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
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
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 '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
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
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
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
Bush loans at Harken coming back to haunt himNew claims about President Bush's involvement in the Texas oil company Harken Energy in the late 1980s are fuelling increasingly…Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
US backs down over war crimes court immunityThe US has backed down significantly in the row involving the new international war crimes court which is jeopardising a renewed…Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
Massive nuclear dump to be built in NevadaAmerica is to build a huge nuclear waste dump 1,000 feet under a mountain in Nevada, despite local objections, after the US Senate…Thu Jul 11 2002 - 01:00
Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of controversial school voucher system in USTHE US: A ruling by the US Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the hugely controversial school voucher system …Sat Jun 29 2002 - 01:00
US reaction to pledge deletion is God-fearingTHE US: The reaction here to a San Francisco court's expurgation of God from the iconic Pledge of Allegiance has been fast, …Fri Jun 28 2002 - 01:00
Blair stops short of endorsing Bush's call to reject ArafatBRITAIN: The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday stopped short of endorsing the Bush call for Palestinians to dump…Thu Jun 27 2002 - 01:00
Allies are wary about call to oust ArafatG8 SUMMIT: President Bush flew yesterday to Calgary in Canada to the summit of the Group of Eight leaders, ostensibly about…Wed Jun 26 2002 - 01:00
Amtrak needs urgent aid to surviveUS: A game of brinkmanship that may strand hundreds of thousands of US commuters within days is being played out between the…Wed Jun 26 2002 - 01:00
Further reversal for US death penaltyUS: The United States Supreme Court yesterday overturned death sentences on at least 150 convicted killers in a ruling that …Tue Jun 25 2002 - 01:00
Two devastating fires in Arizona merge into a 100 foot wall of fireUS: Firefighters left helpless as huge blaze moves closer to threatened resort town writes Patrick Smyth, Washington Correspondent…Tue Jun 25 2002 - 01:00
Ann Landers, trail- blazing agony aunt, dies of cancer at 83THE US: She once wrote a column about whether a lavatory roll should be hung with the free end coming over or, as she preferred…Mon Jun 24 2002 - 01:00
Court rules out execution of mentally retardedTHE US: Reversing a 13-year-old decision, the US Supreme Court yesterday deemed the execution of the mentally retarded a "cruel…Fri Jun 21 2002 - 01:00
Plane causes White House alarmTHE US: White House staff and reporters were evacuated for 15 minutes on Wednesday night after a small private aircraft, a Cessna…Fri Jun 21 2002 - 01:00
Bush authorised CIA to topple Saddam-reportTHE US: Earlier this year the Bush administration gave the CIA the go-ahead to wage a covert campaign against Iraq, including…Mon Jun 17 2002 - 01:00
US bishops will approve policy of zero toleranceTHE US: US Catholic bishops were last night set to approve a new zero tolerance policy requiring the laicisation of all abusing…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
Church shoots the messenger rather than face truthLETTER FROM AMERICA: By the time the US Catholic bishops' conference convened on Thursday in Dallas press accreditation for …Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
US court rejects groups' claimsA US Federal appeals court in Washington DC yesterday upheld the designation of both the 32-County Sovereignty Movement and Irish…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
Please do not fish from horseback or howl at ladies within city limitsTHE US: Capitalising on the runaway success of their website, two high school students in Columbus, Georgia, have just published…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
