Article Index

Homes focus on disability urged

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Panto

By By YVONNE DRYSDALE

Trash TV trounced

By By EDDIE HOLT

Ryanair At Knock

How the Oireachtas expenses are divided up

By By KEVIN RAFTER

Sligo woman dies in accident

Backs play their part as Leinster come good

By Gerry Thornley

Gang leader sentenced to 14 years for false imprisonment

`Angela's Ashes' gets Hollywood treatment at Irish envoy's party

By By JOE CARROLL

Course fails to dampen Charles

By By GRANIA WILLIS

22 IRA prisoners transferred

By By SUZANNE BREEN

BIC to meet at summit level twice every year

Will the lunatics run the asylum?

By Dominic Coyle

Euro retreats after short-lived surge

FA Premiership Previews: team news and statistics

Connacht in Lion's den

By Gerry Thornley

Croatian president leaves an ambiguous legacy

A sporting year to stir the dispassionate

By Mary Hannigan

Jury fails to reach verdict in oil case

Team who worked wonders for the image of politicians

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

Damascus optimistic of Golan pullout next year

Portillo's former lover dies

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space

By Brian Boyd

Bus Lanes

A Bold Base

Radio Previews

By Lorna Kernan

Nazi slaves to receive compensation

By Denis Staunton

Kids let in on the act

By By SADBH

EU ministers cut whitefish quotas to preserve stocks

By Patrick Smyth

Rail and ESB staff consider pay proposals

Conduct unbecoming

By Orna Mulcahy

Can the Pet Shop Toys stop Sir Cliff in his track?

Bottom's up!

By By PENELOPE DENING

ETA And The Basques

Felicia's Journey, by William Trevor (Penguin, £6.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Casinos to remain open

A Literary Guide to Dublin by Vivien Igoe (Methuen, £12.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Youth jailed after sex with girl (14)

Doreen Curran (mezzo soprano)/ Eduardo Monteiro (piano)

By By DOUGLAS SEALY

The great university we might have had

By By ANTHONY CLARE

Dail Expenses

Stories without a safety net

By Eileen Battersby

Theatre

By By GERRY COLGAN

The day the Bailiwicks met the peace process

Dublin's C-Ring motorway to be fast-tracked to meet deadline

By Tim O'Brien

Council is weak, says Dodds

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Ex-journalist dies at 61

Oysters Away

Euro's big boys try to change rules of the game

Former member of Air Corps jailed

No need to panic

By By MARY DOWEY

Disney executive is convicted

Preview

By By SEAN MORAN

Battle over six-year-old's fate brings Cuba centre stage

Catastrophe has become disaster, say fishermen

Time for a pat on the back but no reason to be complacent

Church Of Ireland Notes

Waiting for Korbut

By Johnny Watterson

Judge quits courts over `Arctic conditions' in rooms

Telenor may mount solo bid for Esat after collapse of Telia merger talks

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

The end of Morse's code

By By MICHAEL PAINTER

Heinrich von Kleist: Selected Writings edited and translated by David Constantine (Dent, £16.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Sleeping Beauty

By By CAROLYN SWIFT

Taoiseach in summit challenge to IRA on arms issue

By By FRANK MILLAR

Primakov enters presidency race

By Seamus Martin

What's on where

Writers, wall-to-wall

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

New sanctions on Iraq approved

Seanad Expenses

Parting Company looks the pick

By Brian O'Connor

Taoiseach appeals to paramilitaries to move to end controversy over decommissioning

By By MARK BRENNOCK

It's the reel thing

By By CATHERINE FOLEY

North-south divide set for debate

By By MARTIN THORPE

Old bones reveal dark side

By By PADDY WOODWORTH

Labour loses in flagship borough

Sports Speak

Glut of candidates bewilders Russia's voters

Longley, Gageby receive honorary degrees

By By EMMET OLIVER

10 years in jail for manslaughter of man

Me and my children

Deception by Philip Roth (Vintage, £6.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Moving Christmas

Music on the line

Forthcoming Auctions

Getting to the root of the problem

By By MARY RUSSSELL

New stars for Christmas

Below-cost selling order should go, says review group

By Arthur Beesley

Killings of ETA members denied

Leading Irish chess to success

Smurfit silent on Norcor

Cranberry Cred

Motion on Callely remarks defeated

By By EITHNE DONNELLAN

Soccer Digest

Just as more prisons won't stop crime, more hostels won't stop homelessness

This is cowboy Christmas

Rock/Dance

£2.4m expenses in 6 months for TDs, senators

By By KEVIN RAFTER

Video Releases

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Bottles Of The Week

Two-goal strike decides points

Rock

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Judge dismisses action against Murray

It's a lazy, pleasant kind of life

By By HANIF KUREISHI

If you're dining out this Christmas

Partnership Talks

Telecoms help midcap index to record close

Builder took on man who said he had political contacts - judge

Lessons that must be learned from the DIRT saga

By By DICK WALSH

Year when buyers put Irish art in the picture

PAC report reveals more than merely tax evasion

There's no place like it (any more)

By By POL O CONGHAILE

Space findings and old Chinese history may solve riddle of Star of Bethlehem

Esat adrift as Telia and Telenor break vows

On-off Nordic union reaches end of the line

Macau set to return to Chinese rule after 400 years as colony

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Live from Fatima Mansions

By By HARRY BROWNE

Doctor being sued over birth tells court baby was perfect when born

Board assessment of alleged abuse victim criticised

Ahern clasps the hand of history one more time at unique London gathering

Flexicom wins £1m contract

Sense and sensibility

By By PATRICK CROTTY

Pedal power

Eye On Nature

Gift Ideas

By By MARY DOWEY

Move over, big bird, and let the ham take centre-stage

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Begin with bubbles

By By MARY DOWEY

Mince Pie Mecca

Apology

Welcome to the real ER

Foolhardy to ignore lessons of Seattle

By By PEADAR KIRBY

Role of auditors under review

By Cliff Taylor

Drugs seizures in Galway up 400%

Jump racing's sporting great forced to quit field of battle

By Brian O'Connor

New entrant planning Dungarvan gas plant

Jazz

A bit of a two-horse race

By Rosita Boland

Shares drift as traders anticipate holiday

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Mr Justice Lynch retires

Bangles and business

Men Of Trees

The Body politic

Longford man gets 8 years for `drugs war' manslaughter

Accused cannot remember moments when he stabbed victim

Very fudgy, very crafty

Traditional

Play it again, Giuseppe

By By MICHAEL DWYER

National Hurling League: Fixtures

By By SEAN MORAN

All very jovial as Brennan does his millennium duty for the last time

Rovers flattered

By By PAUL BUTTNER

The gangster from Gweedore

If In Doubt . . .

Bishops say lack of trust is still core problem in North

By Patsy McGarry

Progressive Politics

Hank's a lot

By By JOHN KELLY

There's Always Claret

Tackling Inequality

DIRT Inquiry Report

Life sentence for paedophile

Love and betrayal in Manhattan

By By EVE PATTEN

Shanghai express

Shelbourne live on the edge again

By Emmet Malone

Presbyterian Notes

Glen Of The Downs

Extent of `mad cow' crisis unclear

The Peace Of God

Hail in Egypt, but fair in the land of Goshen

By By BRENDAN MCWILLAIMS

Ryan makes no mistake

By Ian O'Riordan

Dail record may jog ministers' memories

Copsey says Murphy told him to resign at Gogarty's behest

By By COLMAN CASSIDY

Ulster's test of character

By Johnny Watterson

Auction Results

Sydney budget gets big cut

Tastes Of Christmas

The Christmas Books, by Charles Dickens (Everyman, £4.99 in UK)

By By FEARGHAS O BROGAIN

Former banker loses damages action against AIB

Corrections And Clarifications

All set for Macau's smooth return

Tomorrow, by today's children

Revenue stance on penalties crucial

Simply Dashing to turn clock back

Ten out of ten

By By EAMON GRENNAN

Role reversal

2,000 feared dead in Venezuela flooding

By By MICHAEL MCCAUGHAN

Civil servant to get all his personnel records

Former JMSE man keeps counsel on their toes

Aer Lingus float faces takeoff difficulties

ESB cash aids are `stifling competition', claims EPower

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

Government should `stop digging' and cancel its fatally flawed Budget

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Emerald Underground by Michael Collins (Phoenix, £6.99 in UK)

By By MARY MOLONEY

Helping hands

Irish courses among best in the world

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Imperial Call to miss Ericsson

By Brian O'Connor

For Foie Fiends

Debate On Asylum Seekers

Spokesmen silent on IHS meeting

Sunderland joins BSkyB's portfolio of football stakes

Requiem

By By CHRIS AGEE

The great leap backward

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Please press fast forward

By By LOUISE EAST

A bad lot, to be sure

By By CLARE BOYLAN

Pluck the ivy and ring in the ting-tings

By By JANE POWERS

WW site nets student college education

Time for boxing aficionados to stand up and be counted

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

Flashback to the feasts of 999 AD

By Michael Viney

Man put syringe to woman's face

Pre-Christmas Work

Bubblewatch

Angels with attitude

By By PENELOPE DENING

Haughey fails in move to have trial postponed

First meeting of North-South body held in Armagh

By By PATRICIA LEAHY

Classical

By Michael Dervan

Profit growth reports encourage investors

Sponsors move to defuse row

By By SEAN MORAN

Financial advice guide

The serenity and dignity of the hopelessly split City of David

Pope regrets death of reformer

Partnership Talks

Hitchhiker guided to web

Peace pear

Visitor numbers rise to 2.166m

This Week They Said

Text of communique issued after intergovernmental conference

Forthcoming Fair

`Let nothing affright thee, disturb thee'

`We choose who we want to be'

By Paul Gillespie

Grozny `bloodbath' warning as Russia shells insurgents

By Seamus Martin

Man jailed for stabbing neighbour

New bodies welcomed as another step forward

Journeys to the edge of the world

By Eileen Battersby

US author of anti-war masterpiece, Catch22

US not so friendly

Labour to open housing campaign

By By KEVIN RAFTER

Comprehensive Cork

By By PATRICK SKENE CATLING

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Labour's leading lights,

How the State Duma is elected

Med to Measure

Cool clean faces amid the DIRT

By By RENAGH HOLOHAN

National League Previews

Government acted after legal action by parents, court hears

By Mary Carolan

Irish Paintings At Auction: Record Prices In 1999

Britain to write off debts of poor countries

Republican Rock

By Kevin Courtney

China enters the gamblers' den, and an era ends

Hope voyages into our hearts

Getting there

Munster momentum unlikely to be halted

By Gerry Thornley

Quality scheme for early education

By By EMMET OLIVER

Travel Log

By By JOAN SCALES

Topping Tomatoes

Fresh insights into turbulent years

By By DERMOT KEOGH

Cork hopes for direct US air link

By By DICK HOGAN

Munster evolution complete

Plastic fatigue

DIRT Inquiry Report

Airport's future must be secured, council says

By By LORNA SIGGINS and TOM SHEIL

Site is suitable for Travellers, High Court judge rules

Outraged FAI set to appeal sanctions

By By PETER BYRNE

A fast, accurate and inventive journalist

Seeking Med miracles

Record for Frankfurt despite lost momentum

Firm was set to benefit - counsel

By By JAS KAMINSKI

Article on Patten report criticised

By Gerry Moriarty

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Murray Davis (Penguin, £6.99 in UK)

By By JOHN BANVILLE