to visit Cambodia as dispute escalates News
  • US wildfires force frantic evacuations News
  • Pakistan clashes kill 40 militants, 2 soldiers News
  • Interest groups' reaction to Budget 2009 News
  • All employees to be hit with 1% levy News
  • US stocks rise but recession fears persist News
  • Global crisis hammers German investor sentiment News
  • Cadbury to cut more jobs, sales increase 6% News
  • Nikkei surges by almost 14 per cent News
  • Crisis highlights importance of EU support - Martin News JAMIE SMYTH
  • Documents reveal iconic Czech novelist to be informer News DEREK SCALLY
  • British government drops 42-day detention proposals News FRANK MILLAR
  • Mugabe assigns key posts to party faithful News CHRIS McGREAL
  • China approves plan to give peasants state-owned land News DAVID STANWAY
  • Extra EU payments mar Lord Mandelson's return News FRANK MILLAR
  • Arrest of 'Gomorrah' cast member in police raid a case of life imitating art News PADDY AGNEW
  • Too early to write me off, McCain tells supporters News DENIS STAUNTON
  • Health agencies face major shake-up Health EITHNE DONNELLAN
  • Risks from Vioxx continue for one year after finishing drug Health DR MUIRIS HOUSTON
  • Mole mapping clinic launched at CUH Health BARRY ROCHE
  • Warning over safety of food supplements Health CLAIRE O'CONNELL
  • Study begins on Travellers' health Health DR MUIRIS HOUSTON
  • Irish-born doctor named GP of the year in Australia Health MUIRIS HOUSTON
  • Linking health to wealth Health LORNA SIGGINS
  • Can ill health in the economy make us unwell? Health MUIRIS HOUSTON
  • Shedding a little light (bulb) in dark times Health MAURICE NELIGAN
  • The burning issue of acid reflux Health MICHAEL KELLY
  • Hooked, even after the pleasure goes Health PADRAIG O'MORAIN
  • The wide and varying symptoms of an erupting wisdom tooth Health THOMAS LYNCH
  • Pet moves to tackle phobias Health DAVID COLEMAN
  • Exceptional talent for learning Health SHEILA WAYMAN
  • Drawing out the pain Health ARMINTA WALLACE
  • More is less if life becomes a tyranny of tasks Health MARIE MURRAY
  • All quiet apart from the cousins and the dog poo Health ADAM BROPHY
  • Feeding your retail habit Health JOHN McKENNA
  • Balancing benefits of exercise in pregnancy against potential risks Health GILES WARRINGTON
  • Going the extra mile for runners Health EMMET MALONE
  • The challenge is to keep our feet on the ground Health TERRY LYNCH
  • Giving migraine a headache Health CLAIRE O'CONNELL
  • New treatment not suited to all strokes Health MARION KERR
  • Natural reflexes Health SYLVIA THOMPSON
  • An antioxidant with promising results Health DONAL O'MATHUNA
  • Charity begins online Health MICHELLE McDONAGH
  • High Court grants possession of 10 homes News ALISON HEALY
  • Siptu says nothing was left on new wage agreement table News MARTIN WALL
  • Laws urged on right to refuse care News CAROL COULTER
  • Safety authority calls for funding for privatised speed cameras on roads News TIM O'BRIEN
  • Hearing loss risk from iPods News CHARLIE TAYLOR
  • People Before Profit join cleaners' jobs campaign News ALISON HEALY
  • Meeting hears call to change law on betting News PAUL CULLEN
  • Death of man treated as suspicious News BARRY ROCHE
  • Missing crane may delay U2 Tower News OLIVIA KELLY
  • Plan to demolish 1901 school blocked News OLIVIA KELLY
  • Release of secret documents ordered News FRANK McDONALD
  • Public satisfaction with Garda mixed News CONOR LALLY
  • Twenty locations to lose out if decentralisation is jettisoned News HARRY McGEE
  • Everyone will have to play their part, says Hanafin News CARL O'BRIEN
  • Gormley draws line between two kinds of taxes News MARY MINIHAN
  • Dempsey defends spend record News MARK HENNESSY
  • Call to introduce carbon tax News HARRY McGEE
  • Allister and UUP agree strategy for Euro poll News GERRY MORIARTY
  • Judge says court 'littered' with performance contracts claims News MARY CAROLAN
  • Couple drop lands case against former tánaiste News MARY CAROLAN
  • Builders say council owes them €6.2m News MARY CAROLAN
  • Passenger tells inquest of fatal aircraft crash News TOM SHIEL
  • Builder fails to show payroll documents News CAROL COULTER
  • Shot fired near unmarked Garda car in Cork city News OLIVIA KELLEHER
  • Muckross House broadband dish opposed News ANNE LUCEY
  • Challenge of translation to be focus of Douglas Hyde Conference News PATSY McGARRY
  • Councils urged to take note of pending EU policy News ANNE LUCEY
  • Budget to raise hospital charges and cut tax relief News MARK HENNESSY , HARRY McGEE
  • Irish banks fall again over issue of State take-up of shares News SIMON CARSWELL
  • Family hopeful woman missing on Italian holiday will be found News PADDY AGNEW
  • Making the most of a changing teaching climate Education BRIAN MOONEY

  • Sport

  • Galway sensationally sack Loughnane Sport
  • Doyle back on the goalscoring trail Sport
  • Italy ban supporters from away games Sport
  • Budget promises little in way of cheer Sport
  • IFA sack chief executive Wells Sport
  • St Andrews could be lost to coastal erosion Sport
  • Castleblayney nick four-day thriller Sport
  • Hanna can thank wife for pointing him in the right direction Sport
  • Plenty of drama but far from vintage weekend Sport
  • Shinty/hurling squads Sport
  • Back for more punishment Sport
  • Tendulkar out just short of record Sport
  • Miller likely to start instead of Reid Soccer
  • Liverpool's match moved away from Madrid Soccer
  • Newcastle sale expected by December Soccer
  • Sale's Thomas to miss Munster clash Rugby
  • O'Kelly named in squad to face Wasps Rugby
  • Kennedy to combine roles Soccer
  • St Pat's v Galway fixture postponed Soccer
  • Cyprus boss warns of learning lessons Soccer
  • Republic U21s beat Lithuania in late show Soccer
  • Trapattoni throws Gibson into the mix Soccer
  • Scully parts company with Shamrock Rovers Soccer
  • Moyes signs five-year Everton deal Soccer
  • Harrington shares Grand Slam lead Sport
  • Cork to meet Glentoran in Setanta final Soccer
  • Trapattoni says there is no rift with Reid Sport EMMET MALONE
  • Harrington looking forward to 'two-day jolly' Sport JOHN O'SULLIVAN
  • Karlsson keen to push on Sport JOHN O'SULLIVAN
  • Grand location for champions shootout Sport COLIN BYRNE
  • Brennan's Powerscourt powerplay Sport SHAY KEENAN
  • O'Driscoll still wants to lead Ireland Sport GERRY THORNLEY
  • Munster ask for Friday fixture change Sport GAVIN CUMMISKEY
  • Vaughan steps up to force a replay Sport GAVIN CUMMISKEY
  • Brogan shows the way Sport GAVIN CUMMISKEY
  • Boylan set to be without Walsh Sport SEAN MORAN
  • Approach heads the Irish attack Sport BRIAN O'CONNOR
  • O'Rourke foresees 'major chops' in financial support Sport IAN O'RIORDAN

  • Business

  • Oil prices rise 4% on back of bank bailouts Business
  • In Short Business
  • Permanent TSB moves staff due to downturn Business
  • Protection extended for Futura charter airline Business
  • New RBS boss to rethink strategy Business
  • Italy moves to inject liquidity into system Business
  • Caution on bank rescue actions Business
  • Management buy back Merrion Capital at €60m discount Business CIARAN HANCOCK
  • Brown vows government will be 'rock of stability' Business FRANK MILLAR
  • Healy buys majority interest in Calyx Business CIARAN HANCOCK
  • Waterford misses target by €22m Business CIARAN HANCOCK
  • Setanta marketing chief steps aside Business CIARAN HANCOCK
  • Dividend of over €3m for developer Business BARRY O'HALLORAN
  • TCD to be PS3 chip research centre Business JOHN COLLINS
  • Continued deadlock at Executive seen as further threat to Northern economy Business FRANCES McDONNELL
  • Latest US plan boosts markets, Iseq rises over 5% Business DAVID LABANYI
  • World markets surge on bank sector bailouts by governments Business FIONA REDDAN
  • State may be forced to inject money into banks Business SIMON CARSWELL
  • French banks to benefit from €360bn state backing Business LARA MARLOWE
  • Sarkozy convinces Europe to step up to the plate Business LARA MARLOWE
  • Treasury will invest only in 'healthy' banks, says head of bailout scheme Business ARTHUR BEESLEY
  • Banks to pay dearly for German bailout Business DEREK SCALLY
  • Reform development aid, says World Bank Business ARTHUR BEESLEY
  • ACC Bank to close seven branches Business SIMON CARSWELL

  • Opinion

  • Common cause to avoid meltdown Opinion
  • Funding pensions Opinion
  • No need for cutbacks that cost us more later Opinion
  • Is financial regulation in Ireland a fair-weather activity? Opinion
  • Hope we live to see the hospital improvements for CF sufferers Opinion
  • Perfect storm is shaking up all our ideas about work Opinion
  • From novella to novel, Ian Rankin chooses to kick back and have some fun Opinion
  • An Irishwoman's Diary Opinion
  • Belt-tightening and the Budget Letters
  • Politics of the Palin phenomenon Letters
  • Debate on the banking crisis Letters
  • Bringing back 3rd-level fees Letters
  • A candidate for a new pillar Letters
  • Nothing great about graffiti Letters
  • Farmers and hill-walkers Letters
  • The bells of the Angelus Letters
  • Sinn Féin policy on health Letters
  • Kernel of mission is reaching out to poor and oppressed Opinion FR BRIAN O'TOOLE

  • Life & Style

  • Culture

  • How to tell a mentor from a tormentor Culture
  • REVIEWS Culture
  • A boom amidst the gloom Culture
  • Easy on a Sunday morning with tales that beguile and inspire Culture
  • The mother of all debs' seasons Culture KATE HOLMQUIST
  • Con Text Culture KEVIN COURTNEY