Article Index

In the land of the Emerald Tiger

By Fintan O'Toole

The Penguin Dictionary of Eighteenth century History and The Penguin History of Nineteenth century History (Penguin, £9.99 each in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Costain disposals approved

Poor racing advice taken and good advice ignored

By Paul Cullen

Strong gains by sterling posing policy dilemma for the Central Bank

By Cliff Taylor

VHI's 6% rise in premiums may be repeated

By Cliff Taylor

Chinese Crackers

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Higher educational standards demanded by labour market

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Something Childish and Other Stories, by Katherine Mansfield (Penguin, £6.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Braveheart with steely glare and iron thighs

By By JOHN LAWSON

Sell-off sealed

STERLING VALUE

By From JOHN GAFFNEY

ANOTHER NEW YEAR BECKONS

FIGHTING CRIME

Store's sales break record

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Junk Mail, by Will Self (Penguin, £7.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Opera Hat is taken to emerge on top in tricky contest

By By MICHAEL O'FARRELL

EU future waiting for results of British poll

Anything goes

By Kevin Courtney

All quiet in holiday markets

boom, boom, boom

By By JACK FAGAN and ORNA MULCAHY

Gigs a go go

By Kevin Courtney

NIGHTINGALES FOR CHRISTMAS

Cold boosts oil prices

Shocking good behaviour0

By Seamus Martin

McALISKEY DETENTION

By From JOHN ROBB, FRCS and FRCS(I)

State of the art: painting a healthier picture of the market

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

This dictator is not for resigning

By Seamus Martin

Aid for battered Azores Islands

Homeless gain

Spring to meet Dutch minister

Farmers "fail to claim" £350m from EU fund

By By SEAN MACCONNELL

Racing remains in grip of Jack Frost

French visitor may have known her killer, say gardai

Reprieve at BBC World Service

Domestic violence against women increases

By Lorna Siggins

Adverts ask workers to stay home

Keane for a United comeback

Carmody bags the job

Accused nurse "not capable of hurting anyone"

By By RACHEL BORRILL

One man's Cheltenham quest

Women, Art, and Society, by Whitney Chadwick (Thames & Hudson, £9.95 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Strike over labour laws picks up momentum

One long year of acrimony and confrontation

By By FRANK MILLAR

Girl's hair eaten by Cabbage doll

Exile ships ahead as winds moderate

By By BOB FISHER

Ex-pat exuberance

By Bernice Harrison

Celtic's McStay returns

PEOPLE

Mullins's Three Rivers finally breaks the ice

Year of the documentary

By By EDDIE HOLT

The book of resolutions

By By JOHN BOLAND

More talks on Hebron deal

About 3,000 object to Swords rezoning

By Frank McDonald

AN IRISHMAN'S DIARY

By By JIM DUNNE

Pre-Millennium Tension

By Kathy Sheridan

First, take all the time in the world

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Merry Gale shows he's back to his old self

By By MICHAEL O'FARRELL

Embassy siege reveals failure of war on terrorism in Peru

By By MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

Lebed aims at presidency

Register to list Freemasons in RUC wins backing

By By IRISH TIMES REPORTER

THE NURSES' CASE

By From MARY F. KELLY and SRN

Spend, spend, spend

By Colm Keena

Captain Wynne met his match

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

Progress please Gullit

The star still shines ...

Man who did it his way has no regrets

By Gerry Thornley

Adventures in paradise

By By MARY DOWEY

How to cook human pie

By By JANET DUNHAM

Arsenal's chance to go top

Snap Shorty

Popularity of Palmer is remarkable

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Living voices from the grave

By By LIAM MAC COIL

The Oops! ministers

By By MAOL MUIRE TYNAN

Testing the politicians willingness to change

By By DICK WALSH

Blackburn beckons Bierhoff

A storm with many names

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

The books that flower in spring...

By Eileen Battersby

Peruvian rebels stand firm as world pressure grows

THE MEDICAL COUNCIL

By From (DR) MAIRE B. WALSHE

A record year for the big buys in Irish businesses

Icy patches, but no snow predicted

MARKET REPORT - NEW YORK

Drug smuggler worked for government

LITTER AND CIVIL RIGHTS

By From AINE NI CHONAILL

OSCE backs opposition and calls for Milosevic to comply with polls

By By KURT SCHORK

Albert in the lion's den

By By CAROL COULTER

Mercedes predicts boom year

Tomb Raider

By By GARRET ROWE

The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan (Flamingo, £6.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Dalmatians knock spots off rival

By Catherine Cleary

Last holiday ends in air assaults

Soccer star hit by alleged swindle

Scarcely anything but trouble from beginning to end

By By DICK GROGAN

Clinton faces historic second term fadeout

By By SEAN CRONIN

US goods orders fell in November

And if you had it in 96, boy you could blow it

By Bernice Harrison

THE WORDS WE USE

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Pride and joy glitters gold

By Philip Reid

The Last Division: Berlin and the Wall, by Ann Tusa (Coronet, £6.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Kiely archive for National Library

In search of a new consensus

By By PROISIAS O DRISCEOIL

Time stands still as Flower takes root at wicket

By By DAVID HOPPS

...And the home-grown blooms

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

The Extended Family

By By MAEVE BINCHY

Uncertainty guaranteed

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

A fort to guard against inflation

By Orna Mulcahy

Commission to develop west set up

RUC arrests six people in Belfast

US data expected to spruce up main financial markets

Shane MacGowan & The Popes Olympia Theatre

By By TONY CLAYTON LEA

Pull the udder one

By Brian Boyd

Next generation enjoy a star trek

By By EDMUND VAN ESBECK

Rovers move closer to danger zone

By By PAUL BUTTNER

Crowning glory of days by the Lakes

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Good year for Delta

Fog lifts late for Shannon

Little room to manoeuvre in VHI battle battle with costs

Fancy something nasty for dinner

By By KATHRYN HOLMQUIST

A Happy New Year, Taoiseach, it may be your last in office

By Geraldine Kennedy

Cockney Lad should beat Theatreworld

By By MICHAEL O'FARRELL

. . . but no, seriously

By Hugh Linehan

McAliskey is further held

Blood, sweat and tears

By By ALISON O'CONNOR

A rocky road to freedom0

By By TERENCE KILLEEN

STATUS OF DIT

By From NOEL CARROLL

INTEGRATED EDUCATION

By From MARY MCALEESE

Arrival of Lacroix is bad news for Corcoran

Alone in a no-man's land

By Fintan O'Toole

Trends indicate single currency could break rather than make Europe

By By STUART HOLLAND

MARKET REPORT - LONDON

Forbairt issues an industry "green" guide

By By PADRAIG YEATES

I MEAN TO SAY

By From MYLES CROWE

OUTRAGE IN LIMA

By From JOHN HOWLETT

Pre-Millennium Tension

Quinn secures top award for being the total professional

New kids out for rock'n'roll glory and your daughters

By By TONY CLAYTON LEA

Officials to be charged

Temple Bar appointment

OUTSIDE THE FOLD

By From HARRY FERGUSON

Opposition doubtful of Milosevic's acceptance of report

Memories are made of this

By Philip Reid

MORE LICENCES

By From EDWARD D. RAFFERTY

Derry footballer attacked

The views from Drumcree

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Beef ban's impact assessed

Lara main scalp as McGrath takes five

By By ANDY WILSON

Sales sprinters leap on jumpers

By Frank McNally

Sino-Russian summit planned

Breen sidelined after assault

By By PETER BYRNE

PEOPLE POWER: REZONING

By Kathy Sheridan

All well worth stylistic sacrifice

By Kevin Courtney

CE Electric claims victory in takeover

Hume calls for an early general election in Britain

By By MARK BRENNOCK and SUZANNE BREEN

Fraud police question Allwood

Garda bait failed to lure drugs barons on to hook

By By JOHN MAHER

An alien we'd all like to encounter for £1m

Frocks, cops and shocks galore

By By MICHAEL DWYER

ORPHANS' LOT

By From PATRICK WALDRON

Proposed BUPA scheme is fatal for our health service

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Suu Kyi visits mother's grave

HIV TESTING

By From JEAN CRAWFORD

It was a year when Ireland seemed a more dangerous place to be a woman

By Kathy Sheridan

LONG WAIT

By From D.K. HENDERSON

Conaghan says no to FF, FG offers

Marvel comic book chaos

Hard times for a middle man

By By SEAN MORAN

Malaysian death toll reaches 127

Rwanda's first trial on 1994 genocide opens

Hacking at Jefferson's clay feet

By By FRANK CALLANAN

Decision on visitor centre in Burren deferred

By Frank McDonald

Some of the corkiest wines of 96

By By MARY DOWEY

Look out for real fireworks

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Garda informers listed in lost dossier

By By JOHN MAHER

Two archbishops warn on consumer culture

By Michael O'Regan

RTE schedule focuses on home grown programmes

By By EMMET OLIVER

Triple transplant man to marry

Boom should stay sound

By Orna Mulcahy

When the people forced change

By By JOHN MAHER

From an ant to a doggie

By By ELLEN BEARDSLEY