Article Index

Skating to Antarctica, by Jenny Diski (Granta, £6.99 in UK)

Concern as 500 jobs go and 600 more are at risk

By By EMMET OLIVER and EIBHIR MULQUEEN

Hotelier murdered

Woman dies of heroin overdose

Chinese Takeaway: HGH

Man dies after stab attack

Embarrassment at troops' salmonella claim

By By CAROL COULTER

Sweeney in nighttown

Universe just keeps on growing

By By JOE CARROLL

Selling 400 years of a family's history

The Fall of the House of Joseph

By By JOE CARROLL

Hero to zero in six months

Two Dundalk brothers jailed for assault on an elderly man

Authorities seize Schiele paintings said to have been stolen from Nazi victims

Killings In Algeria

Youngsters throwing eggs caused crash, court told

The Squire: A Non-Sequitur?

Burglar blamed brother

100 jobs lost as company closes

By By EMMET OLIVER

ETA group blamed for latest car-bomb killing

Abbey tiger roars in bricks and mortar jungle

Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Man (New Horizons, Thames & Hudson, £6.95 in UK)

Dom Samourai gets the vote

Cook protects his lead in the rain

Return of the Brit Brat Bus

By Kevin Courtney

Last 10 Years

By Brian O'Connor

I cut down the cherry tree

By By JANE POWERS

Man's body found in Cork house

Oak furniture a feature of Cork castle sale

Back in the saddle

Humphrey isn't there

A clue to feelings

Hunger strikers moved to hospital

Galway intends to ban new pubs on some city streets

Southern Health Board passes services budget of £296m

Emergency call

Goals can be met without abandoning principles

Health agency receives complaints about new contraceptive device

By By CAROL COULTER

Brown wants to be PM - book

£5,000 weekly bill to keep youth in guesthouse

A tough operator who will not be taken for granted

Esat tipped as £250m international takeover target

By By BARRY O'KEEFFE

Checking out, chequing in

Down in the dumps over Dublin's waste

Simple words carry a powerful message

By By DEAGLAN DE BREADUN

Treacy defends council

By By PETER BYRNE

Doing the rice thing

By By LOUISE EAST

Woman killed in car crash

Four in battle to succeed Bailey

By Philip Reid

Timorese still burn with spirit of independence

Jospin billion franc offer rejected by unemployed

By By PAUL WEBSTER

Foolish Notions, by Billy Byrne (Mather Publications, £7.99)

Man accused of sex assault

Labour hits out at merger plans

Abduction claims a hoax - gardai

The mystery of the Celts

By By BRIAN FALLON

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Back in form but still under fire

Ireland gets wind of the weather to be found in the Canaries

By Frank McNally

We must be prepared to deport illegal immigrants

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN QUINN

And quiet writes the Don

McCullough's career in limbo

By By GEORGE KIMBALL

Very moving

24 killed in Colombia

Own goal puts Cork through

By By PETER BYRNE

Cliffs Of Dooneen looks fine

By Brian O'Connor

Morahan to play

Xpert expands into UK

EU may change banana rules

Visit to Maze brings wide range of reaction in North

By By THERESA JUDGE

Police foil suspected suicides

All-Ireland League Previews

By Gerry Thornley

Telecom employee share option deal breakthrough

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Many mixed-marriage couples face old pressures

Mesens dead, long live Melly

Mowlam's Maze visit ensures talks will continue

By Gerry Moriarty

More than one way to share a cat

Pasta perfect

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Hopes for Aeroflot dachas dashed

By By ARTHUR QUINLAN

£12m revamp fails to halt slide at the London `Independent' group

Karpov is still champion

Post Haste

Wrap music

President's Communion

Haughey had salary of £5,000 when land deals were done

Court told affair led to murder

Looking into resolutions

By By MAEVE BINCHY

FAI Cup First Round Previews

By Emmet Malone

Unbelievable: Granta 60 (Granta, £7.99 in UK)

Basque councillor killed in attack

The Dirty Dozen: Twelve ways to beat the testers

Arty first nighters

Dylan to the rescue

Putting Ireland on the map again

1798: The Lost Leaders

Consultants win light rail contract

By Frank McDonald

Dylan Moran plus guests

By Brian Boyd

Sharp fall in New York as crisis grows

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Trimble wants eventual outcome of talks outlined

By By THERESA JUDGE

Kingspan share deal

Turner is talk of the month

Dr Mowlam - Brave And Right

Scottish parliament to be housed next door to queen's residence

By By FRANK MILLAR

Drogheda earn late reprieve

FG criticised for `negative' advert

The icon men

On The Sidelines

By Johnny Watterson

Money root of the game's evils

By By EDMUND VAN ESBECK

Meetings with Remarkable Trees, by Thomas Packenham (Phoenix, £14.95 in UK)

The march of the centurions

By By JOHN BOLAND

Waterford fail to finish the job

By Emmet Malone

Buoyant ITG attacks Telecom

By By BILL MURDOCH

Mo walks out of Maze puzzle

By Gerry Moriarty

Market Report - New York

Solicitors accused of calls

New Laddism blamed for big boys behaving badly

Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, by Norman Mailer (Abacus, £12.99 in UK)

This Week They Said

Balance of power in North has moved to extremists

By By DICK WALSH

140 jobs go in Arklow as pottery firm loses over £7m

By By EMMET OLIVER and EIBHIR MULQUEEN

The Full Parky

Strike up the band

SIPTU vote against change leaves Tara Mines in danger

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Markets Report - London

Better red than dead

By By MARY DOWEY

The judges' dilemma

By By KATIE DONOVAN

Eight dead in prison riot

A laugh for a good cause

Oval mahogany table and chairs for £4,000-plus

Trail blazer

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Ewart tells investors of strategy over bid

By By BILL MURDOCH

Figures show drop in jobless to lowest level in 7 years

By By EMMET OLIVER

Hello Dolly, hello Dolly, goodbye the stuff of sci-fi

Good times ahead for the IABA

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

All can be lost in an instant

In the shade of Picasso

PEOPLE

A strong Irish symphony

By By MARTIN ADAMS

Man pleads guilty to wounding

One and one make 007

Fun for clever clogs

By By GARRETT ROWE

Charles James Fox, by L.G. Mitchell (Penguin, £8.99 in UK)

France favourites to take title

Kurd `influx' has exposed dark side of Schengen

Soccer news

Pitched into the future

Receiver keeps ball in play at Squash Ireland

Bhutto accuses Sharif

Knowledge is power

Graphic tries to hit equaliser for punters

Two Cavan teenage girls being treated for suspected meningitis

By Roddy O'Sullivan

On The Grapevine

Woman dies in Wicklow fire

Project link-up to Tasmania

The swirl at Selsey

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

1998 - Year of the underdog?

3 charged over Howth explosives

O Ghliomail go Giniuint: Focloir na Collaiochta, by Daithi O Luineachain (Coisceim, no price given)

China refuses to withdraw team

Swedish couple kidnapped

Traffic In Dublin

Charlie's handshake designs

Too hot to handle?

Why the dealer turned the tables

English FA Premiership Previews

Hard News should grab the headlines

By Brian O'Connor

Newman House offers snapshot of 1950s

Dead in the water

Moderate ex-general may hold key to getting Israel on a peace track

By By DAVID HOROWITZ

Stormy start to the week as Mowlam visits prisoners in the Maze

By Frank McNally

John Hinde's Ireland

Bolt from the Blue, by Sarah Miles (Phoenix, £7.99 in UK)

Family memories kept alive

By By PATRICK COMERFORD

Travel Briefs

By By JOAN SCALES

Galway water polluted during holidays

By Lorna Siggins

Difficult task for injury-hit Cork side

By Gerry Thornley

This Week In The Markets

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Over 40 stands for Kilkenny event

Fall in pound likely to boost exports says Irish Trade Board chairman

By By JANE SUITER

Lottery Prizes

Smashing stuff

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Little Mermaid gets her head back again returned

President's Communion

Knowing the difference

Recycling on the increase

The Dubbalin Man, by Brendan Behan (A.&A. Farmar, £7.99)

The dangers of shooting for Ireland

Backbenchers bite back

By By JIM DUNNE

Supply exceeds the demand for analytical economists

Hep C tribunal data sought

Six die as ice storms sweep Canada

Rise in firearms raids in Queen's County

By By RUAN O'DONNELL

Hide-and-seek prayers

Eye On Nature

Doubled profits for Ritz Music

China reacts to allegations

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Euro-singing: a family affair

By By LOUISE EAST

New spirit of hope is evident in North, says Kennedy

By By DEAGLAN DE BREADUN

Prospects for Leicester not great

Beating a path to knowledge

By Michael Viney

Refugee flood increases as army advances

By By MICHAEL MCCAUGHAN

Monopoly produces a winner

By Dick Ahlstrom

Crean seeks cash to plug profit leaks

By By VICTOR KUSS

Dublin disk-drive company blames world market downturn for closure

By By EMMET OLIVER and CHRIS DOOLEY

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Top prize goes to Cork student

By Dick Ahlstrom

Getting There

Winning formula up in the air as workers strike back

Mozambique optimism tempered by debt

By By NIALL CROWLEY

IMO gold licenses

The Midas touch

Soft in the heart

By By EDDIE HOLT

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

Burning issue

Visionary composer Sir Michael Tippet dies

Bottle Of The Week

Market Report - Dublin

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Scales, licks and intervals

By By COLIN HARPER

Quiet start to senior championships

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

Haughey cloud returns to mar Bertie's horizon

Pan Andean cash placing

One soul's fair seed-time

Commuter is badly served by restrictions on taxi licences

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Lad, hand me that Mashie

EU dismayed at Israeli decision

Keane comeback dismissed

By By PETER BYRNE

Ryanair executives stand in for striking workers

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Hungry Hearts, by Anzia Yezierska (Penguin, £6.99 in UK)

Market Report - Europe

Prayers answered?

Worries over economic crisis in Indonesia

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Garden Work

Jury hears voice-link evidence

Speaking in quiet tongues at Europe's crossroads

By By ANGELA LONG

An unjustly neglected foremother