Article Index

Euro faces first major market test on Monday

By Cliff Taylor

The Writers

Irishman in ecstasy case gets two-year sentence

By By ISABEL CONWAY

IBEC warns of price changes

America week by week

Government ignored war ceremony

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

The Irish palate comes of age

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Shannon fury over washouts at Thomond

By Gerry Thornley

The man who uses the carrot instead of the stick

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

West Indies shape up to the oval ball

Young guns going for it across sport's frontlines

SFA calls for action plan

London pinned hopes on `liberal' O'Neill

Diplomat despaired at lack of understanding

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

An Irishman's Diary

By Michael O'Regan

Sparkling Cone another for the Williams yard

Theatre

By By GERRY COLGAN

Man killed and cars blaze in ugly start to the New Year

Gore enters presidential race

Night Train, by Martin Amis (Vintage, £5.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Waiting for Armageddon

Cork Cricket Club

Disposal spots for Christmas trees

No allusion to Collins advised

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Beyond Economics

Austerity marks Cardoso ceremony

Garlic, medicine of the ancients

By Michael Viney

Yemen survivors return to Britain

Short-lived chicken has had its day

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Clamping At Christmas

A long way from Eurovision stage to Europolitical stage

By By ROISIN INGLE

National debt falls £1bn in buoyant 1998

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Rock

By Kevin Courtney

Heavy security set for Portadown parade

Keep striving

Archbishop of Canterbury appeals for greater generosity towards refugees

Subplots will ensure an event-filled year

UUP accuses SDLP of `humbug and hypocrisy' over honours list awards

By Gerry Moriarty

Win may not be significant for Celtic

By By PATRICK GLENN

Nunc et semper

By By INGEMAR LECKIUS

Match-By-Match Guide

By Gerry Thornley

Crime Time (CT Publishing, £4.99 in UK)

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

A jump-shot at stardom

Danes eye early poll

Last words on the Rising

Eye On Nature

Defenders of the public interest look more at peril every week

By By DICK WALSH

The best of spring reading

Elephant, by Raymond Carver (Harvill, £6.99 in UK).

By Eileen Battersby

Victor Hugo, by Graham Bell (Picador, £8.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Y2K bug strikes airports

Plan for Concorde caused tourism fear

Lasagne For The Homeless

The Beautiful and Damned, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Oxford World's Classics, £5.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Zarafamania

Fact File

Support for dialogue surest guarantee of peace - Ahern

Sad dog

A Winter Feast

Four-day ban for Johnson

Constant fear on Ireland's standing within Europe

By Joe Humphreys

Faithful chronicler of his weather times

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Give up smoking and gain jubilee indulgence

At home in the euro zone's heart

Honour to prevail

By Brian O'Connor

The Churches And Racism

Backing into the future

Barrett a Sundance kid

Taking some of the chill off Frost

O'Neill was given civil rights warning

FAI National League Previews

By By PAUL BUTTNER

This Week They Said

Distorted images of life in a war zone

Cathal Goulding

Dark year for men who drew a Blanc

By Mary Hannigan

Arrests for drink-driving exceeded 820 in past four weeks, Garda says

By Catherine Cleary

Johnson faces a lengthy holiday

European Monetary System did not favour Ireland

Ten arrested on New Year's Eve

Ireland Of The Welcomes

Another dies on Ben Nevis

Zeal of language lobby prompted Andrews to leave RTE authority

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

Party like it's 1999

A currency born in union of economics and politics

By Paul Gillespie

Consumers given time to adjust to idea of new order

By Patrick Smyth

Lock up your farmers

By Brian Boyd

`You're in the syndicate, aren't you?'

Laurel wreath for a woman?

By By JOHN BOLAND

Weather beats boats

First civil rights march was more like republican parade, said RUC report

Cobweb stuff cheers Carr

By Philip Reid

Unionist criticises euro policy

Latin America: a special relationship with the EU?

Royalties complaint upheld by EU body

Primate appeals for weapons shift

Ringing in a swinging new year

Student president officially censured

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

Drug-free wing sought at Mountjoy

By Catherine Cleary

Clearings

By By CAITRIONA O'REILLY

Sports Speak:

Continuing our critics' fast-forward through the year ahead

By Arminta Wallace

Sydney-Hobart disaster offers shot across the bows

Culture vulture '99

By Aidan Dunne

Swan has first double

By Brian O'Connor

Wolde goes in Durham run

Seven of 30 murder victims were lone pensioners

By Catherine Cleary

Outdoor purists

Ireland near promised land

What will we drink in 1999?

By By MARY DOWEY

Culture

Another year of boom for Irish art forecast

By Orna Mulcahy

Tragedy that touched a nation's soul

Beanz Meanz Mambazo

RUC treat death as suspicious

Sailing into the unknown

De Rossa refuses to leave funeral

By Patsy McGarry

Portraying the Picasso of jazz

Hardline unionists who stayed O'Neill's hand

Lynch's move to abolish PR was rejected by voters

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

Music and tributes resound at funeral of Cathal Goulding

By Patsy McGarry

BP Amoco to cut more jobs than predicted

Be prepared, warns ISME

A dull, wet and warmer year

By Tim O'Brien

A list of good reasons to buy Irish

Ayr to inspect again

He's the fan

Here But Not Here: A Love Story, by Lillian Ross (Faber & Faber, £12.99 in UK)

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

Tax And The Ex-Taoiseach

Bruton fears over policy

Gardai hope photofit will aid rape inquiry

Protesters in mourning at death of the pound

By Roddy O'Sullivan

Education For Life

Clinton in an upbeat mood as critical period looms

The euro train is leaving without a British reservation

By By FRANK MILLAR

In a lather over soap rogues

By By EDDIE HOLT

Bishop calls on all MPs to block abortion

By Gerry Moriarty

UN plane crash survivors `held'

Osam breaks Shelbourne hearts

By By PAUL BUTTNER

Primate suggests executive could precede disarming

By Gerry Moriarty

TnaG to transmit charity pub quiz

English FA Cup Third Round Previews

Author says Mandelson leaked story

Irish bankers confident about financial systems

By By IRISH TIMES REPORTERS

1998 saw biggest ozone hole ever

O'Neill stressed need for reform

Wilson's cabinet `riven with division'

Sliding Games

By Johnny Watterson

Ministers look forward to ever closer ties as euro becomes reality

By Patrick Smyth

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Apaches, by Lorenzo Carcaterra (Arrow, £6.99 in UK)

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

Margarita madness

By By MARY DOWEY

Film '99

Iraq wants US, British out

Woman critical after Cork fire

Objective 1 committee established

Air Corps sets record with 3,300 missions

By Lorna Siggins

Ambassador protested secretly at `Late Late' reference to princess

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Adjusting to a different era as new year brings new currency

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Portents

By By EAMON PHOENIX

Facing the reality of a president in the dock

By By SEAN CRONIN

Ferguson expects no more mistakes

Dublin surprised by NI crisis, papers show

By By KIERAN FAGAN

Air Attacks On Iraq

The maker of an Australian Genesis

By Eileen Battersby

6 die in Quebec avalanche

Hit-and-run death charge

RTE housing crisis series accused of bias by Boland

By John Bowman

Gran, gran fiesta

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Euro Zone At A Glance

Thousands of homes without power in storms

By Tim O'Brien

Promises Lovers Make When It Gets Late, by Darian Leader (Faber & Faber, £7.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

People

The Green Mile, by Stephen King (Orion, £10.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

19 die in Nigeria oil conflict

Inis Cara makes amends

Stars do simple things well

By Philip Reid

Curran's chances fall to injury

By By PAT ROCHE

The Gathering Storm

British Beam-Benders?

The Conversion of Europe: From Paganism to Christianity 371-1386, by Richard Fletcher (Fontana, £10.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON