Article Index

Towards The Endgame

Banks profit first on Telecom float

By Dominic Coyle

Trimble gives chilly response to `flawed' plan

By By GERRY MORIARTY and CLARE MURPHY

Teacher refused leave to sue

Druids curse strikes the luck of the Irish

The Need For Social Investment

Court told of `hidden agenda'

Professional staff at Forfas serve strike notice in regrading dispute

By By PADRAIG YEATES

US plays down incident with Russian jets in air space over Iceland

By By JOE CARROLL

CAB appeal to be heard on July 14th

Clamping CafΘ culture

By Frank McNally

Look out for `a King of Terror' from the sky

England Away, by John King (Vintage, £5.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Long March goes on as decision to reroute is upheld

By By MONIKA UNSWORTH

Buoyant Stevenson dazzles Dokic

By Johnny Watterson

Ahern right to put everything into final push

A legal upheaval looms

Hi-tech sector faces low pay probe in the US

Ratings figures rise while TV3 pluck the Irish rights to soccer's Champions League

The high risks of flying rescue missions

How Albert's libel suit became a test case

Fatal Air Corps Crash

Getting there

Posh Spice and Beckham jet in for their wedding

By By ROISIN INGLE

Marathon workers protest

Faking it

Shooting in legs seen as attempted murder

By By CLARE MURPHY

Bill to spare life of Ocalan withdrawn by Ecevit

Council to have representatives from Belfast, Edinburgh, Cardiff executives

By By ANDY POLLAK

Great gas at Santry

The icing on the cake

Government now faced with an abundance of Budget riches

By By JANE SUITER

Nugent's odyssey ends

By Johnny Watterson

Father gets 10 months for assaulting baby

Goal poacher Durcan can give Sligo another lift

Troops ooops!

Mayo Has It

Small parties give broad welcome to declaration

By By CLARE MURPHY

Change is in the air

By By HARRY BROWNE

Meath have the guile to win semi-final

By By SEAN MORAN

Investigators view cable car wreckage

Bruton attributes economic boom to O'Malley

Dublin cowboy

By By ROBERT FARREN

Inquiry begins into air crash at Tramore

By By CHRIS DOOLEY and JIM CUSACK

21 wickets fall as Stewart's England future put in doubt

Government shelves Bill on pub opening

By Frank McNally

Security guard shot in Dublin

Amphibian

By By EAMON GRENNAN

Clerical Celibacy

Obituaries

Solid Businessman with a certain style

All roads lead back to Belfast Agreement

By By DICK WALSH

`He doesn't care about me at all. I care about him and that's why I kill him. You ought to understand'

By Eileen Battersby

Drogheda procession for St Oliver

By Patsy McGarry

Unions must change with times - Cassells

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Folk

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Millennium Matters

By Brian Boyd

Stravinsky a starter

By Brian O'Connor

Air Corps Tragedy

Peace deal with a failsafe device on arms

Dana seeks Euro group alliance

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Marsden the key figure

By By SEAN MORAN

They'll take Manhattan

Early retirement

Come up and see my CDs

By By NICHOLAS BARBER

Sports Speak:

The Semiotics of Punk

By Brian Boyd

It came, you ate it, and it conquered

By By JOHN MCKENNA

I Married a Communist, by Philip Roth (Vintage, £6.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Bruton accepts he was informed on shares

Windfarms On Aran Islands

Latin America emerges from Rio summit with enhanced status only

True humility is great

It helps to be mad

By By PAUL CARSON

Video Releases

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Classical

By Michael Dervan

Risky profession

The height of gardening pleasure

Stocks rise to records as index steams ahead

Sin peaks

By By ANNA JOHNSTON

Amount of toothpaste used offers an insight into health behaviour

By By ALISON O'CONNOR

Monsieur, mine's a pint - of water

By By CAROL BRICK-STOCK

Gender And Tolerance

Enfer beefs up Irish scientific record

Leading lights

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

Unsung gems

By By RAY COMISKEY

Kfor arrests five Yugoslav soldiers in Kosovo claiming to be on border patrol

Air show at Salthill cancelled as a mark of respect

By Lorna Siggins

Ulster Bank to revamp operations in Ireland

By By SIOBHAN CREATON

Relieving An Itch

TV3 news service and station `still have a long way to go'

By By RODDY O SULLIVAN

`Straw hut' affair with a plot worthy of the Marx Brothers

Vivienne Westwood: An Unfashionable Life, by Jane Mulvagh (HarperCollins, £8.99 in UK)

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

De Chastelain's report on decommissioning

Computer operator aided theft of software

US clears Irish meat

`They were very nice lads, and very professional'

By Chris Dooley

The way d'Hondt operates

All in the head

By By JOHN KELLY

Adams expresses relief and cautious optimism

By By MONIKA UNSWORTH

Myth magic

Devastating Agassi on course to `do a Borg'

By Johnny Watterson

Forget the flaws

By By JACK HANNA

Steady nerves needed for day five

In step with the tango

By By PENELOPE DENING

Viridian claims ESB is anti-competitive

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

The tug-of-war that has left Trimble on perilous ground

He traded his future for a belief in his own legend

NSO/Fergus Sheil

By By MARTIN ADAMS

Esat deals now sanctioned by the EU

By Patrick Smyth

Graduates cheer Weld and Smullen double

Love in the underworld

By By PADRAIG O GORMAILE

Global Crossing to provide information age link

By By SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH

Tense Drumcree enshrouded in a ring of steel

By By CHRIS ANDERSON

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

In political wrestling rural publicans a class apart

US rates rise knocks sends euro reeling again

To pastures new

German presents new Finnish presidency with its first battle

By Patrick Smyth

A view to Kells

Telecom shares likely to float near 290p

By Cliff Taylor

New Names from Moscow

By By MARTIN ADAMS

Eye On Nature

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, by Fannie Flagg (Vintage, £6.99 in UK)

By By SARAH MARRIOTT

Refreshing Rieslings

The Trials of Radclyffe Hall, by Diana Souhami (Virago, £9.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Dettori ban `a joke'

Lower Ennex losses

Irish find their form

Rubicon has been crossed to potential security - Ahern

By Gerry Moriarty

Rock

By Kevin Courtney

Radio Previews

By Sylvia Thompson

Desmond has stake in 29% of Unidare

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Chronicle Of A Sport In Turmoil: The last 12 months

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Bottle Of The Week

A deal that could transform landscape

Outcome welcomed

Pale stars

By By MARY DOWEY

Drumcree march is banned as Stormont talks drag on

By By PADRAIG O MORAIN

Croco Rouge best

True grit gets Daly through

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Bestsellers

Waterford closes US deal

Just another manic Monday

Clinton welcomes move on agreement

By By JOE CARROLL

Tiger and the boys on their way

Plight of the East Timorese seen as disastrous

By By CHRISTINE NEWMAN

Over 40 die as two boats collide

Forthcoming Auctions

No more wheeling and dealing?

Anglo-Irish bond more than proves its strength

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Commissions on policing and rights have started work ahead of executive

Auction Results

Suddenly viable

Blair in final effort to solve Drumcree impasse

By By CLARE MURPHY

Footsie struggles to build on US-led advance

Experts study debris of crashed helicopter

By Chris Dooley

Stick to the facts

By By ELAINE LAFFERTY

The flair of the Forties

Woman jailed for four years for arson

A call story

Costello says immigration Bill lacks proper procedures

By By JIMMY WALSH

Champions can counter Cork's strengths

By By SEAN MORAN

Judge orders separate trials

New balls and old battles

By By EDDIE HOLT

New plan `a great day for Ireland' - Ahern

Back to the boards

No conflict of interest, says Byrne on CRH

By Colm Keena

Mixed day for the Irish

By Liam Gorman

Factfile

Economy still booming with £4.5bn surplus at end of year projected

By By JANE SUITER

Erection ends in surgery

Much in favour of veteran Abaco

By Brian O'Connor

Peace process very much alive, say governments

Travels with Dr Death, by Ron Rosenbaum (Papermac, £12 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Oireachtas

Dail to be recalled for work on NI if needed

June unemployment drop of 4,000 is largest decline for two years

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Acting the Jennet in Galway

We're turning into our parents

By By LOUISE EAST

Framework for Irish PfP role almost complete

By By JANE SUITER

Banks lead the charge as index regains 5,000 mark

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Owner of Tara Mines stays silent

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Munster pairing big box office

By By SEAN MORAN

Ruling could prompt spate of applications

Arms and The Man

UUP to be shown text of failsafe law next week

By By DEAGLAN DE BREADUN and FRANK MILLAR and MARK BRENNOCK

Tennis dish needs a dash of passion

By Mary Hannigan

Five years of harassment in Portadown was too much

First night face-lifts

By By EDWARD POWER

Result today of officers' ballot

The Powerful Voice of the Outsider

Theatre

By By GERRY COLGAN

Plumber sentenced for storing arms

Death of `Godfather' author Mario Puzo

The Playboy Of The Western World

`A man ain't got no hasn't got any can't really isn't any way out'

Mellow cello

Pat moves people

Commission's Mandate And Actions

Consultants recommended replacing Dauphins

By Lorna Siggins

State witness says he followed Guerin and saw killing

Squash court PC keeping Telecom cash ball in play

By By SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH

Feel the music

Search for `disappeared' to resume in Wicklow

By Tim O'Brien

Common pursuits

By By ELLEN BEARDSLEY

Killer rides the rails with `romantic' hoboes

By By JOE CARROLL

Writing as he thinks, thinking as he writes

By By LIAM MAC COIL

Parading at the Peacock

1999: Four to watch

Eastern Promise

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Motorist fined for littering

Stylish Sauvignons

Gallipoli by Robert Rhodes James (Pimlico, £12.50 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

A quality cabinet for a quality house

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Let there be light on our forests

By Michael Viney

Galway can improve

By By SEAN MORAN

Two arrested on drugs charges

Obituaries

Affable patrician masterminded prototype Belfast Agreement

Too early to say if 1989 was a liberation or a revolution

By Paul Gillespie

Directory Enquiries

Donaldson swiftly rejects document

When a diversity of models is desirable

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Leeson to be freed today

A drive too far for Hill

It's a long, long way from Rotuma to here

Ambulance waiting times vary between rural and other areas

By By ALISON O'CONNOR

Clare set to win battle of the backs

By By EAMON CREGAN

Stick at nothing

By Ian O'Riordan

Obituaries

Doughty survivor of a Nazi death decree

Markets rise but euro still struggling

Jazz

Leaked document adds fuel to parade crisis

CRH buys Hepworth brick business

Finding a garden of Eden

By Orna Mulcahy

No dual funding

By David O'Brien

Weekend of finals

By By KARL JOHNSTON

Looking into the very soul of hurling

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

Allied bid acceptances

Man killed in Wicklow accident

Fatboy Slim

By Kevin Courtney

When Harry met witches and wizards

By By VANESSA THORPE

Moorish delights

Timor leaders offer to share power

Dance

By Kevin Courtney

Clerical Celibacy

A controversial novel is born

Judge rules `Spike' cannot proceed at present

By Mary Carolan

All the fun of the fleadh

Bjorn starts to turn it around

By Philip Reid

The fall guy

By By JOE CARROLL

Fingering bosses on welfare fraud

Chrysler van has `appalling' accident safety, new test finds

Court told man said taunts led to assaults

UDA bosses wish there were no Catholics left in Carrickfergus

EU warns over failure to reply to environment rules claims

By Patrick Smyth

Airwaves

Honouring Peter O'Connor

This Week They Said

Markets hit new highs despite some key fallers

On the turning wheel of the year

By By JOHN MCGAHERN

Clinton remarks give Barak chance to clarify stance on Palestinian refugees

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

Surrounded Serbs suspected of war crimes to be held by NATO troops

By By CHRIS STEPHEN

Rock/Dance

Taming the bard

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Mastering fear and greed

By By MARK DONNELLY

Police deny failing to protect former RUC man

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Tribunal to appeal judgment on Lawlor challenge

By Mary Carolan

FAI ready for Yugoslav visit on September 1st

Maureen Haughey settles libel action

Former garda extradited on death charge

A pressing question

Forthcoming Fairs

Telecom Flotation

When will you see them again?

By By EDWARD POWER

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