Article Index

Taking Soundings

Brennan turns sod for €80m 11km bypass in north-west

Educational disadvantage widens the rich-poor gap

Kerry and the non-existent Irish connection

The secrets behind 'the Magic'

By Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unpredictable Life of the Author of The Secret Garden By Gretchen H. Gerzina Chatto and Windus and 359pp. #20
Siobhan Parkinson

Request on autistic boy's tuition hours is declined

By Mary Carolan

Comic mistiming and crossovers

By 5

Tribunal fees

'I walked so slowly I almost made childhood stand still'

By 1

Banks face a long haul to regain the public's confidence

Despite Bush's setbacks, Kerry still struggles to outpoll him

Murder suspect in court after extradition from Spain

Take it away

7 things to do this week

Spanish aftershocks

Horizons

Referendum on citizenship

As China rises, contrarians reject the old certainties

One hell of a row

Bully for Cody, says Clare mentor

GOAL chief criticises policy on aid for Uganda

By Georgina O'Halloran

EcoWeb

Personal injury cases flood in

By Daniel McConnell

Redmond appeal ruling due next week

Trial and terrors

By Judgment Day: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic by Chris Stephen Atlantic Books and 258 pp. #14.99
Deaglan de Breadun

Brave Celtic fall by the wayside

By Emmet Malone at Richmond Park

Can Blair be as safe as he suddenly appears?

Gaza militants storm office and challenge Arafat

Tutti frutti season

Starck truths

O Brother, where art thou?

By Port Mungo By Patrick McGrath Bloomsbury and 241pp. #16.99; Eileen Battersby

Third term within Labour's grasp, says Blair

Bank apologises and promises to return €34m to those affected

By Jane O'Sullivan and Markets Correspondent

Ahern and Blair choose their castle with care for North talks

By Gerry Moriarty and Northern Editor

Two men killed in road crashes in Dublin and Co Offaly

Reeking of rankism

Buckley rejects pressure to quit after latest crisis

Getting real about Gaeilge

Allawi urges Egypt not to give in to Iraq kidnappers

Taoiseach's office 'aware' of Bass plight

By Mark Brennock and Chief Political Correspondent

Priest defends how order ran reformatory

By Patsy McGarry and Religious Affairs Correspondent

Retail sales fall for second month

Culture

Images of people like me

Looking in the glass and finding it half full

By Ian O'Riordan

A reformed Garda could be among the best in the world

Mind games unlikely to matter against Derry power

By Ian O'Riordan

O'Sullivan disqualified from Santry walk

NI police investigate assault on man in Derry

Hunter alleges Jones was using drugs in Sydney

Pressure on Turkish PM after train crash

A health service in near-chaos

Surviving his own black hole

Clotheslines

Chez Dublin

Automatic response

Provinces lose as IRFU tighten ticket system

By Gavin Cummiskey

Obituaries

Interest in public affairs persisted

Laois just have that little more to give

NIB aided tax evasion and imposed 'improper' fees

By Mary Carolan and Barry O'Halloran

Sudan may get deadline over Darfur

By Marie O'Halloran

The austere path that led to the Pulitzer

Man taken to Milford to avoid 'interference'

By Gerard Cunningham

Questions still remain for AIB

Opening Lines

Former minister denies he asked Gilmartin to lie

By Paul Cullen

Flynn saw nothing wrong in accepting #50,000

By Paul Cullen

Flynn paid tax on money from Gilmartin

By Paul Cullen

No offence intended to O'Rourke

By Paul Cullen

Ryanair pilot resigns and two staff fired over seating incident

By Dominic Coyle

House price growth hits three-year low

By Barry O'Halloran

Murder on scorched earth

Arsenal eyeing Portugal star Maniche - agent

Chronicles of communities and creameries

By The Story of Mayo By Rosa Meehan; The District of Loughrea, Volumes I & II. Edited by Joseph Forde, Christina Cassidy and Paul Manzor & David Ryan
Richard Roche

Zimbabwe prelate details horror of Mugabe regime

By Patsy McGarry Religious Affairs Correspondent

Shrek factor may be huge part of Rooney attraction

Victim of Ranelagh road mishap named

Eight arrested over series of armed raids on cash vans, ATMs

By Conor Lally

US halts classified work pending security checks

Enchantee magic

An Irishman's Diary

Obituaries

Inspiring doyen of Irish studies in the US

This week's project

Bridge rebuilt but Mostar remains divided

Insights into the high profile

Regulator to consider now if there was a cover-up at AIB

By Colm Keena and Jane O'Sullivan and Laura Slattery

Taxi driver witness sought in NI murder hunt

Passion in the bunkers

Schumacher claims pole on home soil

Councillor angered at lack of progress on Slane bypass

By Elaine Keogh

Traffic chaos on the N11

New face, old hand: McCreevy's record in Europe

By Denis Staunton

Key areas where consumers affected

Exit right on cue

Looking back on Charlie McCreevy's record

Study warns of 'resource issues' at Cavan hospital

By Eithne Donnellan and Health Correspondent

Obituaries

Pioneer in field of learning disabilities

Role of Army Reserve to be extended

By Daniel McConnell

Solana urges Sudan to arrest militia leaders

Clare shout may just not be formidable enough

By Keith Duggan

Four held over armed raids on cash vans, ATMs

Redmond appeal judgment due next week

Farmer sues IFA over election 'errors'

Armstrong looks after the details

By William Fotheringham in Lons-le-Saunier

Court adjourns sawmills case

GAA matches, traffic and sunshine on way

By Fiona Tyrrell

Harrington still fighting neck injury

By Philip Reid

Dial Pee for a patient listener and the calming skills of a Samaritan

University and hospital buy land

By Barry Roche and Southern Correspondent

Twain's twilight

By Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years By Karen Lystra University of California Press and 342pp. $27.50
Anthony Glavin

Playboys, plastic and passions

Burke gets five weeks to file statement of claim

By Marie O'Halloran

Market closes marginally up as AIB outperforms

By Dominic Coyle

The Woman in mid-life crisis

Findings of 'utmost gravity' made at NIB

By Mary Carolan

The roots of the republic

By Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas and the Heart of a New Nation - David A. Price Faber and Faber and 305pp; #20

Armstrong takes yet another stage victory

Red baron of the circuit has thoughts on home

Plenty to look forward to in season of appointments

McGlynn gets payback for Derry

Pay rise withheld in water dispute

By Chris Dooley and Industry and Employment Correspondent

Adams leads tributes to veteran republican

Athlone do trick

Howlett scores late for New Zealand victory

20 under €20

Spanish bank makes move on Abbey

Lonard leads on Louth links

By Philip Reid at Baltray

New restructuring plan at Aer Lingus may cut 1,300 jobs

By Barry O'Halloran

Palestinian leadership fails to exploit historic Hague ruling

McDowell suggests all-Ireland approach to Europe

By Michael O'Regan in Glenties

City woes continue

Truth or consequence

Labour divided over Mandelson appointment

By Frank Millar in London

Co-operation of institutions with regulator 'essential'

A star in the East

Rush hopes rest with all-rounder Naseer

By James Fitzgerald

Customer trust undermined by AIB - O'Reilly

By Colm Keena

Musgrave gets court approval for Londis deal

Inquiry into stud farm tax breaks

By Marie O'Halloran

Junior doctors' working hours

Young FG says legal drinking age should be cut to 16

By Fiona Tyrrell

Jellyfish take over the emptying seas

Ye'll miss the ref when his pip falls silent

Cork will have to handle Antrim with care

By Keith Duggan

McNulty proves his pedigree and leads at halfway stage

By Paul Gallagher at Royal Portrush

When usefulness determines the right to life

Facilities at Aquatic Centre

Store Detective

Deadly ritual can still enthral

By Tom Humphries

Olympic contingent in need of a positive send-off from Santry

By Ian O'Riordan

Bray swept away

FAI committee to tackle fixture pile-up issue

By Emmet Malone Soccer Correspondent

Greene caught cold

Polish man seriously hurt in Dublin knife attack

Danone sells Irish Biscuits to United in €300m deal

By Emmet Oliver

Second garda to retire following Morris report

Passing beauty

Nigerians flee Belfast home after racist attacks

Sightings in UK of man suspected of four murders

Solana insists EU has Middle East peace role

By Michael Jansen in Ramallah

Woman must pay €40,000 costs for Neary case

When the developer met the minister it was business as usual

Smurfit-Stone losses reach $10m

Judiciary and the media

Enchanted by the limits of the human form

By Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body By Armand Marie Leroi HarperCollins and 431pp. #20
Patrick Skene Catling

Firms invited to set up TV services

By Emmet Oliver

Second senior garda to retire early

By Daniel McConnell and Gerard Cunningham

Diplomat seized in Iraq

O'Shea saves Cobh

Appeals for review of sector

By Jane O'Sullivan and Markets Correspondent

My Stepford Boyfriend

Not a bad opener but the main feature has yet to come

Supplied script culture hides TDs' real role

Radio Heads

Views from a county

ThisWeek TheySaid

ERU fired shots that killed Carthy, detective says

By Conor Lally

Money refund 'not enough'

By Mark Brennock and Chief Political Correspondent

The runaway lawyer

Practical too tough for Campbell

By John O'Sullivan at Baltray

Woman's body found near Kilkenny river

By Sean Keane and Conor Lally

Biting into lunch breaks

Kilkenny murder victim suffered violent death

Dad, I want a divorce

Oiling the future's wheels

By The End of Oil: The Decline of the Petroleum Economy and the Rise of a New Energy Order By Paul Roberts Bloomsbury and 389pp. #17.99
Eamon Ryan

Gallagher making his own name

By John O'Sullivan

China sentences baby traffickers to death, prison

Medicinal can open Weld Group double

By Brian O'Connor

70,000 charged €8.1m extra in 24 areas

By Laura Slattery

Bank accepts that series of crises may not be down to just bad luck

British police distribute leaflets in hunt for killer

Tycoon takes a shot in the dark

By Brian O'Connor

Three teens charged over UK 'scythe murder'

Jury hears interview with murder accused

By Karl Hanlon

CIE workers who died in bombings receive memorial

By Tim O'Brien

THE PONY CLUB

A whiter shade of slavery

By White Gold - The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves By Giles Milton Hodder and Stoughton and 316pp. #18.99
Mary Russell