Riverside light show is surprise hitKilkenny's 10-day arts festival opened at the weekend with a big outdoor party.Mon Aug 16 1999 - 01:00
Ceili Summer Schools nights`The best thing about coming here has been making so many friendsSat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
The Mor, the merrierJoyce Carol Oates, William Kennedy, Roddy Doyle and Edna O'Brien are among the writers arriving in Galway this week for the second…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Olympians strike goldThe 1999 Special Olympics came to a close yesterday in Raleigh, North Carolina, on America's Independence DayMon Jul 5 1999 - 01:00
Athletes make sport's finest role modelsOn Saturday evening, the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games were officially opened in Raleigh, North Carolina, by a five…Mon Jun 28 1999 - 01:00
It all started with the Sugar LoafIf someone was to compose a pictorial record of British icons of the last century, a photograph of Chris Bonington's bare feet…Sat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Stately Buck Norris takes breakfast on BloomsdayFrom eight in the morning, the Bloomsday faithful started gathering outside the James Joyce Centre at 35 North Great George's…Thu Jun 17 1999 - 01:00
Play it again, MarianBank holidays always provide interesting opportunities to play around a bit with schedulesSat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiarySometimes it's the things you don't bring home from holidays which turn out to be the souvenirs that lodge deepest in the memory…Wed Jun 9 1999 - 01:00
The Irish Chateaux: In Search of Descendants of the Wild Geese by Renagh Holohan (Lilliput, £9.99)Some Irish emigrants definitely had more glamorous lives than othersSat Jun 5 1999 - 01:00
Writer on the roadDavid Guterson is not quite sure how many copies have been sold to date of his first novel, Snow Falling on CedarsSat Jun 5 1999 - 01:00
Shoppers run gauntlet as former minister hits comeback trailLike the mantra of the property market, canvassing is all about location, location, locationMon May 31 1999 - 01:00
Whooooosh!Special effects on screen are something we've come to expect in every movie, ad and TV drama we seeSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Case of the Kerry Babies, US styleThe darker stories of recent years to emerge from this island have become internationally knownSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Funeral today of mother of Sheridan brothersThe funeral takes place today of Mrs Anna Sheridan (78), who was the mother of film director Jim Sheridan and playwright Peter…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
Cries Unheard: The Story of Mary Bell, by Gitta Sereny (Papermac, £8.00 in UK)IN Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1968, an 11-year-old girl named Mary Bell took the lives of two small boys within weeks of each other…Sat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Mizen PeopleDriving over the mountains at Moll's Gap, not too far from the Cork-Kerry border, my phone went out of coverage in mid-callSat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Everyone looks so happy. It's catching`I'm there for the whole day. It's almost like I become a guest, but I'm on the peripherySat May 15 1999 - 01:00
The caged bird sings againLast year, Sligo-born Tommy Fleming released his second album, Rest- less Spirit; a landmark occasion for any musicianSat May 1 1999 - 01:00
Write honourable friendsMonday in Galway, and the wind was travelling through the dug-up streets like some invisible Macnas dragon, levelling everything…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Salome unveiledSundays are usually reserved for getting off the going-out carousel, but not for the folk who dug out their tuxedos and shiny…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Scriptorium for the youngOn Tuesday afternoon in the Ark in Temple Bar, the bottles of coke and orange were broken open to launch Write Here! Write Now…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Gorefest at TCDOn Monday evening, the Edmund Burke Theatre in Dublin's Trinity College was sold out for the inaugural debate for DU Politics…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Let the ball rollFinally, although it snowed this week, the summer ball season is rolling ever closerSat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
The Medallion ManEarly on Thursday evening, the Abbey Bar was the venue for the presentation of a Gradam to playwright Hugh LeonardSat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Because Cowards Get Cancer Too . . . , by John Diamond. Vermillion, £6.99 in UKCancer is the story of Everyman, although this book is exclusively the story of John Diamond who was diagnosed with cancer of…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Making his mark not in politics but in propertyYes, he's related to Garret: the former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader is Mark's dadSat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
Getting the ball rollingOn Tuesday evening in the atrium, the Trinity Ball Committee was setting, well, what else but the ball rolling with the launch…Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
Miserables showerOn Tuesday night, tout le Dublin headed towards the Point Theatre, for the opening night of Les MiserablesSat Mar 6 1999 - 00:00
Mews with character has £350,000 guideA LARGE three-bedroom mews house at 60 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, has a distinctly English country cottage feel to itThu Mar 4 1999 - 00:00
Whatever next?Barbie at 40 was last month the star resident in the window of FAO Swartz's toyshop in New York on Central ParkWed Mar 3 1999 - 00:00
Thespians revel in a rare break from treading the boardsIt's one of the few occasions when people can actually light up in a library without being asked to leaveMon Feb 8 1999 - 00:00
Cinema gives new platform to the riddle of Will ShakespeareWhen young Will Shakespeare arrived in Stratford-on-Avon, bawling out his first cries in blank verse, he made his birthplace …Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Son recalls father's role in house burningThe impeccably-dressed elderly man sitting in an armchair in his Dublin home is a living link with one of the more bitter periods…Wed Jan 27 1999 - 00:00
Winters in IrelandOn Thursday night, Tony and Jane O'Malley had a launch in absentia at the Vanguard Gallery in MacroomSat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Here's to you, MaureenOn Monday night at the Gaiety, this year's Cinderella did not go to the ball or anywhere elseSat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
House partyTuesday night saw the first opening of the year at the Temple Bar GallerySat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Fierce shenanigansThen it was on to the Conversation Room in the newly-opened Messrs Maguire microbrewery on Burgh Quay for the publication of …Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
From Russia with loveA very different celebration was going on across town at Pravda, the bar which managed to get the recalcitrant Irish to queue…Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Summers in IrelandAlso launched this week was the Discover Ireland spring/summer 1999 holiday breaks brochure, at Bord Failte's head office on …Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Tributes for a `super trouper'"A great lady, a unique artiste, an Irish icon, a super trouperTue Jan 19 1999 - 00:00
Cold day, warm welcomeIt was a week of Nordic associations, what with the bitingly cold weather, and all the Scandinavian parties going onSat Jan 16 1999 - 00:00
Praise for Moore's lasting impact on Irish fiction"You always hesitate to say that an author's first book is their best but The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is such a triumph…Wed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Cork's publishing houses second to noneDublin is the first city, but when it comes to book publishing, Cork city and county have as impressive a list of publishing …Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Replica of `Normandie' liner sets sail againThe original Normandie sailed on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic from Le Havre to New York in 1935Mon Jan 11 1999 - 00:00
Diva into JanuaryWell, the season of cloistered excess has come and gone for another yearSat Jan 9 1999 - 00:00
EU and local council combine to breathe new life into Big House on top of the hillIn the picturesque village of Inistioge, Co Kilkenny, with its famous bridge that lies like a stone drawbridge across the river…Wed Dec 30 1998 - 00:00
Racing JordanOn Tuesday night, there was a champagne reception at Vicar Street for the book launch of Against the Odds: Jordan's Drive to …Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00