Woman begs for train fare to get family to DonegalSarah Kelly (29) was trying to put together the train fare to Donegal for herself and her two children yesterday.Thu Dec 16 1999 - 00:00
Drug addicts face harsh reality of exclusionPatrick Kelly (33) has a wife and six childrenTue Dec 14 1999 - 00:00
Our affluent times add to growing population on the streetMore than 3,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow and more than 5,000 people around the State will be homeless this Christmas…Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
People are good to me, says homeless AlAlan (43) - "Big Al" - has not slept in a bed since 1994Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
Services `miss needs of homeless'Quality tended to be ignored when providing services to the homeless, the director of the Homeless Initiative has said.Sat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
Ignore it or accept it: life behind the ShelbourneJack (41), from Co Mayo is one of our less successful returned emigrantsSat Dec 11 1999 - 00:00
Hoping for a dry blanket as a Christmas presentThe blanket and the mattress are soaking. The stench of vomit, alcohol and urine makes one want to retch.Fri Dec 10 1999 - 00:00
Campaign group will challenge BudgetA group called Citizens Against Budget 2000 was founded in Dublin last night.Thu Dec 09 1999 - 00:00
Millennium bug disasters may lurk abroadCancelled flights, telecommunications failures, disruption to medical services - such may be the dubious delights awaiting holiday…Tue Dec 07 1999 - 00:00
Cathedral installs woman chancellor vicarThe first woman Chancellor's Vicar of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, was installed yesterdayMon Dec 06 1999 - 00:00
Minister gives details of £250m childcare spendingSome £250 million will be spent on co-ordinating the provision of childcare over the next seven years, the Minister for Justice…Sat Dec 04 1999 - 00:00
Plans for Dublin's Christmas traffic announcedThe Garda authorities are drafting 155 recruits into Dublin city on Monday to help cope with the Christmas trafficFri Dec 03 1999 - 00:00
Taxi drivers defer any action for two weeksDublin taxi-drivers will continue to provide a service over the next two weeks while a steering committee considers proposals…Fri Dec 03 1999 - 00:00
New arrivals unable to depart by taxiTaxis, taxis everywhere and not a lift to be got.Thu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
Dublin taxis withdrawn as drivers vote on strikeTaxis will not be available in Dublin from 10 a.m. today as drivers ballot on an all-out strikeThu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
Dublin councils ponder waste collection feeHouseholders in the Dublin area will "almost certainly" have to pay for their refuse collection from the start of 2001.Fri Nov 26 1999 - 00:00
Public service workers are warned on sell-offsPublic Service workers must embrace partnership or face the privatisation of their industries, a director of the National Centre…Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:00
Successful literacy radio classes planned for TV seriesAdult literacy classes are to be held on television from early next year, the Minister of State for Education and Science, Mr…Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:00
Slain student rememberedBen Smyth was as bright, artistic and enthusiastic a 14-year-old boy as any other in the working-class community of Killinarden…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
Hard night's math brings forth a millennium primeA hard day's night of calculation has resulted in an international mathematical triumph for one Dublin numbers wizard - and all…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
Cushnahan calls on all EU states to back common defence policyThe establishment of a single EU defence policy is essential to genuine European integration, the Fine Gael MEP for Munster has…Thu Nov 18 1999 - 00:00
Parliament votes to cut junior doctors' hours to 48 per weekThe European Parliament has voted by a massive majority to reduce junior doctors' working hours to 48 hours per week within four…Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:00
Services for asylum seekers are again curbed at centreServices for asylum-seekers were curtailed for a fourth day running at the Refugee Application Centre in Dublin yesterday.Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
`Outreach' plan for asylum-seekers studiedThe Eastern Health Board is considering the setting up of "outreach clinics" to reduce pressure on the Refugee Application Centre…Thu Nov 11 1999 - 00:00
Results delight station chiefsManagement at TV3 is "delighted" with the station's first end-of-year results, spokeswoman Ms Gillian Rowntree said yesterday…Thu Nov 11 1999 - 00:00
Urgent prison service meeting called after two suicides within one weekTHE director-general of the Irish Prison Service will convene a meeting of the national steering group on deaths in prison "as…Thu Nov 11 1999 - 00:00
Frustration at refugee centreMr Juca Gogu (35), who arrived here from Romania last Saturday, was at the Refugee Application Centre in Lower Mount Street yesterday…Wed Nov 10 1999 - 00:00
Attempts to house asylum-seekersLocal authorities around the State will be instructed "within the next few days" to begin assessing accommodation to house asylum…Wed Nov 10 1999 - 00:00
How To Stop Time by Ann Marlowe (Virago Press, £12.99 in UK)This is not an immediately engaging bookSat Nov 06 1999 - 00:00
Former director denies claim on planningA former director of Joseph Murphy Structural Engineering denied yesterday that he left the company in November 1997 because "…Thu Nov 04 1999 - 00:00
Ex-director calls payments to politicians morally wrongA former director of Joseph Murphy Structural Engineering said yesterday he would regard a payment to a politician "for planning…Wed Nov 03 1999 - 00:00
Former Labour adviser says bank wrote off debt of £28,000Woodchester Bank effectively wrote off a debt of £28,000 to the Labour Party in 1994, a former adviser to the party has said…Tue Nov 02 1999 - 00:00
Point Theatre gets ready for MTV awardsThe MTV Europe Music Awards, to be screened live from the Point Theatre, Dublin, on November 11th, will reach an audience estimated…Mon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
Boycott health and safety body event, urges IMPACTThe IMPACT union has asked its members to boycott a reception being held tonight, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Health …Mon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
Dublin murder inquiry initiatedA murder investigation was under way last night following the death of a woman in Dublin's south inner city early yesterday.Mon Nov 01 1999 - 00:00
Missing earl who died and was resurrectedHe still qualifies for a place in the profile slot - justSat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Clothing industry fights gloomClothing industry groups have come together to form the Irish Clothing and Textile Alliance in a move to revitalise the flagging…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Two children die in fire, baby brother rescuedAthy Urban District Council is to inspect all its rented accommodation in one estate in the town following the deaths of two …Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
Town silent about attack on TravellersGardai in Co Donegal say they have received no assistance from the public in their investigation into an attack on a Traveller…Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
FG education spokesman refines position on exam league tables"Crude" league tables of Leaving Certificate examination results should not be made public, the Fine Gael spokesman on education…Wed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Fire crews bring soup to fuel the picketers"We'll be here every day - as long as they need us," says sub-officer Tom Kelly of Dublin Fire BrigadeTue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Hospitals busy but manage over weekendThe busiest accident and emergency department in the State has "coped as well as usual" over the bank-holiday weekend.Mon Oct 25 1999 - 01:00
Town anger over Army barracks developmentThe controversy of the closure of Army barracks has erupted again with a claim that the Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, failed…Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
Asylum-seekers may be sent back to first EU country enteredThe Minister for Justice has made regulations to allow asylum-seekers who entered the State through other EU countries to be …Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
£5,000 bottle of Rothschild has not been sold in a yearThe menu does not change dramatically from early autumn to early autumn at Le Coq Hardi, according to head waiter Nicolas Alas…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Aborigines find common groundHigher mortality rates, higher rates of youth suicide, constant daily discrimination and lower levels of education than white…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Nurse shortage highlighted in hospital reportStaffing problems, ward closures, increasing demands from the public and the impact of the "Celtic Tiger" on the psychological…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Drug-centre creche aid welcomedA total of £30,000 is to be provided to train creche staff working in drug-treatment centres, the Minister for Justice, Equality…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Teens warned on sex outside marriageIf there's one subject guaranteed to get the attention of teenagers - and terrify their parents - it's teenage sex.Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
