The Irish Times
Subscribe
Subscribe
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Subscriber Only
  • Crosswords & Puzzles
    • Crosaire
    • Simplex
    • Sudoku
    • News Quiz
  • Ireland
    • Dublin
    • Education
    • Housing & Planning
    • Social Affairs
    • Stardust
  • Politics
    • Poll
    • Oireachtas
    • Common Ground
    • Elections & Referendums
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • An Irish Diary
    • Letters
    • Cartoon
  • Business
    • Budget 2026
    • Economy
    • Farming & Food
    • Financial Services
    • Innovation
    • Markets
    • Work
    • Commercial Property
  • World
    • Europe
    • UK
    • US
    • Canada
    • Australia
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia-Pacific
    • Middle East
  • Sport
    • Rugby
    • Gaelic Games
    • Soccer
    • Golf
    • Racing
    • Athletics
    • Boxing
    • Cycling
    • Hockey
    • Tennis
  • Your Money
    • Pricewatch
  • Crime & Law
    • Courts
  • Property
    • Residential
    • Commercial Property
    • Interiors
  • Food
    • Drink
    • Recipes
    • Restaurants
  • Health
    • Your Family
    • Your Fitness
    • Your Wellness
    • Get Running
  • Life & Style
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Fine Art & Antiques
    • Gardening
    • People
    • Travel
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Film
    • Music
    • Stage
    • TV & Radio
  • Environment
    • Climate Crisis
  • Technology
    • Big Tech
    • Consumer Tech
    • Data & Security
    • Gaming
  • Science
    • Space
  • Media
  • Abroad
  • Obituaries
  • Transport
  • Motors
    • Car Reviews
  • Listen
  • Podcasts
    • In the News Podcast
    • The Women's Podcast
    • Inside Politics Podcast
    • Inside Business Podcast
    • The Counter Ruck Podcast
    • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
    • Better with Money Podcast
    • Conversations with Parents Podcast
    • Early Edition Podcast
  • Video
  • Photography
  • Gaeilge
    • Scéal
    • Tuarascáil
  • History
    • Century
  • Student Hub
  • Offbeat
  • Family NoticesOpens in new window
  • Sponsored
    • Advertising Feature
    • Special Reports
  • Subscriber Rewards
  • Competitions
  • Newsletters
  • Weather Forecast

Range equipped with soundproofing and essentials for overnight accommodation

THE wrappers from digestive biscuits littered the remains of the lean to hut torn apart by Garda technical experts.

Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00

Down to earth President digs in

THERE is a forest somewhere with her name on it

Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00

Decision announced as promised

THE timing of Mrs Robinson's announcement not to run for election was based on nothing more than logistics, a spokeswoman for…

Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00

Civil servants suspended at Ordnance Survey as gardai begin fraud inquiry

FIVE civil servants employed in the Ordnance Survey office in Dublin have been suspended and Garda fraud squad officers have …

Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00

Answer to a three-year campaign came on the back of a push bike

IT CAME on the back of a push bike, Jane O'Brien said

Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00

Health's failure to heed advice criticised

THE Department of Health should have adopted the "lookback programme" recommended by hepatitis experts in 1994

Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00

Several reports already compiled

THE report into the hepatitis C scandal is not the first Finlay report

Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00

Macho society where women can never win

SOMEWHERE in an Albanian village a woman's father gives her future husband a dowry

Tue Mar 11 1997 - 00:00

EU treaty should back sexual equality - MEP

EQUALITY between the sexes should be written into the new EU treaty, according to Ms Bernie Malone MEP.

Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00

Researchers aim for fix on ecstasy

A POCKET ecstasy-detector for blood and urine and a study which could produce an electronic sniffer dog are among 26 research…

Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00

ICTU says victims of domestic violence need leave

WOMEN who suffer domestic violence should be allowed compassionate leave from work, according to the equality officer of the …

Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00

McAliskey refuses meeting on baby

MS ROISIN McALISKEY has refused to meet social services in Britain because they want to assess her suitability as a mother, according…

Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00

Bureau moves against leading criminal gang

THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has moved against one of the largest criminal gangs in the State

Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00

Chartered accountant with a varied career in industry

DERRY HUSSEY'S bedside manner already has got one stamp of approval

Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00

Report outlines nuclear pollution concerns

AN EXPERT group of Irish and British scientists should be set up to monitor radioactive pollution bin shared seas, according …

Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00

£40,000 grant for church that was vandalised

THERE was a biblical irony

Sat Mar 01 1997 - 00:00

POA may act over increase in prison places

THE Prison Officers' Association (POA) has accused the Government of "warehousing" prisoners following confirmation of plans …

Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00

Mrs Gilligan expected to seek return of goods

LAWYERS for Mrs Geraldine Gilligan are expected to apply to the High Court today for the return of goods, following Wednesday…

Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00

Childline calls average 400 a day

THE ISPCC Childline service received 144,220 calls - an average of about 400 a day - last year, the largest number in its history…

Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00

"This is my home and I'm staying put"

GERALDINE Gilligan sat at her dining room table yesterday wearing her jacket and smoking Silk Cut Purple with a steady hand as…

Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00

Equality body says wording flawed in sex harassment Bill

THE Government's definition of sexual harassment needs to be changed before it becomes law, says the head of the Employment Equality…

Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00

Tough battle looming for Labour as floaters seek a different port

IT must be enough to make Dick Spring think about cashing in his air miles and applying for a globetrotting UN post

Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00

A choice of jams and a chance to learn not to act like an animal

THE concrete-walled building in Clondalkin, Co Dublin, could pass for the headquarters of a software multinational

Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00

Political response to crime has little impact on crime rate, UK expert says

THE political response to crime in Britain has led to an explosion in prisoner numbers and little improvement in the crime rate…

Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00

FAI expects remaining riot cases to be settled out of court

THE Football Association of Ireland believes the remaining civil actions over the Lansdowne Road riot will be settled out of …

Wed Feb 19 1997 - 00:00

Liberians forced to wait another night on ship

NINE Liberian asylum seekers spent another night aboard a Croatian cargo ship in Waterford last night waiting for permission …

Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00

Ship with 9 stowaways expected to dock today

GARDAI and immigration officers are expected to board a ship carrying nine men said to be Liberian stowaways when it docks at…

Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00

Mayor hosts reception for veterans of Spanish war

MICHAEL O Riordan uses a short sentence to describe his memory of the Spanish Civil War: The horrors and the hunger

Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00

Costs in Rocca trial may reach £200,000

MS MICHELLE ROCCA is believed to have turned down significantly more money than she was eventually awarded as a result of her…

Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00

Strain and tension of two week hearing tell as the main contenders confront the media

MICHELLE ROCCA took out the single page torn from a shorthand notebook and unfolded it as she stood in the courthouse doorway…

Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00

Missing teenage girl last seen getting into car

GARDAI in Waterford have contacted police in Britain and Northern Ireland about a teenage girl who has been missing since last…

Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00

Specialist authority reports one child abducted per week

MORE than one child a week was abducted from the State last year.

Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00

Head of largest fish farm company charged

THE managing director of the State's largest fish farming company has been charged in a Scottish court with obtaining more than…

Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00

Sculpture recalls heroin victims

A WOMAN who lost two of her children to heroin related AIDS lit a candle on a monument in Dublin's inner city last night

Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00

Public licensing law to be investigated

THE Competition Authority is expected to order an investigation into the pub licensing system, following this week's controversy…

Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00

ICON names major drug dealers

ANTI drugs activists in Dublin warned last night that they would march on the homes of relatives and friends visited by those…

Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00

Taking crystal ball out of court

WHEN Kay Dunne walked out of the Four Courts in December 1989, a woman asked her was she going to go on a giant shopping spree…

Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00

Payment of damages by instalments recommended

COURTS should be able to award damages for personal injuries by instalments as well as in lump sums, the Law Reform Commission…

Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00

Insurance premiums should not be affected

INSURANCE premiums should not be affected by the proposed change to compensation payments, according to the Insurance - Federation…

Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00

Gardai await post mortem on mother of two in house

GARDAI were keeping an open mind last night on the death of a mother of two found in her Co Dublin home on Sunday night.

Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00

Fall in donations forces blood board to import stock

FOR the first time, a shortage in donations is forcing the Blood Transfusion Service Board to import blood stocks.

Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00

"Missing" child is safe

THE case of a five year old girl reported missing, on Saturday has been referred to social workers.

Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00

Haemophiliac group hopes parties will support FF motion

THE Irish Haemophilia Society is hopeful that a Fianna Fail motion to expand the terms of reference of the hepatitis C tribunal…

Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00

Paris model addresses anti abortion rally

A FRENCH anti abortion activist urged people at an anti abortion meeting last night to show that "you would give your life" to…

Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00

Food scares prompt parental panic

YESTERDAY'S baby milk scare will do nothing to calm the nerves of a jittery consumer

Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00

Baby milk withdrawn from sale in Ireland

A POWDERED milk product consumed by about 7,000 babies in Ireland was taken off supermarket shelves yesterday after a salmonella…

Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00

Dispute puts more homeless on streets

VOLUNTARY agencies were expecting more people to have a night on the streets last night as a result of yesterday's industrial…

Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00

Doctors warn about effects of new drug

DOCTORS have warned about the effects of a new drug known as GBH used in nightclubs in Britain

Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00

Checks on BSE impress delegate from Egypt

A MEMBER of the Egyptian veterinary delegation visiting Ireland said last night he was impressed by the measures taken here against…

Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00

Belfast centre to open with a fanfare

IT IS A concrete and plate glass monument to optimism

Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
  • 1
  • …
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • …
  • 27
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 25
  • 26

Download The Irish Times iOS App from the App StoreOpens in new windowGet The Irish Times App on the Google Play StoreOpens in new window
  • Why Subscribe?
  • Subscription Bundles
  • Subscriber Rewards
  • Student Subscription
  • Subscription Help CentreOpens in new window
  • Home DeliveryOpens in new window
  • Gift Subscriptions
  • Contact Us
  • Help CentreOpens in new window
  • My Account
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • The Irish Times Trust
  • Careers
  • ePaper
  • Crosswords & puzzles
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Newsletters
  • Article IndexOpens in new window
  • Discount CodesOpens in new window
MyHome.ieOpens in new windowThe GlossOpens in new windowRecruit IrelandOpens in new windowRIP.ieOpens in new window
The Irish Times
Irish Times on WhatsAppIrish Times on FacebookIrish Times on XIrish Times on LinkedInIrish Times on Instagram
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Cookie Information
Cookie Settings
Community Standards
Copyright

© 2025 The Irish Times DAC