SDLP support for British Labour in peace process challenged by RodgersTHE SDLP should reconsider its unconditional support for the British Labour Party, according to the party's spokeswoman on women…Mon Mar 04 1996 - 00:00
Harney wants better job deals for womenTHE Progressive Democrats' leader, Ms Mary Harney, has called for reform of Civil Service recruitment procedures because of, …Mon Mar 04 1996 - 00:00
Thousands gather in Belfast and Derry to plead for peaceTHEY managed to keep the silence for about five minutesMon Feb 26 1996 - 00:00
SDLP and DUP leaders to pursue dialogue after "intensive" talksDUP and SDLP leaders said they are encouraged by two hours of "intensive" and "realistic" discussions between the two parties…Sat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
Peace rally in three countriesTHE organisers want it to be the "mother of all rallies" - a simultaneous international peace demonstration all over Ireland, …Thu Feb 22 1996 - 00:00
Bomb alert halts Belfast trafficBELFAST city centre came to a halt yesterday after the first major bomb scare in the North since the IRA ceasefire ended earlier…Thu Feb 22 1996 - 00:00
Eames calls for no disruption in peace searchCHURCH leaders in the North have condemned the London bus bomb and expressed their sympathy for the bereaved and their families…Wed Feb 21 1996 - 00:00
Sunday to be a day of peace ralliesRALLIES for peace continued in the North yesterday as final preparations got under way for international demonstrations on Sunday…Wed Feb 21 1996 - 00:00
Wild cats shot at separate incidents in TyroneSOME said they saw a lion cub. Others said they saw a wild cat or a lynxMon Feb 19 1996 - 00:00
SDLP members again reject poll plan and support HumeSDLP members have repeated their opposition to unionist proposals for an elected assembly and their support for party leader …Mon Feb 19 1996 - 00:00
Nothing much is changed, students say, and a chance has been wasted"THE ceasefire changed things in small, trivial waysSat Feb 17 1996 - 00:00
Down couple gets massive response to `postcards for peace' appealTHE No More Violence campaign has received more than 100,000 cards and letters and 500,090 signatures in its hastily organised…Sat Feb 17 1996 - 00:00
President visits Lisburn despite "setback"THE President, Mrs Robinson, hopes there will be a commitment at political level to secure peace, despite the "appalling setback…Fri Feb 16 1996 - 00:00
Series of rallies seeks to underpin peace processHEIGHTENED fears for the future of the peace process have resulted in the organisation of public rallies, protests and vigils…Wed Feb 14 1996 - 00:00
Seventeen months of peace after 25 years of Northern troublesAFTER 25 years of the Troubles - with 3,169 dead, 38,680 injured and 10,001 bombings - the IRA ceasefire was announced.Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
Travellers may sue newspaper on item "inciting hatred"TRAVELLERS' representatives are taking advice on legal action against the Sunday Independent under incitement to hatred legislation…Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
No quick fix for a damaged childIT costs £73,857 a year to keep a child at Trinity House in Lusk, Co Dublin, the State's only secure custodial facility for boys…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Women infected by hepatitis C vote overwhelmingly to reject tribunalPOSITIVE Action, a support group for women infected with hepatitis C, has voted not to submit applications to the Government …Mon Feb 05 1996 - 00:00
Specialists want curb on prescribing of antibioticsDOCTORS have called for restrictions on the prescribing of antibiotics in order to preserve their effectiveness.Sat Feb 03 1996 - 00:00
£50,000 award for woman infected by blood productsTWO WOMEN who are terminally ill with hepatitis C have received awards from the Government appointed tribunal set up to deal …Thu Feb 01 1996 - 00:00
DUP Lord Mayor makes history in Dublin visitWHEN the Rev Cllr Eric Smyth arrived at the Mansion House yesterday with Mrs Frances Smyth, he became the first DUP Lord Mayor…Sat Jan 27 1996 - 00:00
Princes leads media on a royal two stepIT IS a sort of royal two step. The media arrive well in advance. Then the royal visitor arrivesMon Jan 22 1996 - 00:00
Princess opens new embassy buildingTHE official ceremony took less than five minutes. The ambassador said a few wordsSat Jan 20 1996 - 00:00
Water charge activists say cut offs droppedLAST year was the first for almost a decade in which there were no water disconnections, according to anti water charge campaigners…Thu Jan 18 1996 - 00:00
New £10,000 a year MS drug will be limited to certain patientsA NEW DRUG for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) became available in Ireland yesterdaySat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
Disabled group angered by cigarette rumourCIGARETTE companies and the Irish Wheelchair Association have been inundated with calls from smokers about a false rumour to …Tue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00
Brother had expected the worst after woman was missing for a fortnightMARILYN RYNN'S brother Stephen, was understandably reluctant to say much yesterday afternoonMon Jan 08 1996 - 00:00
Poorly lit laneway may have been a short cut to tragedy"WE SAID it all along. When someone's murdered maybe they'll do somethingMon Jan 08 1996 - 00:00
Cadbury staff will return to work on MondayELEVEN hundred production workers at the Cadbury Ireland plant in Coolock, Dublin, will return to work on Monday after 85 fitters…Sat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
Packard workers shorten weekMANAGEMENT at the Packard Electric Plant in Tallaght, Co Dublin, has not reacted to the return to a shorter working week by the…Sat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
Christmas road deaths increased sharply on 1994 holiday periodALMOST twice as many people died in road accidents during this Christmas holiday period as in the same period in 1994, according…Wed Jan 03 1996 - 00:00
Family held hostage during raid on hotelINTENSIVE inquiries are under way into an armed robbery in which a Co Tipperary hotel manager and his family were held captive…Wed Jan 03 1996 - 00:00
1995 was warmest year on recordBLAST year was the warmest year on record at most weather stations and August was the warmest month ever recorded, according …Tue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
Wexford girl dies as donor plea failsTHE 17 year old Co Wexford girl, Sylvie Redmond, who died, at the weekend before a suitable heart and lungs donor could be, found…Tue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
Punters back as weather easesIT was business as usual yesterday as the weather and the sporting programme got going after last week's freeze.Tue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
