Irish summer weather back with rain on wayAfter two days of sweltering conditions, Ireland's weather resumes normal summer service today with the return of rain and the…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Taking pity on the old enemyWhenever there's a football tournament involving a certain team other than our own, the issue almost inevitably arises of when…Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Joyceans don ceremonial blazers and take to the streets to celebrate Irish literature's patron saintOnly mad dogs and Joyceans go out in the midday sun, and it was so muggy in central Dublin yesterday that many of the dogs took…Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Getting the cure right with BaconIt sounded like the tragic sequel to Babe and Pig In The City, but when Bacon III opened to a packed house at Government Buildings…Fri Jun 16 2000 - 01:00
Sociologist says tax homeowners for empty roomsThe housing shortage could be eased by a property tax regime which penalised homeowners with empty rooms, a senior sociologist…Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Radio callers pledge money for RiordanRTE was inundated with callers yesterday expressing their support for Mr Denis Riordan.Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
All charitable life turns out for marathonNo wonder Sonia O'Sullivan broke the course record.Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Life in the slow laneOne of the difficult things about living in a place like Dublin, and I speak as someone who grew up in the country, is the sheer…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Eindhoven weakens beer as Euro 2000 kicks offIt's 17 whole days since the European football season ended, but the long agony of soccer fans is over at lastSat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Ahern calls for inquiry into Hamill murderThe Taoiseach has called for an independent judicial inquiry into the killing of Robert Hamill, who was kicked to death in a …Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
