Health board votes to reopen vasectomy clinicTHE Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Dr James Mehaffey, has welcomed a decision to continue the vasectomy service…Tue Apr 22 1997 - 01:00
Rate of building is the highest in Europe - MinisterTHE rate of new house-building in this country is the highest in Europe, according to the Minister for State at the Department…Wed Apr 16 1997 - 01:00
Nuns to sell major acute hospital in Drogheda to health board for £5.5mOUR Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, is to be transferred to the ownership of the North Eastern Health Board, …Wed Apr 16 1997 - 01:00
Irish actor Chris O'Neill dies in USTHE actor Chris O'Neill, known to many as Michael in the former RTE television series, The Riordans, has died.Wed Apr 16 1997 - 01:00
Taximen block traffic in plate price protestTHE Minister for the Environment, Mr Howlin, has condemned a protest by taximen at the Department's Custom House offices yesterday…Wed Apr 16 1997 - 01:00
PDs hope for 15 seats, Harney saysTHE Progressive Democrat leader, Ms Mary Harney, has welcomed the Tanaiste's statement that the Labour Party would not be going…Tue Apr 15 1997 - 01:00
IRA's activities are reckless and irrational, says Dr DalyTHE former Catholic primate, Cardinal Cahal Daly, has said it would be an "understatement" to say that "the activities of the…Mon Apr 14 1997 - 01:00
Rally opposes recycling plantA CALL for the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Mr Bruton, to overturn a decision to allow a waste recycling plant in …Mon Apr 14 1997 - 01:00
Religion "back on the agenda" as a dynamic of Northern conflictTHE general secretary of the Irish Council of Churches, Dr David Stevens, has said the crisis over parades in the North "has …Mon Apr 14 1997 - 01:00
Threatened TV cut off deflects attention from snip that dare not speak its name"IT's the cut off of the television people are concerned about in Donegal," said a man when asked about the vasectomy rowSat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
Health board's committees vote for vasectomyTHE two standing committees of the North Western Health Board decided at meetings in Donegal town yesterday to recommend to the…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
Bruton regrets suspension of vasectomy clinic servicesTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, has said he regretted the decision of the North Western Health Board to suspend services at the vasectomy…Fri Apr 11 1997 - 01:00
Bishop says vasectomy clinic not issue for him to discussTHE Catholic Bishop of Raphoe Dr Philip Boyce, has said that the provision of a vasectomy clinic at Letterkenny General Hospital…Thu Apr 10 1997 - 01:00
Market-driven solution to unemployment makes matters worse, says churches' councilTHE Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, to which Irish churches are affiliated, strongly criticises the market-led economy…Wed Apr 09 1997 - 01:00
Religious life is dying, priest writesRELIGIOUS life, as we have come to know it in the western world, "has had its day", according to the editor of the Redemptorist…Wed Apr 09 1997 - 01:00
Working party visited Dublin and BelfastTHE Church of Ireland and the Methodist Church in Ireland are full members of the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland…Wed Apr 09 1997 - 01:00
Minister praises work of marriage guidance serviceJUST 19 per cent of those who availed of marriage counselling services provided by Accord last year were menTue Apr 08 1997 - 01:00
Pushing for a place in the churchSHE could be described as a rebel without a pause. Certainly, that is Betty Maher's intentionTue Apr 08 1997 - 01:00
Top civil servant says presentation "propagandising"AT yesterday's press conference to present the Pathways document, Father Sean Healy was criticised by a senior civil servant …Tue Apr 08 1997 - 01:00
Churches "vital part of our heritage"THE problem of being "overchurched" was addressed by a Church of Ireland diocesan secretary at the 20th Roscrea conference yesterday…Mon Apr 07 1997 - 01:00
Burglars' booty brings tear to eyeIN a back room of Donnybrook Garda station in Dublin yesterday some were tearful as they searched an array of rings, gold chains…Sat Apr 05 1997 - 01:00
Bishops differ on closure of vasectomy servicesTHE Catholic and Church of Ireland bishops of Raphoe have taken opposite positions on vasectomy services at Letterkenny General…Fri Apr 04 1997 - 01:00
Charity to raise funds for AlbaniaTHE Health Action Overseas, charity has started a project to raise funds to help women and children in Albania.Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:00
Secularist group seeks civil rights guarantees for all in Education BillTHE Campaign to Separate Church and State has called for the inclusion in the Education Bill of provisions to ensure that the…Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:00
Permanent jobs big issue, says TUI headTHE Teachers' Union of Ireland general secretary has predicted that the provision of permanent full time teaching jobs would …Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:00
Both sides want change of heart in North, says church headsTHE Catholic primate, Dr Sean Brady, and the Church of Ireland primate, Dr Robin Eames, have spoken of the "yearning" for a change…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
An Easter rising to pray for peaceRISING for a dawn ecumenical service celebrating Easter on Killiney Hill in Dublin yesterday was not without its small discomforts…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
Archbishops deplore decline of standards in societyTHE Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Desmond Connell, in his Easter homily in the Pro Cathedral yesterday, warned that people…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
"Satanic" TD humbled by cleric hungry for changeTHE days when members of the Labour Party were compared by clergy to the devil incarnate have long goneSat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
Churches unite for Bible reading marathonIN what must be one of the most unusual Holy Week events, a Bible reading marathon has been going on in Dublin since TuesdaySat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
"Silence" on state violence questionedA LAW lecturer said yesterday that while we rightly heard much about the violence of paramilitaries, we heard very little of …Sat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
Association wants spread of theological resourcesINTRODUCING the West of Ireland Pastoral Theology Association at St Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, at the weekend…Mon Mar 24 1997 - 00:00
Changing culture affects the search for meaning and values, seminar toldTHE crisis of the age is not that we cannot believe in the God of our forefathers, but that we cannot feel about God as they …Mon Mar 24 1997 - 00:00
Abbey will consider £30m plan for arts centreSHAREHOLDERS at the National Theatre Society (the Abbey) in Dublin are expected to consider the Arts Council proposal for a new…Sat Mar 22 1997 - 00:00
£30m performing arts centre proposed for Dublin docklandsTHE development of a multi-million-pound national centre for the performing arts in the Dublin docklands is to be proposed by…Fri Mar 21 1997 - 00:00
Corporation appoints director of trafficDUBLIN Corporation has appointed a director of traffic, with responsibility for traffic management in the cityThu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
Book records humiliation and pain of rapePALE, spectre thin, dragging on a cigarette and wearing black, as we are told she has done since New Year's Eve 1991 ("in mourning…Sat Mar 15 1997 - 00:00
Resources for drug advisory board were `quite inadequate'THE tribunal report found that between 1975 and 1994, "successive Ministers for Health and the Department of Health" had failed…Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Judge lays down strict conditions of confidentiality to cover all documents submitted to tribunal as evidenceOPENING yesterday's proceedings, Mr Justice McCracken said he and counsel for the tribunal were "very disturbed" by an article…Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Dunne family conflicts raised againCOUNSEL for Mr Ben Dunne was accused of making a "somewhat misleading statement" to the tribunal of inquiry yesterdayThu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Discovery orders made on wife and son of CJ HaugheyORDERS for the discovery of all documents relevant to the Dunnes' tribunal of inquiry were made against the wife and a son of…Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Tug-o-war leaves Queen Victory much amusedTHEY were all there, all the Victorians and their damWed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
AN IRISHMAN'S DIARYWE buried him on New Year's Day, as the sun sank russet behind our town in the westTue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Bladness cure a hairy story, court toldA DUBLIN firm's £875 surgical procedure to treat balding men has been described in court by a dermatologist as a "a scam, a con…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Wet, mild February ends cold, dry winterTHE past winter has been the driest since 1992 in most places, with rainfall totals below normal everywhere, according to Met…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
O'Hanlon wants referendum to ban abortionFORMER High Court judge, Mr Justice Rory O'Hanlon, yesterday called for a referendum to outlaw abortion here "in all circumstances…Sat Mar 01 1997 - 00:00
Ad industry watchdog vetoes vengeance by the scissorsA COMPLAINT by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre about an advertisement for Burton Menswear has been upheld by the Advertising Standards…Wed Feb 26 1997 - 00:00
Ex-con shows audience what he's made ofHE is mad, bad and glad to be in DublinWed Feb 26 1997 - 00:00
Tipperary award for Adi RocheMS ADI Roche, founder of the Chernobyl Children's Project, has been named the 1997 Tipperary Person of the YearTue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00
