Major delays in FOI Act requests admittedAn increased workload and insufficient staff are causing major delays in processing requests under the Freedom of Information…Thu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Doctor O'Hanlon gives diagnosis calmlyThe Government appeared to be on life support last night, but Doctor Rory O'Hanlon insisted its condition was "comfortable".Thu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Record number of Irish abortions in BritainMore that 6,000 women giving Irish addresses had abortions in Britain last year, according to provisional figures released by…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Strain on the trainDriving on Irish roads these days can be such a maddeningly stressful experience that, whenever possible, it really is a good…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Unionists stick togetherSinn Fein's attempts to breach the last great citadel of unionism were deferred for another year last night, when the plan to…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Hume attempts to heal widest tribal divisionHaving worked for a mere quarter of a century to bring the warring sides in Northern Ireland back to a power-sharing Executive…Thu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Sinn Fein Minister hangs looser than flagsMartin McGuinness was standing in front of his departmental headquarters in Bangor, telling reporters how the further development…Wed May 31 2000 - 01:00
Munster's dream doused on field at TwickenhamThe pub in Shannon Airport was full of people wearing red T-shirts with the slogan "I'm supporting Munster".Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
At least 118 children abducted last yearAt least 118 children were abducted from Ireland or brought into it illegally during 1999, according to figures released by the…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Dam up the danceThe news that the economy shows no sign of slowing down, with the growth rate running at 11 per cent according to new figures…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Most of Nigerian asylum requests deniedOnly two Nigerian asylum-seekers have been granted refugee status since the start of 1998, according to statistics released by…Tue May 23 2000 - 01:00
Greeting the day with a simileFrequently these mornings my wife and I find ourselves lying in bed and listening to the dawn chorusSat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Cashing in on EurotrashIt's Eurovision weekend again, a time when we can forget for a moment about planning corruption, and just relax and enjoy the…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Widow of man (70) killed on building site gets £65,500Union sources have said the advanced age of a man killed in a building site accident in 1996 was the main factor limiting a compensation…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
A swell day in Dublin for hundreds of east coast sailorsThey converged on the city centre from Howth, Bray, Dun Laoghaire and other parts of the east coast served by the DART.Mon May 08 2000 - 01:00
People in need of Gaybo enjoy a generous helpingPeople in Need hardly describes itSat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Floating a fishy ideaWorking for a major newspaper like this one, you can't help developing areas of personal expertiseSat May 06 2000 - 01:00
A family showBeing driven around Miami by Dave Barry, the city's and arguably America's best-loved humorist, is an educational experienceSat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Just park yourself hereThe services sector has been badly hit by labour shortages, as we all know, but few professions have suffered as much as that…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
And the Word was fleshed outThe week that was in it, I found myself reading the BibleSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Missing a KillingOne of the less appealing aspects of the information revolution so far is that everybody's getting rich except you and meSat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Building restrictions on people from outside Wicklow defendedWicklow County Council has defended its policy of refusing to allow outsiders to build houses in rural areas.Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Saved by the busIt's a long story, but I was sitting in a bus station in central Miami last Saturday afternoon when a middle-aged woman came …Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Trouble on the doubleIt was a traumatic moment in our household last week, when my wife's maternity leave came to an endSat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Taken for a rideI see Aer Lingus is one of 12 airlines complaining to the European Commission about an Italian government decision to transfer…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Flower power sets the scene for record-breaking Daffodil DayThere were only 10,000 daffodils in William Wordsworth's poem, not nearly adequate for an assault on the record for the world…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
Cahill apologises to TravellersThe chairman of the Southern Health Board, Mr Michael Cahill, has apologised to the Travelling community for offence caused by…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
FF rejects remarks by councillor on loans to TravellersFianna Fail has distanced itself from comments by a party councillor in Co Kerry, who said Traveller caravans purchased under…Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00
Permission granted for new Dublin crematoriumA new crematorium, only the second in the Republic, has been given planning permission for a site in west Dublin and will be …Thu Mar 23 2000 - 00:00
Spirit power at the RDS, but real miracles elsewhereIt was like closing time in a nightclub at the sixth annual Mind Body Spirit Festival in the RDS yesterday afternoon.Mon Mar 20 2000 - 00:00
Dicing with the `g' wordA reader from the US has taken me to task over my use in a recent column of a certain four-letterwordSat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
Fireworks at home and in Paris can keep party goingIreland remains seriously en fete this weekend, with events including a scheduled fireworks display in Dublin and a hoped-for…Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
ASTI denies blocking unionsThe Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) has denied a claim it is trying to block other teacher unions from getting…Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
Shakespeare trounced by Binchy in book-day pollJames Joyce finished nowhere and Shakespeare only scraped in, but Roald Dahl has easily topped the list of Britain's 50 favourite…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Life in the wild lanePicking one's path through the chaos that is Dublin traffic these days, it's hard not to feel nostalgic for a bygone age when…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
They're playing your song, MandyBarry Manilow was not among the attendance when Peter Mandelson launched a song promoting peace and reconciliation in Ireland…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Late journalist turned Dublin `into a village'The late Jonathan Philbin Bowman's talent for friendship turned Dublin "into a village," his father, the broadcaster and historian…Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
Amnesty urges international courtAmnesty International is lobbying the Government to ratify, by the end of September, the statute establishing a permanent International…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
A case of har har, HerrThe obstacles facing closer European Union were starkly illustrated by a story in the foreign pages this weekSat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Call for sacking of drug project headThe director of the Merchants Quay Project should be removed from his post for advocating the distribution of free heroin to …Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
Gardai hold young man after killing of childA young man remained in Garda custody in Drogheda last night as an investigation continued into the brutal murder of a baby in…Thu Mar 02 2000 - 00:00
Dressing for democracyAll right-thinking people will have been heartened this week by the news that the international fashion industry has joined the…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Stanley Matthews, the £50-a-week soccer wizard, dies a legend at 85His retirement lasted 35 years, only a little longer than his playing careerThu Feb 24 2000 - 00:00
Planet Hollywood decides it won't be back in DublinLittle more than two years after it opened, Dublin's Planet Hollywood is to close.Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:00
It could happen to a bishop as prolific conman strikes againIt's a well-documented fact in this country that it can happen to a bishopFri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
Construction firms unable for large road projectsIrish construction companies lack the capacity to deliver the large-scale road-building projects envisaged in the National Plan…Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
Chairman of SF says suspension is `illegal'The suspension of the Northern executive was an "illegal, antidemocratic act" and the IRA's disengagement from the decommissioning…Wed Feb 16 2000 - 00:00
Hair, hair everywhereYears ago, at a party among theatrical types, I got chatting to a girl who said her job was - in her exact words - "working with…Sat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
Local authority cost overruns anger MitchellThe "disgraceful" extent of cost overruns in local authority development projects reflected "a culture of softness" in the area…Fri Feb 11 2000 - 00:00
