Invaluable long view of our complex relationship with European UnionBOOK REVIEW : Ireland and the European Union By Brigid Laffan and Jane O'Mahony Palgrave Macmillan 303pp, £22.99Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
EU chiefs urge free and fair vote in Zimbabwean presidential electionWORLDWIDE ISSUES: "ZIMBABWEANS SHOULD be allowed to choose their future freely," European Union leaders affirmed yesterday, …Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
Opponents say the treaty is dead and call for fresh negotiationsSINN FÉIN AND SOCIALISTS: SINN FÉIN MEP Mary Lou McDonald and the Socialist Party's Joe Higgins both caleld for Fresh EU treaty…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
Further Lisbon talks planned for OctoberTaoiseach Brian Cowen and President of the European Commission Jose Mauel Barroso during a press conference in Brussels today…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
No side agrees Lisbon deal is deadThe message from Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald MEP and the Socialist Party’s Joe Higgins to the summit leaders was largely the…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Veteran apartheid campaigner Asmal steps down from SA national assemblySOUTH AFRICA: IN A robust, and perhaps pointed, defence of the rule of law and the South African constitution, to whose drafting…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
So, what is it we really mean by 'sovereignty'?World View: As the troops muster in the trenches and the first shots are exchanged in the referendum battle on the Lisbon Treaty…Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
Trinity 'riot' marred 1968 visitControversy surrounded a 1968 previous visit to Ireland by the Belgian royal familyMon Oct 08 2007 - 01:00
Voting figures at 67.3%, up 5% on 2002Turnout: Turnout in the election was significantly higher than in 2002, with 67Sat May 26 2007 - 01:00
Both coalition options may fall just shortConstituency profiles: Neither of the coalition options on offer to the electorate will achieve a majority, the collective wisdom…Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Law may permit abortion in such casesGovernment lawyers last year accepted that Irish law may actually permit abortion of foetuses that suffer from lethal abnormalities…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Support from women increases dramaticallySupport for the legalisation of divorce has risen most dramatically among women and in the rural community since the 1995 referendum…Mon Feb 05 2007 - 00:00
Washington hawk brought crashing to earth by IraqRumsfeld and his legacy: The departure of Donald Rumsfeld from his post as defence secretary marks the end of an extraordinary…Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
French honour 'Irish Times' journalist"In the name of the president of the Republic, under powers vested in me by him, I name you Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur…Sat Jun 24 2006 - 01:00
Irish champion of Bulgaria sleeps peacefully on a Balkan hillsideSofia Letter: We climbed the rough mountain path that led from Rila monastery up through the tall pines to the graveTue May 23 2006 - 01:00
Call came after days of waiting - 'Dad, it's me'For two days the phone had rung incessantly in the Carroll homeFri Oct 21 2005 - 01:00
Iraq oil scandal not as it seemsFox News's Fred Barnes calls it "the biggest scandal in human history". That's some scandalMon Jan 03 2005 - 00:00
Answering the call of the Alaskan wildTravel: Much like his memorable, agonised retailing of his Beirut captivity, An Evil Cradling, Brian Keenan's account of an …Sat Dec 11 2004 - 00:00
Monopoly money from Mr GatesThat's 75 and nine noughts. "Billion" does not do it justice. Billion, trillion, squillion..Mon Aug 09 2004 - 01:00
Monsters galore as reason sleepsSociety: Francis Wheen is the small boy standing on the street-corner tugging at his father's sleeveSat Feb 14 2004 - 00:00
Stem cells and echoes of X caseSo here we go again. The great stem cell debate, or Son of Abortion Part XXIVMon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Welfare for all, at the same costIn his writings in the 1950s and 1960s on the British Welfare State the eminent social scientist, Richard Titmuss, argued that…Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Experts gather at World Water Forum in KyotoWORLD WATER FORUM: Access to water should be seen as a fundamental human right, France's President Jacques Chirac told the opening…Mon Mar 17 2003 - 00:00
Ireland almost certain to support UN Security Council resolutionUN: Irish support for the resolution on Iraq submitted to the UN Security Council yesterday is now virtually certainThu Nov 07 2002 - 00:00
Leader of militant Chechens is familiar with terror campaignsRUSSIA: Movsar Barayev, the leader of the group of militant Chechens behind the Moscow theatre hostage drama, is not a man to…Fri Oct 25 2002 - 01:00
America's immensely powerful gun lobby can make or break legislatorsUS: Some 39 per cent of US households own a gunTue Oct 22 2002 - 01:00
SF calls for No to 'federal united states of Europe with an army'The Sinn Féin leader, Mr Gerry Adams, launching a final appeal for a No vote in Dublin yesterday, returned to familiar campaign…Fri Oct 18 2002 - 01:00
Cullen to review political donationsThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, has pledged to review the operation of ethics rules covering donations to political…Thu Oct 17 2002 - 01:00
ICTU says Nice is not a threat to jobs or servicesAppealing to workers on behalf of the executive of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to come out and vote Yes, the general secretary…Thu Oct 17 2002 - 01:00
Green Party opposed to Article 133 of Nice TreatyThe Nice Treaty will strengthen the hand of big business and accelerate the privatisation threat to Irish public services, the…Wed Oct 16 2002 - 01:00
Gentlemanly duel between Government and GreensIt was a case of "cod for the main course and fudge for dessert" Mr John Gormley TD told the assembled hacks as he braved a lunch…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
State could be blamed for new Iron CurtainThe Labour leader, Mr Ruairí Quinn, yesterday warned that an No vote delaying enlargement could see Ireland accused of bringing…Tue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
875,000 Irish jobs depend on EU ties - CowenSome 875,000 Irish jobs depend on economic activity related to our trade with Europe, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Fianna…Mon Oct 07 2002 - 01:00
No vote would tell Poland that new democracies are unacceptable to RepublicA key architect of Poland's Solidarity-led revolution tells Patrick Smyth of his country's European vocationMon Oct 07 2002 - 01:00
No vote 'could lead to more immigrants'A vote against the Nice treaty could lead to more migration to Ireland, the secretary-general of the European Commission has …Sat Oct 05 2002 - 01:00
Nice will promote privatisation, says TDNice Treaty provisions which extend the remit of the Commission to negotiate external trade agreements in services will hasten…Thu Oct 03 2002 - 01:00
Maltese MP not worried by treatyThe Nice Treaty "secured our right to nominate a Comissioner," Mr Michael Frendo insists.Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00
UNICEF report warns on sharp rise in HIV/AIDS among youthSome one million people in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are now believed to be HIV-positive or have…Thu Sept 19 2002 - 01:00
US weighs option of airborne invasion of BaghdadInstead of invading Iraq by land from Kuwait and other surrounding countries, the US military is considering a radically new …Tue Jul 30 2002 - 01:00
Relief as miners are rescued alive after three daysUS: Nine Pennsylvania coal miners who were buried 240 feet underground since Wednesday were brought to the surface unharmed …Mon Jul 29 2002 - 01:00
Mayor's re-election bid foiled by shenanigans of own staffUS: Washington DC's mayor, Mr Anthony Williams, had been a shoo-in for re-election in NovemberMon Jul 29 2002 - 01:00
Rescue team digs second shaft at US minePennsylvania rescue teams yesterday afternoon began desperately drilling a second shaft towards an air pocket 240 ft underground…Sat Jul 27 2002 - 01:00
UN sets up inspection system on torture despite US and other oppositionDespite opposition from the US, a key UN committee has approved a protocol to a convention on torture which will establish a …Fri Jul 26 2002 - 01:00
Bush in strong condemnation of paramilitariesPresident Bush yesterday condemned recent violence in the North and strongly endorsed the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair…Thu Jul 25 2002 - 01:00
Girl (7) escapes unhurt after Philadelphia kidnap ordealShe had been dragged kicking and screaming on Monday from the street outside her home into the kidnappers' car, and her distraught…Thu Jul 25 2002 - 01:00
California takes defiant stand on pollutionUnwilling to wait any longer for action from Washington, California yesterday became the first state in the US to go it alone…Tue Jul 23 2002 - 01:00
President Bush stops $34 million voted for UN Population FundThe Bush Administration has announced it will not hand over some $34 million voted by Congress to the United Nations Population…Tue Jul 23 2002 - 01:00
NY says 'no' to Ground Zero plansAlternatives for the redevelopment of Ground Zero and a memorial to the victims of September 11th received a scathing, very New…Mon Jul 22 2002 - 01:00
UN mandates renewed after compromise on US troopsUN: The mandates for two threatened UN peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Croatia have been renewed following agreement at…Mon Jul 15 2002 - 01:00
War with Iraq begins to lose appeal in WashingtonLetter from America: "Who really wants this war?" Michael Kinsley, the Washington Post columnist asked yesterday of the prospects…Sat Jul 13 2002 - 01:00
