Article Index

The head is willing but the heart hesitates

Threat of school closures recedes after talks with teachers' unions

By By EMMET OLIVER

An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean, Antarctic Survivor by Michael Smith (Collins Press, £12.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Bula realises €1m in share placing

Search begins for a way to save peace process

Valentia offer unconditional

Through a lens darkly

By Bryan O'Brien

Fisheries officer suffers leg injuries when poachers drive car at him

By Lorna Siggins

Cyclist shot in the stomach

Hotel college celebrates 50 years

Pledge to aid Burundi peace deal

Iran try to play catch-up on Irish

Rumsfeld arrives in Uzbekistan for talks

Ronaldo set for league return

Falling revenue may force McCreevy to borrow £1bn

By By JANE SUITER

Plaintive numbers of battles long ago

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Country asked to follow midwest's lead in recycling

By By EIBHIR MULQUEEN

Three Lowry associates refuse to give evidence

By Colm Keena

Defeat does not mean process over, says Trimble

By By SUZANNE BREEN

Report ahoy

Fresh elections may be the only way forward

5 Bosnian Serbs jailed for part in a 'hellish orgy of persecution'

Connell On Empey

Better health service about values, not deficits

By By DICK WALSH

Entering the literary lions' den

The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (Flamingo, £6.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Understrength Samoa no pushover for Irish XV

By John O'Sullivan

Cult Hero: Lydia Lynch

Two join Rogers on women's circuit

Court orders State must provide for autistic boy's education

By Mary Carolan

'Witchdoctors' hanged for murder

Bohs reign supreme

UN body warns on basic freedoms

An Afghan girl's struggle for life trapped in a sweat-shop existence

Fianna Fail accused of 'publicity stunt' as first Luas carriage is put on display

By By ALISON O'CONNOR

The Recession Bites

Connell On Empey

It's back to school for Higgins

FBI admits little progress made on anthrax

SIPTU agrees to conditional talks with Aer Lingus

By John McManus

Unbearable dullness of being

By Eileen Battersby

Microsoft loses little as antitrust case settled

By By CONOR O'CLERY

View from the Other side

All-Ireland league previews

By Johnny Watterson

Sackville to show his class

An Irishman's Diary

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

It's part of what we are

Warning! Angels on board

By Frank McNally

Sharp increase in level of unemployment

By By CIARAN BRENNAN and ALISON O'CONNOR

Online buying will never beat shops - Geldof

Football and hurling previews

By By IAN O' RIORDAN

US troops 'closing net around bin Laden'

By Patrick Smyth

Students grow in stature

A case of innocent innovation or cloaked defiance?

Man dies in Co Galway car accident

Heaven for one and hell for rest

By By DAVID LACEY

Call for referendum in Denmark

Verplank steals in to grab the lead

Traffic to be restricted in north Dublin for port tunnel construction

By By COLMAN CASSIDY

British protesters urge fair trade ahead of WTO meeting

Diplomatic silence

Fodder

By ANDREW'BY SUSAN CONLEYS LANE STUDIO and DUBLIN

Howe makes it a white night in Ulster

By Gerry Thornley

Munster need to apply basics to subdue revolt

By Gerry Thornley

Response To Terror Attacks

Unidentified bacteria found in embassy

Two US helicopters downed, 50 troops dead - Taliban

This Week They said

Food safety head welcomes EU move to ease T-bone steak ban

By By SEAN MACCONNELL

The German Trauma: Experiences and Reflections 1938-2001 by Gitta Sereny (Penguin, £9.99 in UK)

Stuck in the middle

Swapping life for art's hard labour

By By PHYLLIS GAFFNEY

Arafat, Peres and Mubarak meet for lunch

Euro zone data show collapse in output

Russia plays down arms deal

Nuclear terrorism a new public concern

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Carberry takes over on Limestone Lad

By Brian O'Connor

Trimble takes a tumble to a chorus of jeers

Warning of violence in pre-election debate

By By MONIKA UNSWORTH

Woman's death 'not suspicious'

Contract gives Aer Arann a reprieve

By Lorna Siggins

Longford move out of relegation zone

BBC World presenters not allowed to wear remembrance poppies

Malaysia warns gay ministers face arrest

Taoiseach 'disappointed' but confident difficulties will be overcome

By By ALISON O'CONNOR

Monte Carlo Ballet

By By CAROLYN SWIFT

Rare soup tureen from Cork's Mansion House

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Auction Results

Unfair to criticise GP for failing to diagnose polio-doctor

By Mary Carolan

Man killed when digger fell on him

Fish farming vessel sinks in Galway

Independent Newspapers suffers down-under blues

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Taking a mid-term break not sensible but understandable

Indonesia's Megawati defends economic performance

Response To Terror Attacks

Barabbas returns to its roots

Kafelnikov moves into Paris final

Win lifts Leicester off bottom

English FA premiership: Weekend team news

Buzzard may hail from Afghanistan

Attitudes To Smoking

Assembly told UUP will accept 'anything' to stay in power

By By MONIKA UNSWORTH

Connell On Empey

Gunmen kill Israeli in Ramallah

Irish coffee creamed

Linen press has strong links to the Custom House

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Dublin man set free from jail in Bangkok

By By COLMAN CASSIDY

Location, location . . .

Sale are unlikely to let it slip

By Gerry Thornley

Peer pleasures: what theatre people say about Barabbas

Tough time forecast for equities

Cocaine, heroin seized by Gardaí in Dublin raid

By Conor Pope

Pakistan as the key to resolution may have to be confronted by US

Alliance Party confirms re-designation of MLAs as unionists

Munster maintain unbeaten record

Security guards foil robbers

Bush increases pressure to secure his pet projects

By Patrick Smyth

New catalogue of 17th-19th century Irish art

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Consultant says casualty patients are not getting beds

By By EITHNE DONNELLAN

Woman’s body found in water off Waterford coast

US shoplifter's 50-year sentence overturned

Foundation Of Scout Troop

Brilliant metaphysician who popularised 'modal realism'

From shoeshine to showtime

Alliance Party set to re-designate its MLAs as unionists

Sierra Leone rebels deny link with bin Laden

Nigerian city adopts sharia law

The Luas Line

US jobless figures signal deep recession

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Played crucial role in Mother and Child row

Mansfield Park

By By GERRY COLGAN

Transformed Vogue during 20-year tenure as editor

Cardinal Citizen

RUC treating death of Coleraine man as suspicious

The Anglo-Irish Murders by Ruth Dudley Edwards (Harper Collins, £5.99 in UK)

By Orna Mulcahy

Teachers rule out widespread strike action

By Patrick Logue

Story of the icon's smile

By By BRIAN FALLON

Two colours Red dominate a lifelong obsession

ICC chief joins Datalex board

Shimmering brushstrokes float across the sky

By Michael Viney

A catalogue of sex and violence

Pakistan fights Afghan drug line

Unilever bucks trend as Eurotop ends week down 2%

Georgia political crisis continues

Biography

Major poets made and born

By By BERNARD O'DONOGHUE

Corrections And Clarifications

Celtic draw little comfort

By By JON BRODKIN

The Fisher Child

Senior life has its perks

Horizons

By Sylvia Thompson

While Cowen's away, the musicians play

Postcard from battered Beirut

By By HARRY BROWNE

Men attacked with samurai sword

Ad 'not intended to offend Irish people'

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Judge O'Connor bows out with a swipe at 'insufficient' Circuit Court salaries

Loose Leaves

By By SADBH

Presbyterian Notes

FF officials say they never heard of Ottiwell fundraising

By By DECLAN FAHY

News headliners

By Shane Hegarty

Plant loss in Cavan a blow, says Tanaiste

By Lorna Siggins

Leinster qualify for European quarter-final

By Piaras Murphy

Smokers get stay on order to inspect files

Taliban frees French journalist in Jalalabad

Hume to address Ennis 'modern life' conference

Supporting Trimble

Dead Cat Bounce by Damien Owens (Flame, £6.99 in the UK)

By By LOUISE EAST

Archbishop accepts apology

Turkey to send commandos to train Northern Alliance

By Michael Jansen

Sex, power and revenge in modern Ireland

By By ANNE FOGARTY

Anti-war rally sees thousands on march through Dublin

By Conor Pope

Assault conviction in Carlow case

Act one ends O'Brien run

Thousands expected at Dublin anti-war rally

By Greg Meylan

History's victims at war

By By BILL MCSWEENEY

Leading from the front

Cardinal a master at not really saying sorry

Weekend Previews

By By PAUL BUTTNER

Officials believe Kursk sank after second blast

Kennedy latest injury worry for McCarthy

ASTI dispute with dissident member adjourned by agreement

US Defence Secretary is having a good war

Low numbers don't always add up to high earnings

Renault take back Alonso

Enduring bank mystery

Voice with no strings attached

Connell On Empey

Slump will restrict McCreevy's options

By By JANE SUITER

Norris waxes lyrical

The real strength of Sinn Fein's challenge in the Republic

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Argentina's fiscal plan draws fire

Lillies' can-can do

By By TRISH MCCAFFREY

Robinson to meet Jiang on rights

By By MIRIAM DONOHOE

US narrows search for bin Laden

Sex myths

Domestic funds data

Out of touch but still determined to stand alone

Reid promises statement today after further round of talks with parties

By By MICHAEL BRADLEY

Peres, Arafat meet, but no formal talks planned

Leinster earn a sensational win

By John O'Sullivan

O'Brien takes fourth place in speed class for slot in Grand Prix

By By GRANIA WILLIS

Field of dreams kicks off

Same as it ever was

Investors show resilience in face of troubled economy

A strong and scary sequel

By By JOCELYN CLARKE

Unilever shares rise on results

Authorities knew of warning about inadequate water - TD

By Tim O'Brien

The Invisible Cyclist

PDs hope Molloy will stand in election

By By ALISON O CONNOR

The sheer joy of radical Christian conversion

Tackling the 'catastrophe' of road death toll

Murtagh's title bid fails to clear barrier

By Brian O'Connor

Phantom Ph.Ds a growth industry

Calls for debate on role of An Bord Pleanala

By By ANNE LUCEY

Despite bumpy ride in Middle East, Blair remains optimistic

By By FRANK MILLAR

US, Russian defence ministers meet in Moscow

Shark has lost his bite

Between the lines

By By EDDIE HOLT

Anti-agreement parties made sure troops were on full alert

Alliance considers new move to rescue Trimble

By Gerry Moriarty

Pakistani government in confusion over anthrax

Significance of space

By By LIAM HARTE

End of a sexual taboo

Urgent action to prevent job losses in building industry urged

By Chris Dooley

UK developers join race for Belfast CastleCourt project

By Francess McDonnell

Hoaxer jailed for three years

Man jailed for five years for assault on US woman

Further spate of job losses among diverse companies

What Needs Be Must Be

Firefighters scuffle with police

Crew of downed US helicopter safe

Rethinking our golf industry

McCarthy wants two more years

By Emmet Malone

Tough choice: Pierce or Aidan

Rimbaud by Graham Robb (Picador, £20 in UK)

By By BRIABY BRIAN FALLONN FALLON

Retailers look at 4% mark-up on Eircell card

By By JAMIE SMYTH

Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist by James Lovelock ( Oxford University Press, £9.99)

By Dick Ahlstrom

Military campaign 'primarily a religious war' - bin Laden

Regulator again rejects Eircom price proposal for internet service

By By JAMIE SMYTH

Two arrested over Dublin shooting incident

Taliban hangs three royalist supporters

Flanagan does not expect to remain at helm of North's new police service for long

By By MICHAEL BRADLEY

Astute leader of Institute of Public Administration

Expected rate cuts help market shrug off bearish news

Church Of Ireland Notes

Troops clash in Central African Republic capital

Yankees' miracle comeback lifts New York

400,000 mourn elderly rabbi who shaped Israeli politics

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

No simple answers to complex abortion issue

By Breda O'Brien

Man hurt in Belfast shooting incident

Location Location Location

Ireland may oppose euro zone spending plans

By By JANE SUITER

Sinn Fein calls for fresh elections to Assembly

By By MONIKA UNSWORTH

Clash between NY firefighters and police

In the company of men

By By KEVIN MYERS