Article Index

Refugee centre case for Labour Court

By By NUALA HAUGHEY

US probe draws close to red planet

Telephone system breakdowns

Women Travel: First-hand accounts from more than 60 countries. Edited by Natania Jansz, Miranda Davies, Emma Drew, and Lori McDougall (The Rough Guides, £12.99 in UK)

By Rosita Boland

No need to feel hampered

ISE forces companies to reveal pay of directors

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Man remanded on murder charge

Harrington slips back

Southie story (Part 1)

By By ANNA MUNDOW

No catching the coach

By Ian O'Riordan

US financial services firm looking at Cork

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Dublin's Dickens (Part 1)

Dispute Over Asylum-Seekers

Pieces of Yeats

By By JOHN MCGAHERN

Game with a chequered history

Room for manoeuvre as Exchequer surplus hits record £1.9bn

By By JANE SUITER

Sound advice for the buying season

Gardai given time to settle

By By IRISH TIMES REPORTERS

Orchestra sings for supper

Going sheep, but not cheap

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Kohl defends his reputation in row over secret accounts

By Denis Staunton

Inflation fear as battered euro slumps to new lows

Without Honours

Malaysian poll test for Mahathir

Supermarkets surprise with wine value

NIO reverses security decision

Bending the Border

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Before the well ran dry oil

By By LIAM MACCOIL

Holidaying at home

This Week They Said

The new face of Farmleigh

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Back home to the good life

Grandstand finish just what Cup needs

By By IAN MALIN

`Hil' takes on a hardboiled New York by saying Yes to Senate race

By By JOE CARROLL

Man killed in road accident

Attempt to introduce formal honours system founders on the rock of political disagreement

Holidays for the over-55s

Carroll's impressive return

Sampras is the reward for Kiefer

By By STEPHEN BIERLEY

Passers-by find stolen diamonds

Different strokes

By By LANCE CONTRUCCI

Bubblewatch

By By MARY DOWEY

Turning the world into colour

Six of the best for wine online

By By MARY DOWEY

Centres of attraction

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Unionism's battle fought in the background

Search And Rescue Service

Well, it's Godunov for you!

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Bread and jams (Part 1)

By Arthur Beesley

Ulster to review 4.2% deposit rate

By Arthur Beesley

Bread and jams (Part 2)

60,000 sign petition on tax

Think crafty when shopping for gifts

Leaders edge ahead despite market caution

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Dispute Over Asylum-Seekers

Mother jailed for baby murders

Bottles Of The Week

By By MARY DOWEY

The soul market

By Frank McNally

Forthcoming Auctions

Classical

By Michael Dervan

War in NI ended, says McMichael

`The Irish Times' named best printed national newspaper

Man from the margins

Trimble, Taylor speeches seen as crucial to NI vote

By By DEAGLAN DE BREADUN

A Day's Outing

Ten from the last decade on a river of song

Ambushed by awards

By Ian O'Riordan

Award recognises the RUC's extraordinary record of service

Rare arrival of a brown shrike in Kerry puts birdwatchers in flutter

New Year hype rates three zeros

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Executives quit over sex expose

Many years a-glowing

By By IAN KILROY

Campaigner who empowered the marginalised

Leinster's high hopes left stuck in the mud

By John O'Sullivan

Digifone offers new service

Celluloid postcards

By By AISLING FOSTER

UN credibility `battered' in Kosovo conflict

By Joe Humphreys

Power and prayer

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Gardai continue search for missing man in Waterford

By Chris Dooley

Gregory comes full circle

O'Donnell's image of independence dented by climbdown

Elderly nun injured in raid on house

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Plans for immigrant workers raise humanitarian concerns

Service rewarded

By By EDMUND VAN ESBECK

Straight from the heart

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Unwelcome diversion for People's Commissioner

By By ROISIN INGLE

Boy responding to treatment

George Cross award for RUC comes at a key time for Trimble

Church Of Ireland Notes

Eye On Nature

By Michael Viney

Portillo an asset for the party, says Hague

Art

By Aidan Dunne

Youth has its day

Youth gets 8 years for manslaughter

Farmer remanded in smuggling case

Perm State Ballet

By Mary Leland

Splurging on lights fantastic

Weekend Previews

Genuinely global?

By By HARRY BROWNE

Colcannon and crubeens stage a comeback

Suburb is portrayed as segregation tactic

By Tim O'Brien

New record for Nasdaq on curtailed day

Pick a package break without going broke

Who's Who (and who's not)

By By ROISIN INGLE

Driven to distraction

By Conor Goodman

Face Value

Carry on canapes

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Ross expects barren spell to end

By By LINLEY MACKENZIE

Tudjman's powers taken away

Journalist makes new allegations against Archer

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Get on Young Kenny

The Knocker Wrenching Case

Easy for Istabraq

Southie story (Part 2)

Women only

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Ulster's reign to have short life span

By Gerry Thornley

Time to play tough with the public sector?

By Dominic Coyle

4 hurt as UK train hits buffer

Muddled mastery from a novelist-by-proxy

By By COLUM MCCANN

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

McGinley right at home

Trimble's broad church may ensure narrow win

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

Don't feel washed up for gifts with a little luxury

Gearing up for the festive season

Party politics of the season

By By MARY DOWEY

DIT Chamber Choir, Orchestra and soloists Franz-Paul Decker and Bernie Sherlock (conductors) Bernadette Greevy (mezzo soprano)/Deborah Kelleher (piano)

By By MARTIN ADAMS

Man shot dead in televised chase

Dublin's Dickens (Part 2)

Still striving for perfection

Cinema

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Drug Seizures

Dispute Over Asylum-Seekers

200-strong NI group issues plea

3 sentenced for Traveller attack

O'Donnell `not pressurised' to make U-turn on asylum-seekers

Udaras election well kept secret

Education rights for asylum-seekers proposed

By By NUALA HAUGHEY

Frankfurt gains reversed as Karstadt tumbles

First-half profits fall 3.6% at Adare

By By BILL MURDOCH

Bank of Scotland pursues NatWest

£12m centre opens in Kilkenny

UUP may cut Orange Order link

Boyd sees zero red

By Ian O'Riordan

Jazz

Take to the health farm! Yule feel better

Private firm to run schools

Mass At St Patrick's

Maid of the Mist by Colin Bateman. (HarperCollins, £6.99 in UK)

By By VINCENT BANVILLE

Dope talk

By Ian O'Riordan

Monsieur Hulot's pictures

By Hugh Linehan

Look out for the `rising stars' of art world

Agreement allows trust to grow, and escape hatch if it doesn't

By By DICK WALSH

Accomplished actor and proud Gate trustee

Conspiracy case by former CIE head rejected

By Mary Carolan

Labels for less

Judge strikes out probation review on teenage girl who killed shop-owner

Keeping the James bond strong

By Kevin Courtney

Life and death in the afternoon

By By JOHN BANVILLE

Solicitor who was happiest at sea with his close friends

Five steps to real food

By By KUSI OKAMURA

Wall Street helps Foots to further records

Opposition must see that now is not the time to seize UUP leadership

Auction Results

Trimble might invite party to set its own time limit for decommissioning

NFL Previews

By By SEAN MORAN

Turkish Earthquakes

Death, grief and a healing reunion

By By VICTORIA WHITE

Immigration issue not remote from social policy

Fools` Guide

By By MARY DOWEY

France denies Yugoslav plot

EU crackdown on refugee smuggling

Spanish multinational opens outlet in Cork

Journey to Christmas

Club Previews

By By SEAN MORAN

Olympic efforts in the East

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Council split may lead to private refuse service

By By VALERIE COX

Nigerian police crush ethnic violence

Not one dalmation, but 101 judgments

Alternative Medicines

Some gold but many glitches in anticipated pay bonanza

Farmers to be paid electronically

Feasting in the land of megabytes

By Orna Mulcahy

An Opportunity For Agreement

Trimble to stake leadership on UUC verdict at historic meeting

By By FRANK MILLAR, IN LONDON, DEAGLAN DE BREADUN AND PAUL TANNEY and IN BELFAST

Lots of style, plenty of smiles, but no sign of sin

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Growing an album

By By JOHN KELLY

Room at the inn for Christmas

Contents of Polly Devlin's house to be sold

NZ expected to vote for change

Celebrating the words of wonder

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Investigation to be held into 1997 council accounts

By Tim O'Brien

National League: Preview

By Emmet Malone

Searching test for Munster

By Gerry Thornley

Bright start by Ireland

By By PAT ROCHE

Sometimes it's cool to go out to play

By Mary Hannigan

The ghost of Aloysius has his night

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Galway make breakthrough

The Pillar of Fire Selected Poems by Nikolay Gumilyov. (Anvil, £12.95 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Dragon stake in Celtic rises

Horticultural industry to look abroad for staff

By By SEAN MACCONNELL

Doing the swing thing

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

Garden Work

By By JANE POWERS

Rock

By Kevin Courtney

Getting there

Providence to develop oilfield

Golden moments on Budget Day

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Nine cases of BSE confirmed

C&C aims to float on Dublin and London stock markets

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Classical

Brujos is hero and villain

Budget will cut tax rates and raise spending

By By JANE SUITER

Inquiries on Liechtenstein memo

By Colm Keena

`I am at work 365 days a year, I am on holiday 365 days a year.All I do is live my life'

By By GEOFF DYER

Smith irate at Everton situation

By By IAN ROSS

GAA in good health

By Ian O'Riordan

Taoiseach abandons plan for honours system to reward service to State

By By KEVIN RAFTER

In the killing fields

By By JIM CUSACK

Germany's unfamiliar role heartens some

By Dominic Coyle

Weatherman wins appeal

Methodist Notes

Partners perfectly matched

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Ruling on citizenship reserved

Have a go at haberdashery

Goalkeepers hold sway

10 feared drowned as ferry sinks

No let-up for tourists as South Africa pile on pain

By By MIKE SELVEY

Recalling of Mallon denounced

By By PAUL TANNEY

Ballygunner target Clare's big game

Wahid returns to more strife

Cramming two careers into one short life

Folk

By By VICTORIA WHITE

Remand for man on murder charge

The million wings of winter

By Michael Viney

No basis to suggest IRA plans return to violence Flanagan

By Marie O'Halloran

The Good Listener by Neil Belton (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £7.99 in UK)

By Sheila Wayman

Happy in the company of Wolves

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

Memorial to Jerry McCabe is unveiled

By By ARTHUR QUINLAN

Trying to develop too much too soon could have serious inflationary effect

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Mass At St Patrick's

A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe (Picador, £10 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Sports Speak: The week in quotes

By Ian O'Riordan

Victim `had murder on his mind'

Angling Notes

By By DEREK EVANS

Kitchener: the Road to Omdurman by John Pollock (Constable, £12.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

`Macadamising' the long hard road

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Bouncer loses damages claim

Bringing the world's best chess players to Kilkenny is a pretty smart move

Gouger banned

Unglamorous, unremarkable, but today the `plain' voices of unionism have a say

Water safety association re-established

Dunnes Stores firm wins battle with the Revenue

Clerk claims damage due to violence

Our very own BAFTAs

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Monster Mallarka of Dublin theatre

Number of potato-growers at all-time low of 1,263 but output holds steady

Public service? Where's the comedy in that?

By Hugh Linehan

Rock/Dance

Something stylish for pre-teens

Memo composed on St Patrick's Day

Resolute Ulster strike rich vein

Cosmic connections

By By MIC MORONEY

Bombs defused at museum

The hidden charm of a grand old vanity dressing table

Cardinal Hume will be a difficult act to follow

Making Santa look small

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

Standing ovation for Trimble

By By PAUL TANNEY

Global trade talks should give special attention to the wretched of earth

By By MAURA LEEN

Fact File

A country above the clouds

Revelling in mascara, lipstick and blue rinses

Warning on price of social housing

Ena: Spain's English Queen by Gerard Noel (Constable, £10.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Food worth paying for

By By KUSI OKAMURA

Forthcoming Fairs

Saga of offshore secrets unfolds

By Dominic Coyle

A boy-girl thing

By Kevin Courtney

Champions show their true worth

By Emmet Malone

Russian forces step up pounding of Chechen capital

Dig in to Christmas

By By JANE POWERS

UK media groups plan merger

Senior unionists oppose plan for SF in cabinet

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Wisdom from the touchline

By By TONY O'REILLY

Inoffensive bowler hat gets its due

By Gerry Moriarty

Yeoman's to star