They're playing your song, MandyBarry Manilow was not among the attendance when Peter Mandelson launched a song promoting peace and reconciliation in Ireland…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Shakespeare trounced by Binchy in book-day pollJames Joyce finished nowhere and Shakespeare only scraped in, but Roald Dahl has easily topped the list of Britain's 50 favourite…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Late journalist turned Dublin `into a village'The late Jonathan Philbin Bowman's talent for friendship turned Dublin "into a village," his father, the broadcaster and historian…Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
A case of har har, HerrThe obstacles facing closer European Union were starkly illustrated by a story in the foreign pages this weekSat Mar 4 2000 - 00:00
Amnesty urges international courtAmnesty International is lobbying the Government to ratify, by the end of September, the statute establishing a permanent International…Sat Mar 4 2000 - 00:00
Call for sacking of drug project headThe director of the Merchants Quay Project should be removed from his post for advocating the distribution of free heroin to …Fri Mar 3 2000 - 00:00
Gardai hold young man after killing of childA young man remained in Garda custody in Drogheda last night as an investigation continued into the brutal murder of a baby in…Thu Mar 2 2000 - 00:00
Dressing for democracyAll right-thinking people will have been heartened this week by the news that the international fashion industry has joined the…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Stanley Matthews, the £50-a-week soccer wizard, dies a legend at 85His retirement lasted 35 years, only a little longer than his playing careerThu Feb 24 2000 - 00:00
Planet Hollywood decides it won't be back in DublinLittle more than two years after it opened, Dublin's Planet Hollywood is to close.Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:00
It could happen to a bishop as prolific conman strikes againIt's a well-documented fact in this country that it can happen to a bishopFri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
Construction firms unable for large road projectsIrish construction companies lack the capacity to deliver the large-scale road-building projects envisaged in the National Plan…Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
Chairman of SF says suspension is `illegal'The suspension of the Northern executive was an "illegal, antidemocratic act" and the IRA's disengagement from the decommissioning…Wed Feb 16 2000 - 00:00
Hair, hair everywhereYears ago, at a party among theatrical types, I got chatting to a girl who said her job was - in her exact words - "working with…Sat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
Local authority cost overruns anger MitchellThe "disgraceful" extent of cost overruns in local authority development projects reflected "a culture of softness" in the area…Fri Feb 11 2000 - 00:00
Armchair's sitting is all too shortIt was just after lunch in the High Court when the star witness of what would have been one of Ireland's oddest libel cases was…Wed Feb 9 2000 - 00:00
Partners toast arrival of new siblingIt may not have been a painful labour, or even a protracted one as these things goTue Feb 8 2000 - 00:00
My Napoleon complexI was interested this week to learn that, contrary to popular belief, Napoleon was not shortSat Feb 5 2000 - 00:00
Actor Tony Doyle remembered for his friendship and skillThe parish priest of Avoca, Co Wicklow, the real-life location of the BBC series Ballykissangel, led the tributes yesterday at…Sat Feb 5 2000 - 00:00
Olympic pool for Dublin stadium likelyIreland could end up having three 50-metre swimming pools, if a feasibility study requested by Government supports the siting…Mon Jan 31 2000 - 00:00
Tyson left exposed as the seconds tick awayThe former world heavyweight boxing champion was left waiting for 10 minutes in his underpants yesterday, when his opponent for…Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
TV drops film after threat of legal actionTV3 has abandoned plans to screen the film Natural Born Killers tonight after being threatened with an injunction by the Department…Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
Whip left at post to keep rein on partyHad this been a horse race, the bookies would have been slaughteredFri Jan 28 2000 - 00:00
First night falls a bit flat as Dail returns to townIt was the opening night of a new Dail season, and the Government players were understandably nervous.Thu Jan 27 2000 - 00:00
Clutter little childrenI almost wept during the week when I read an article in the London Independent about an architect called John Pawson.Sat Jan 22 2000 - 00:00
Technology cuts staff at Castlerea PrisonThe use of palm-print readers and other new technology on doors and gates in Castlerea Prison has eliminated 20 staff jobs at…Fri Jan 21 2000 - 00:00
Compromise proposals submitted on glen roadThe road through the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow should be included in the State's Village Protection Scheme, with traffic…Sat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Classic gambitsIn bed with the flu (or an unidentified viral agent) a few days ago, I tuned into a radio interview with Maire Geoghegan Quinn…Sat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
Plans to run Luas via IFSC criticisedPlans by CIE to run the Luas light railway to Connolly Station via the International Financial Services Centre have been strongly…Fri Jan 14 2000 - 00:00
`Ashes' a work of art, says film directorAlan Parker didn't hide his impatience when asked about the opposition to Angela's Ashes led by Limerick bookseller and part-…Thu Jan 13 2000 - 00:00
Author and lead actor miss `Angela's Ashes' premiereThree of the four Corrs joined film director Alan Parker and the cast of Angela's Ashes when the film had its Irish ere premiere…Thu Jan 13 2000 - 00:00
Move to ban Italian circus is narrowly rejected by councilAn Italian circus will open as planned in Dublin later this week, after councillors last night narrowly rejected a ban on such…Tue Jan 11 2000 - 00:00
First cars to undergo road safety tests todayAbout 300 vehicles will undergo inspection at centres around the State today when the compulsory national car test finally gets…Tue Jan 4 2000 - 00:00
Betting at races as brisk as the weatherThe Minister for Agriculture was trying to pick his first winner of the day at Leopardstown when a woman approached him and, …Mon Dec 27 1999 - 00:00
The Last Straw1. The Government, controversially and without a referendum, joined what earlier this month?Fri Dec 24 1999 - 00:00
Shopping by night is no soft optionThere is a downside to doing your Christmas shopping in the middle of the nightFri Dec 24 1999 - 00:00
Counterfeit sportswear worth £900,000 seizedAlmost £900,000 worth of counterfeit branded sportswear, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Celtic football kits, has…Thu Dec 23 1999 - 00:00
Investigation may ease suffering of relativesThe announcement of an investigation into the Dublin, Monaghan and Dundalk bombings may be the beginning of the end of a long…Mon Dec 20 1999 - 00:00
In a moment of millennial magic, President predicts second golden ageThe President wore red for her address to the joint Houses, a seasonal choice mirrored around the chamber, where Mary O'Rourke…Fri Dec 17 1999 - 00:00
Baby talkIt's always an awkward social situation when you have to introduce a new baby to the old babySat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
Community anti-racism practice code introducedA new anti-racism code of practice for participants in the Community Development Programme (CDP) will be an "essential tool" …Sat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
December nights take heavy toll at bridgePhilip is a qualified chef who says that a few years ago he had a job in the Shelbourne HotelThu Dec 9 1999 - 00:00
The soul marketThis column normally steers clear of religion, a subject on which many people - including the column's mother - have strong opinions…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Morbid mobilesYou probably saw that spooky story in the foreign pages the other day, about how mourners at a funeral in Poland fled - and one…Sat Nov 20 1999 - 00:00
Dublin among European cities with highest fertility ratesDublin has one of the highest overall fertility rates of European citiesThu Nov 18 1999 - 00:00
O'Reilly named Irish Person of the YearDr Tony O'Reilly, Ronan Keating and the family of the late Mr Hugh Coveney are among the winners of the 1999 ESB/Rehab People…Tue Nov 16 1999 - 00:00
`Irish Times' journalist Mary Cummins diesThe Taoiseach has led tributes to Irish Times journalist Mary Cummins, who died yesterday after a four-year battle with cancer…Tue Nov 16 1999 - 00:00
Dean recalls refusal to offer refuge to JewsThe State's "shameful" failure to offer refuge to Jews in the 1930s is mirrored in our current attitudes to asylum-seekers, the…Mon Nov 15 1999 - 00:00
Sub cultureIt was the annual football friendly between the reporters and sub-editorsSat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00