17 January, 2009 Digital News Archive

A strong attack starts with a strong defence Its Year Zero at Luton

By Michael Walker

The talent search party

By Hilary Fannin

Write off the humble newspaper at your peril

By Keith Duggan

Four years' jail for supply of deadly cocaine at 21st party

By Ciarán Murphy

'Bouncer' assaulted woman after escorting her home

Searching for the hard-earned cash flushed down Anglo's plush facilities

Figurative sculpture planned for Liffey scrapped

By Olivia Kelly

Hawking religion in the west

By EAMON MAHER

SHORTS

Benitez remains vague on future

Statement from auditors

Boy George jailed for 15 months

Brown tells banks to come clean over bad assets

GO LAST MINUTE

Standing up for victims of inequality

By Kathy Sheridan

Two eBay firms notch up €22m loss

By Gordon Deegan

CHURCH OF IRELAND NOTES

Missing planning files on Meath incinerator project discovered

By ELAINE KEOGH

Rethinking liberty

Sisters are doing it for themselves

By HADLEY FREEMAN

Court overturns council ban on plan by McNamara

By Mary Carolan

Master the art

By Catherine Cleary

No end to hepatitis C nightmare

By EITHNE DONNELLAN and Health Correspondent

Rugby

Leinster lose battle but can still win war

Israeli offensive in Gaza

Living in Limbo

Stay on Shelbourne books order continued

Cruise Control

INDEX

Successful barrister, judge, Europhile and RTÉ radio DJ

An Irishman's Diary

By Wesley Boyd

HORIZONS

By Sylvia Thompson

GO READ

Ancelotti admits Kaka may leave

€53.7m tax paid in disclosure scheme

By Colm Keena and Public Affairs Correspondent

United Drug chief to earn €480,000

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

Hospital reform

Ice spot for a getaway

GO NICHE

By Sandra O'Connell

Funding cut for writers' centre

Ross prepares to get back in BBC hot seat

By Shane Hegarty

McCormack seals it for Marist

Leading publican and keen boxer

Man killed in single-vehicle crash in Laois

Council wants to meet owners of Lissadell House

By Marese McDonagh

Cabinet feared bank could soon become insolvent

By Arthur Beesley and Senior Business Correspondent

ERIC DEMPSEY

Deal to end gas dispute in sight, says Putin

By DEREK SCALLY in Berlin

Journalist, PR executive and freelance spy for East Germany

Man due in court over counterfeit travellers' cheques

Cowen insists bank will remain solvent

By HARRY McGEE in Tokyo

How the orchid held the key to our origins

By Michael Viney

SECOND READING 46

By Eileen Battersby

Right to challenge genital mutilation decision granted

By Mary Carolan

Roe hits in stoppage time

Aer Lingus and Ryanair forced to clarify statements

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

Sports Digest

Chelsea finish with a flourish

A comic take on insecurity and loss

By Eileen Battersby

Nationalising Anglo Irish Bank

Woman arrested over fire deaths

City would be getting the best

Payzone announces loss of €206m for 12 months

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

Storms leave 70,000 homes without electricity

Cutting Ministers of State would be important symbolic gesture

'Full credit . . . they were outstanding'

By GERRY THORNLEYat Thomond Park

Gebrselassie shows talent not affected by age

Destruction to cost at least $1.4bn, say officials

GO CATCH A SHOW

GO BAG A DEAL

By Davin O'Dwyer

LOOSE LEAVES

By CAROLINE WALSH

Financial stocks in turmoil as large US banks report massive losses

Israeli cabinet votes to cease fire in the Gaza Strip

Cousin Vinny takes the honours at Naas

France to monitor electronic media for Gaza hate messages

Burns after reading

By DAVID WHEATLEY

Another blow for Kerry with loss of 120 workers

By BARRY O'HALLORANANNE LUCEY and in Kerry

Pakistani Taliban force girls' schools to close

UN says Israel 'may have committed war crimes'

Murray fit to go in Melbourne

By STEVE BIERLEY in Melbourne

State urged to foster manufacturing

By Tim O'Brien

Step back to boyhood

By JOHN BUTLER

Witness describes stabbing

Increase taxes on property and income, says Ictu

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Ireland ranks fourth in Europe for cancer cases

By Paul Cullen

Veal-good factor

Anglo's board and auditors criticised at egm Shareholders told FitzPatrick owed bank a total of €129m in 2007

By Barry O'Halloran

It's Obamarama time!

By DENIS STAUNTON in Washington

Couple ordered to repay €3m

Anfield caught in power struggle

By ANDY HUNTER

Palestinians use lull in war to get food and check relatives

By MICHAEL JANSEN in Jerusalem

Anglo Irish: a brief history

By JOHN COLLINS

MY DAY

Ski tips for mammies

The best in the field

Bishops have again deserted their flock

By Patsy McGarry

Bleak forecast for NI unemployment

By Francess McDonnell

Fears for 400 jobs at Dell supplier

By KATHRYN HAYES

Israel close to Gaza truce as US agrees to help stop flow of arms

By MARK WEISS in Jerusalem

Tabernacle in hospice room removed over faith concerns

By EITHNE DONNELLAN and PATSY McGARRY

Suspected revenge gun attack foiled

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

Morales, a man of hope and promise

Car parts firm to cut 300 jobs in Cork and Limerick

By Barry Roche and Southern Correspondent

Leinster may be found out in moment of truth

By Gerry Thornley

Sri Lanka rebels claimed to have killed 51 troops

Barrister and 'Rumpole' author John Mortimer dies, aged 85

Merrion in deal with world's largest insulin maker

By Laura Slattery

In Short

In the eye of the storm

By Michael Jansen

Dunlop pleads guilty to corruption

Arsenal keep in touch

Kinnear set for a longer run on Wear

By LOUISE TAYLOR

Met Éireann warns snow and ice to follow today's winds and rain

By Ronan McGreevy

SEVEN DAYS

Obama says US economy will worsen

Vickery wants to stay just a bit longer

Sarkozy condemns Gaza offensive in speech outlining 2009 ambitions

By LARA MARLOWE in Paris

What could possibly go wrong?

Czech PM's Lisbon comments anger MEPs

Edinburgh may yet avoid the pool's wooden spoon

Dinner for a tenner

No sleep till Crusheen for driven Daly

PS

Clarke shares lead in South Africa

Naked talent

Bye bye rat, hello ox

By Eleanor Fitzsimons

Famine to feast

By Michael Kelly

Red Legs in Barbados

Scotsirish fits the bill

By Brian O'Connor

Benitez threatens Anfield walkout

By ANDY HUNTER

Oh Sola mio

By Renagh Holohan

Six Dublin restaurants on leaked Michelin list

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

Appeal over murdered Dublin man

Jet captain praised after 'miracle' landing in river

Fifth person held over Dublin double murder released

Minister says 'misconduct' at bank firmly in the past

By Mary Minihan

Dreaded news met with funereal silence

By KATHRYN HAYES

Shannon airport has made €30m profit from US troop traffic

By Gordon Deegan

'There was the dog, letting me know the show was about to stort'

Are awards worth their weight in gold?

By FIONA McCANN

GO SKI

By KILLIAN FORDE

In Short

Supreme Court to rule on school strip-search

Time to vote for your top travel companies

When power becomes justice and sentiment turns into love

Taxpayer playing banker to property investors

By Colm Keena

Rugby

Ulster knock 'Quins out of their stride

Connacht's task looks mission impossible

By LINLEY MacKENZIE

Oil right on the night

Drogba dropped by Scolari again

By DAVID HYTNER

PRESBYTERIAN NOTES

Government must deliver on proposed spending cuts

Call on Obama to regularise undocumented Irish

Villa stay in top four, West Brom upwardly mobile

No fixed abode

By Eleanor Fitzsimons

Ulster left playing for pride

By Gavin Cummiskey

The call to change

Seven-try rout keeps alive Clermont hopes of progress

PAPERBACKS

Two legs good, four wheels bad

Last of the press barons

By Hugh Linehan

Wreckage of Hudson plane to be recovered

Phone a friend

By Eleanor Fitzsimons

Naas to escape worst of winds

By Brian O'Connor

THIS WEEK THEY SAID

Government was wrong to side with bankers

In Short

Drogba left out in the cold

Bus cuts a matter for firm, says Dempsey

By Olivia Kelly

The Irish clique at the new Vegas

By CLIFFORD COONAN in Macau

POLE POSITION

TRAVEL TALES

Get into a stew

A shaft of artistic light amid the gloom of January's dark days

By Fintan O’Toole

In Short

Corrections & Clarifications

Dropping anchor in New Ross

Anglo Irish: the major shareholders

By JOHN COLLINS

Seán Quinn group is largest debtor of Anglo Irish

By COLM KEENA and ARTHUR BEESLEY

North Korea has 'weaponised' plutonium stocks

EYEONNATURE

€16m sports centre opens in Killarney

By ANNE LUCEY in Killarney

ANC may offer deal to have Zuma charges set aside

By BILL CORCORAN in Johannesburg

Munster run in six to sweep through

By GERRY THORNLEY reports from Thomond Park

Recharge the batteries

By Eleanor Fitzsimons

Transfer watch

Irish theatre rolls up its sleeves

By Deirdre Falvey

MY HOLIDAYS

Has '24' come a few days too late?

Brussels to look at legality of takeover

By JAMIE SMYTH in Brussels

Reconnecting Sruth na Maoile

Israeli refuseniks determined to resist the war

Woody winter wonders

From army reject to anti-war hero

By Tony Clayton-Lea

No end in sight as State will be on the hook to an enormous extent

By Arthur Beesley

Cost of State's move depends on amount of bad loans

By Colm Keena and Public Affairs Correspondent

Customers hear the last of famed shop

By Genevieve Carbery

Murphy's law

By ANDY BARCLAY

Calls for boycott of Israel at Dublin protest

By Éanna Ó Caollaí

A decision Lenihan had struggled to avoid proved inevitable

By Mark Hennessy

Guidebooks lose out as web snares buyers

By LAURENCE MACKIN

Stardust relatives end sit-in as report promised

By PAMELA NEWENHAM

Made to measure

A ridge to be proud of

GO KIDS

Bridesmaid revisited

€4,700 levied over illicit audits on firms

Moscow gas talks to continue

Body found in search for Co Down man

He might be 30 but they haven't got his number

An original pleasure

Monty looks online to be captain

By LAWRENCE DONEGAN in Abu Dhabi

GO GADGETS

Man charged over Kilkenny murder

Bush tells nation he always acted in best interests of US

Beacon of Glasgow's design history

By FERGAL MacERLEAN

Movers and Quakers

FG says rescue plan is not credible

By Mary Minihan

Casey takes control

Getting my kicks

MY STYLE

Why Israel's incursion into Gaza will not change much

By RAMEZ MALUF

Reds to beat the recession blues

Dell gets a cool Polish reception

By DEREK SCALLY in Lodz

Berbatov fires United to the top

When the going gets tough, the tough start up-skilling

By QUENTIN FOTTRELL

Proposed EU directive calls for air and road haulage toll

By Tim O'Brien

Needles at the ready

GO OVERNIGHT

GO READER GO

Ring the changes

Kingston shines

Go west and rock Knockranny

By MARIE-CLAIRE DIGBY

CC three-month revenue 13% down on previous year

By Laura Slattery

Charming creator of Rumpole

65% of Americans believe Obama will be an above average president

By Denis Staunton

Former RUC chief constable to appear at Rosemary Nelson inquiry

By DAN KEENAN and Northern News Editor

PSNI seeking advice on MP's gay remarks

By SIMON FINN in Belfast

What next? Behemoth Citigroup finally throws in the towel and undertakes a mammoth break-up

By JAMES DORAN in New York

Rugby

Connacht blown away by Exiles

Chronicler of advance of Irish drivers

Murder inquiry begins after man's remains found in ditch

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

Vinny hard to oppose

By Brian O'Connor

Liquidator for Tuskar holding company

State takeover of Anglo Irish Bank

Suicide car bomb kills 3 in Afghanistan

Book Reviews

GO OUTDOORS

Cabrera hangs on as Clarke charges

Sweet wheat

Ukraine PM heads to Russia for gas talks

Audience with emperor ends Taoiseach's visit to Japan

By HARRY McGEE in Tokyo

What a to-do

White House growing lonelier by the day

By EDWARD LUCE in Washington