Article Index

Teachers' Working Hours

By FROM KATHLEEN SOMERS

Government set to sell off ICC and ACC bank groups

By Cliff Taylor

News Quiz

Semi-State Remuneration

The year that was in it

By By JOHN BOLAND

Big dummy makes Dawson the stand-out guy

By Malachy Logan

Research points finger at dogma and neglect

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

Coke first for Pizza Hut

The year that was

By By PETER BYRNE

Name-dropping and talent-spotting

By Brian Boyd

Lessons from a more modest generation

By By JACK HANNA

A very different Christmas

When history repeats itself and no lessons are learned

By By DICK WALSH

Lloyd George, Vols 2 and 3, by John Grigg (Harpercollins, £12.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Raising a glass to Argentina

By By MARY DOWEY

Coppell stands by his man

By By TREVOR HAYLETT

Iran appoints women judges

Articulate loyalist who stays true to his roots

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Culture

The Teflon Taoiseach will hope his luck sticks

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

Istabraq's Sun Alliance Hurdle victory

By Brian O'Connor

Neville Cup leads to festive fireworks

By By DERMOT ASHMORE

A year with its share of drama and trauma

FF pressed on tobacco ads

Twink on a winner

By By HARRY BROWNE

The Football Business

President's Communion

By FROM BRENDA O'HANRAHAN

Who's who and where to be

By By LOUISE EAST

Heavy going for glum punters

By Frank McNally

Trends for 1998 in the homes market

By Jack Fagan

Young Irish come of age in the Malaysian heat

By By PETER BYRNE

Mind over matter

By By MIC MORONEY

Derry's poor run continues

By Emmet Malone

Women bring flowers and candles to funerals of Chiapas massacre victims

Eyecatchers among the Irish

Winter Evening

Factfile - David Ervine

Reading between the tiger's lines

Stages ahead

By By GERRY COLGAN

ESB repairs the damage as winds die down but more storms are on the way

By By CAROL COULTER

Vietnam war remembered

Books, books and more books

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Liverpool give Evans a boost

By By DEREK POTTER

White-collar suspects fly like fish

More Christmas cheer for this Noel

Pope gives tribute to Jews in Christmas address

In Power too Long

Recognising human face of east Asia's financial crisis

By By MARY VAN LIESHOUT

Nine die after prison escape

Germans in optimistic mood for coming year

Nuptials with cachet

Move to limit marriage costs

Villa grateful for Collymore's presence

It's still difficult to desert Dorans Pride

By Brian O'Connor

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

By By GERRY COLGAN

Chelsea get a dose of reality

By By RUSSELL THOMAS

Brindabella keeps in touch with Nicorette

Cold turkey for Newcastle

By By JEREMY ALEXANDER

Long-term IRA prisoners still in UK

Bottle Of The Week

January

By John O'Sullivan

Dardjini romps home for Meade and Gaule

By Brian O'Connor

See More Business pays dividend for Barber

Cruel works of nature

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Sports Speak 1997

By By MARY HANNIGAN.

September

Miracle after 18 hours in the dark

By By FRANK KILFEATHER

Estimated cost of port tunnel almost doubles to £196m

By Frank McDonald

Ryhane should make the most of fast pace

By Brian O'Connor

We don't know how we got to where we are

On The Sidelines

By Emmet Malone

Peter Cook Remembered, by Lin Cook (Mandarin, £7.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Christmas tree recycling offer

Gifts flown to Iraqi children

Edmund Wilson: Centennial Reflections, edited by Lewis M. Dabney (Princeton Paperbacks, no price given)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Poor should have priority `over GAA' Empey

By By ANDY POLLAK

Prodigious driving by Woods sets all targets

Executive Bicycles

By FROM COLM QUILLIGAN

Splash out the salsa verde

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Happy New Movies

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Culture

Spoils go to Paul Henry in an upbeat year

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

The sound of things to come

By Michael Dervan

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, by Lawrence Block (Phoenix, £5.99 in UK).

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

The reluctant frontman

By Brian Boyd

1922 and all that: why did we bother?

Man (78) and daughter die in house fire

Heat wave proves fatal for penguins

Eight for 98: what to keep an eye on financially

By By SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH

A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra Their Own Story (Orion, £9.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Jamesie O'Connor's point for the Liam McCarthy

By Philip Reid

Wild Christmas storms claim at least five lives

Don't count on the weather

By Dick Ahlstrom

An Original who invented himself

By Eileen Battersby

Ballyknockan: A Wicklow Stonecutters' Village, by Seamus O Maitiu & Barry O'Reilly (Woodfield Press, £9.99

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

Repairs to track leave way open

By Brian O'Connor

The State Of Irish Rugby

By FROM DAVID NOBLE

Visual Arts

By By BRIAN FALLON

Arsenal go close to another nightmare

By By DAVID LACEY

Nearly 500,000 dead by 1848

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

English reign ends on discordant note

By By CATHY HARRIS

Voices from the inside

By By RAY COMISKEY

Mice for racing plan condemned

Church leaders stress role of hope and realism in Northern talks

By By ANDY POLLAK

President's Communion

By FROM JACK GOLDEN

Shilling power could be a decisive factor in Kenyan election victory

Fitzgerald weaves some New York glory

By By SEAN MORAN

Woody and wife Soon-Yi tour

Public bodies alerted - Met Eireann

By By CAROL COULTER

Strath Royal makes it 18

Cyborgo bound to relish conditions

Boring Conversational Topics of the Year

Austria offers neutral venue for intensive North talks

By Geraldine Kennedy

Plan to reduce troop numbers delayed

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Christmas stuffing for Everton

By Michael Walker

Kaunda on hunger strike, held in secret location without charge

Opposition party disbands

Lightest trading of year on Wall Street

IMF Christmas `gift' gives South Korean market breathing space

Ill wind blows bookies good

By Brian O'Connor

Anti-hunt group says saboteurs are coming from UK

By Paul Cullen

Sons & Mothers, edited by Matthew and Victoria Glendinning (Virago, £7.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Bolton fail to break the deadlock

By By MARK REDDING

Drugs linked to fatal stabbing

By By JIM CUSACK

Bright Sparks

Ten good quotes from 1997

A monument to French culture

By By FRANK MCLYNN

Articles 2 And 3

By FROM IAN R. COX

The Moments That Mattered

By Johnny Watterson

Two die as severe winds cause havoc to thousands at Christmas

By By CAROL COULTER

Surprise and relief with lack of goals

By By DAVID HOPPS

Sports Speak: The week in quotes

Radon danger a new year priority

Good stuff from the US

Cork and Down schools plan joint curriculum

By By ANDY POLLAK

North Munster counts the cost of Christmas winds

By By ARTHUR QUINLAN

Ireland's World Cup win at Kiawah Island

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Holding on to the cutting edges of small screen life

Watch this space

Heavy going for glum punters

By Frank McNally

Three days without electricity as area waits on the ESB

By By CAROL COULTER

Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, by Michael Peppiatt (Phoenix Giant, £14.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Infectious disease added further to death toll

A hero and a villain

Yeltsin warns reformers

Look out

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

The loneliness of a middle distance runner

By By TOM HUMPHRIES

Mighty Quinn takes on noble Wran

By Michael O'Regan

Women In Sport

By FROM D. K. HENDERSON

Child left at petrol station

Trinity withdraws private Bill aimed at board changes

Victim-friendly policy welcomed

Going his way

Ken Doherty shows steel in Sheffield

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

North's electricity engineers try to reconnect 500 homes

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Gardai believe man shot in error

Where are they now?

Sport

By By TOM HUMPHRIES

Algerian killings eclipse elections

Governments try to allay loyalist anger on prisoners

By Frank McDonald

Quiz Answers

National League Previews

By Emmet Malone

Playing the artist with a true story

Two Jewish extremists held

President's Communion

By FROM C. T. GREENAN OP

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Straw to allow seven more IRA transfers to Portlaoise

By By JIM CUSACK

People

In Its Place

By FROM DAVID HARE

Pictures of joy and woe drawn upon to paint new royal image

No blacks here: Irish only need apply

West Ham: 1, Coventry: 0

By By PAUL WEAVER

Japan considers credit package

Two toddlers have `bird flu'

Memories and echoes

By By FRED JOHNSTON

The end of the year show

By Kevin Courtney

Two die in storms as emergency crews drafted in

Greeks repel incursion by Turkish jets

Cool places and hot trends

Winners & Losers

Culture

Taxation policies could threaten the future of social agreements

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

President's Communion

By FROM VERY REV DR R. B. MACCARTHY

Today: the most extensive, biggest ever, nationwide guide to the Sales

Childhood Vaccinations

By FROM DR MAURICE GUERET

Sit-out Dean raises £175,000

Market Reports - Europe

Pollution blamed for storms by TD

Year of little gain ends as it began

Cyprus officials reject criticism

Former radical prompts Famine memories

By By SEAN CRONIN

Vandals attack Jewish cemetery

Fragments, by Binjamin Wilkomirski (Picador, £5.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

The State Of Irish Rugby

By FROM RICK DAVITT

Oriental chic

By By CONOR O'CLERY

The Ten Golden Rules Of Sales Shopping

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

The Faber Book of Christmas, edited by Simon Rae (Faber & Faber, £9.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Witnesses to accident sought

This Week They Said

Runabout to make up for lost time

By Brian O'Connor