Article Index

Euro fails to build on gains after ECB rate rise hint

By Cliff Taylor

Assurance on private buses

The Sound Of Luas

Forthcoming Fairs

Bottle Of The Week

4 Belgian tourists are kidnapped

The last eccentric

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Increased options should serve O Se well

By By JOHN O'MAHONY

Crisis In The Peace Process

This Tour has no place for an anti-doping crusader

By By WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM

It's only just begun, Rosalind

By By VICTORIA WHITE

Murder accused in deafness suit

`Street' actor held by police

Roots/World

What is the stars?

By By JOHN KELLY

Garden work

Swift review of agreement could work - Adams

By By CLARE MURPHY

Friends First expands

Oh, so smart is modern art...

Jehovah's Witnesses meet for convention and maybe romance

By By ROISIN INGLE

Hole of horrors:

Salinas sentence cut, funds freed

Steam train trip to Wexford

The Hills of Tuscany By Ferenc Mate (Flamingo, £7.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Farming community followed in the steps of their unlikely Oxford-educated leader

By By RICKARD DEASY

Family matters

Donegal report calls for £732m funding by 2006

By By THERESA JUDGE

Beijing fires salvo at `splittist' Taiwanese PM

Next stop Ireland 2003

How the mighty Niagara Falls has fallen

By By JOE CARROLL

Making love in a flash of lightning

Church Of Ireland Notes

Taking a European touch to Supreme Court job

By By CAROL COULTER

Veteran of the International Brigade devoted his life to political struggle

Daisy-cutters

Two issues that could cast shadows on peace process

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

At swim-two-bodies

A boost for the troops

Meath man not guilty of rape

Dana buys North Sea assets

Breakaway rail workers call off disruption threat

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Minister wants to halve £3.5m beef tribunal fees

Dance station hopefuls

Russian mother, child held at airport

Claim of no direct evidence to convict man

Here is the (strange) news

Slow burner begins to fire

By By SEAN MORAN

Crisis In The Peace Process

Dance station hopefuls

Club created through naval gazing

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Radio Previews

By Lorna Kernan

The Water Carriers

By By VICTORIA WHITE

2,500 Ford Focuses to be recalled

By By NUALA HAUGHEY

Drama

By By GERRY COLGAN

Because they're there

By By KEVIN BARRY

Beers and bachelors

Girl talk becomes a family necessity

Shelf life

By Michael Viney

Compliments Of Dublin Bus

Attempts to bring UUP on board fail dismally

By By CHRISTINE NEWMAN

Car-chase gunman jailed for 10 years

Coming to terms with the best of British

Co-founder of Roadstone was an entrepreneur with a vision who built his empire brick by brick

Interview At Drumcree

Beyond the bucolic

By By PADDY AGNEW

Ill sailor allowed to return to Ukraine

Three die in road accidents

Video Releases

By Hugh Linehan

Soapsters' time out with Moll

Ireland must now press for full solution as debt relief hopes are dashed

By By JUSTIN KILCULLEN

Gardai name crash victim

In the Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era selected and edited by J. Kates (Bloodaxe, £12.95 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

UVF to review stance on peace process

By By CLARE MURPHY

The Rings of Saturn by W.G.Sebald (Harvill, £6.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

MEP attacks An Post move

I think, therefore I party

By By JOHN BANVILLE

Staff cash in on the future at ICC Bank

Blair phones Clinton over crisis in Northern power-sharing plans

By By JOE CARROLL

The time has come for the sides to confront each other's problems

Slovo's widow accused of racism in report

By By PATRICK LAURENCE

Angst for the memory

By Arminta Wallace

Crumbs, it's hard

By By TAMA JANOWITZ

REM fight the end of the world

By Kevin Courtney

Davy's Telecom charges

The giant leap

Direct engagement between parties may be only hope

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Pop

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Rye Valley to open factory employing 300 people

By By SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH

The Ginger Man

By By GERRY COLGAN

Funeral of Mr Rickard Deasy

The bottle for art

By Aidan Dunne

Watching her pennies, but no longer using money-lenders

Fiery repercussions

Presbyterian Notes

Auction Results

Beating the drum for the art

Roberts hopeful of NI settlement

Pension fund assets increase to £30.8bn

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Megawati victory does not assure her of presidency

Sweet start to Swedish trip

By Emmet Malone

Music teacher withdraws court action

UNITA rebels kill 50 people

Folk

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Leading members of SPUC resign

Illuminating deep realities

By By EDDIE HOLT

EU to take Ireland to court over waste

By Patrick Smyth

Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman (Bloomsbury, £7.99 in UK)

By By SARAH MARRIOTT

British place for disturbed boy now in doubt

By Mary Carolan

Rugged, ragged and richly rewarding

Ambassador to raise claims of telephone-tapping

Bestsellers

Success and Challenge

Travellers' tales

By Philip Reid

Valuation Day

The `S' Word

Brave hearts

Getting There

Mullaghmore visitor controls `aspirational'

By Gordon Deegan

New scam promises $7m

By By SEAN MAC CARTHAIGH

Tracing the seeds of discontent in GMO row

Listen: artist at work

By By HARRY BROWNE

Wood set to return

By Johnny Watterson

Variety of products on offer to those with hefty Telecom cash refund

Barlo acquires German unit of ICI for up to €11m

By By BILL MURDOCH

Crisis In The Peace Process

Horse of representatives

Take How Ran

By Brian O'Connor

Guiding light of Irish gliding

Vehicle sales buoyant

Errors made in Telecom applications prove costly

By By RORY KELLEHER

Evidence in Meehan murder trial concludes

Cleaning up in Telecom's wake

By Dominic Coyle

The children were excited but Mum and Dad were silent with wonder

Floating The State Companies

Killybegs to get new £20m pier

By By THERESA JUDGE

Incinerator Proposal

De Bruin records to be omitted

By Johnny Watterson

Creatures of the night

By By VICTORIA WHITE

Crisis In The Peace Process

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

Pop arts

By Frank McNally

Seeds of Iran's student unrest found in bizarre tale of Perisan intrigue

Online jobs website acquired

Bioglan e.g.m. backs purchase

Rough trade takes toll

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Kilkenny in top gear

Finding the perfect dressing for fresh fish

By By JOHN MCKENNA

No way back

A mayor for the horse show

Leaders drift as Wall Street disappoints

Judge, witness recall school

By Roddy O'Sullivan

Chain operation

Easy listening hopefuls

The Abbey sends one of its best to Edinburgh

By By GERRY COLGAN

Poorest not as poor, but rich a lot richer

Sports Speak:

Council ordered not to dispose of 13 horses

It hurts to even think of a Cork double

By Mary Hannigan

Ruling in Blarney Mills case likely on Monday

Euro rates doubts leave bourses unchanged

Hurling pageant a festival highlight

By Chris Dooley

Jazz

Nobody is backing off from talks, insists Blair spokesman

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Windle to stay with Cablelink

Mother fears ex-husband will try to get son back

Staff at Tara Mines consider new proposals

By By PADRAIG YEATES

Dutch take stake in Arklow Shipping

Not: the best jokes

Festivals

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Sun, glorious sun!

By By MARY DOWEY

New Age

Arms found in Belfast search

Sharif's approval for border action claimed

Champions can regain appetite

By By SEAN MORAN

Microsoft cleared of violating anti-trust laws

Bollywood comes to Dublin

By By CLODAGH DEEGAN

Ireland Squad: Player-by-player guide

By Emmet Malone

Commissioning the commission

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Sun block

Phosphates In Water

Springsteen tour opens in US

Rugova's council boycott infuriates UN chief

By By JONATHAN STEELE

Libya bombing compensation

Children

By By YVONNE DRYSDALE

REM live up to the legend and delight their fans in Dublin

By Kevin Courtney

Anti-poverty activists believe the State should use its wealth to eliminate the problem now

By Kitty Holland

`Farce' the key word in UK press coverage

By By CHRISTINE NEWMAN

No Barrier to Reef

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Funds revelations embarrass Ahern

By By ROISIN INGLE

gone-completely-dotty@wit's-end

By By LOUISE EAST

Mighty hitter

Beyond Belief by V.S. Naipaul (Abacus, £8.99 in UK)

By By PATRICK COMERFORD

Telecom gains provides most of attention

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Growing pains

By Frank McNally

Lynch mishap costly

By Liam Gorman

Millennium Matters

Court ruling saves NHS millions

The long night of Lady Day

By By RAY COMISKEY

Get fluthered al fresco

By By EDWARD POWER

Greencore subsidiary acquires

The clematis keys

By By JANE POWERS

Death of friend who inspired devotion sets poetry in motion

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

Simply wizard

By By ROBERT DUNBAR

The best of worlds, the worst of worlds

Happy Mondays: Greatest Hits (London)

Mitchell called to another tour of NI duty

By By DICK WALSH

Caddie trouble

Woman jailed for knife attack

Shagadelic! Yeah! Baby! Yeah!

By Brian Boyd

Eye On Nature

Opportunity knocks again for Laois

By By SEAN MORAN

Mitchell may meet NI parties within two weeks

By By MARK BRENNOCK and GERRY MORIARTY

Public approach for donation inappropriate, says Farrell

By By RODDY O'SULLIVAN and JOE HUMPHREYS

Mir supply rocket finally takes off

French interest in phone operator

Spring Image

By By KEVIN WREN

Haughey's friend, the diplomatic millionaire

Ireland looking to the future

By John O'Sullivan

Monsignor on trial for book on Vatican vice

By By PHILIP WILLAN

Hell and eternal damnation get a new lease of life

Court told of lack of care at baby's birth

Japanese police raid cult properties over forgeries

This Week They Said

Teapot best

No rush to sell Telecom shares

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Gambling instinct may be difference between Mallon and Trimble

Ireland Converges On Moynalty

Self doubt is out

By By JOHN HORGAN

Regulator defended by those it polices

Clarke beats awful eight

By Philip Reid

Monitor by James Tertius de Kay (Pimlico, £9 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Building society ex-head tells of home visit

By Roddy O'Sullivan

The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker (Pimlico, £10 in UK)

By By SARAH MARRIOTT

Holiday secrets

Allegations of IRA murder plan

Gardai give no reason for late use of DNA test

Royal Dane worth a wager

By Brian O'Connor

Ballybunion seeks the big spenders

Middle market

Orla's secret

By By MAEVE BINCHY

They don't do quotes, they do bullet-holes

Potential advertising attracts bidders for five new commercial radio licences

Next Month's Problem

Our children and their sex games

Rescue Services

Fine recovery

`Like the end of the world'

Factfile

All Beckett's plays to be filmed here for millennium

By By LOUISE EAST

Self-supporting soccer star

By Johnny Watterson

Learning to trust in Oxford Irish

Galway can keep home fires burning

By By JOHN O'KEEFE

Style in leprechaun-land

By Orna Mulcahy

Pregnant pause

It looks like French fiction has found a saviour; it has certainly discovered a singular new voice

By Eileen Battersby

Dr Mowlam may leave NI in reshuffle

Forthcoming Auctions

BNFL blocks Greenpeace

Irish lose first two matches

By By PAT ROCHE

Our lazy days of summer kite-flying

Journalist denies spying

Irish Links With Brazil

Ex-minister helped relative of Arabian diplomat get passport

By Geraldine Kennedy

Donations `used to buy flying hours' for Haughey

By Joe Humphreys

Hamann agrees Anfield terms

Barak prepared for compromise as Albright plans new initiative

By By NOMI BAR-YAACOV

Irish Permanent asked to help pay for operation

By Roddy O'Sullivan

Driver sought after accident

Nothing to change view £20,000 misdirected

No easy route for passage to glory

How to watch the eclipse

Late judge's art treasures to go on the market

Still but moving

By By HELEN MEANY

Too many question marks hang over Cork

By By SEAN MORAN

Bout of recrimination must give way to slow building up of trust

Technology issues lead market into the records

Opening night smiles for Donleavy

By By EDWARD POWER