Article Index

British police seize 350k of heroin

Sizzling Sicily

Ahern welcomes Chad mission as chance for troops to play a role

By Olivia Kelly

Paretsky takes to the plains

Banker denies job transfer was linked to Gilmartin

By Fiona Gartland

My Holiday

Horizons

Dangers of traffic islands

Shed houses Gloucester heartbeat

We need to talk about Kevin

THIS WEEK THEY SAID

Key IMI figure and trustee of the Progressive Democrats

Campaigners attack Chinese role

Putin claims Nato has 'demonised' Russia

By JAMES BLITZ in Bucharest and NEIL BUCKLEY in Moscow

Funding of education

The boys with the thorns in their sides

UP FRONT

By Alan Healy

Hogan's Toyko heroics still capture the imagination

Brian Cowen set to be elected Taoiseach

Conflicts, sacred rites and themes as old as time

CV INGRID BETANCOURT

Go adventure

United still feel the sting of Roy's venom

By TOM HUMPHRIES

Coroner adjourns case to seek MRSA link

By GEORGINA O'HALLORAN

United Drug's €18m British purchases

By CIARÁN BRENNAN

Death of Tipperary legend Stakelum

By Seán Moran

Fighting for the life of a condemned father in Beijing

OPW seeks to curb wastage with new green energy plans

Go bag a deal

By Mark Rodden

My Day

Go Reader Go

By Joan Scales

Vegging out with soup

By Domini Kemp

Raid uncovers fake DVD 'factory'

By ELAINE KEOGH

Church takes advice on equality finding

By JOHN DOWNES

Last chance saloon

Second man arrested over shop raid

Martin ducks questions on his ambitions

By BARRY ROCHE in Mitchelstown and Co Cork

Alarming cracks appear in system of safety tests for aircraft

By Denis Staunton

Browne leads in Buenos Aires

Hog heaven out on the highway

By Michael Kelly

Judge says more young men 'lose minds' when drunk

Court orders handover of evidence in Omagh case

Straw Bear looks the value wager in Grade One hurdle

By BRIAN O'CONNOR At Aintree

Sutherland warns against talking State into recession

By Ciarán Hancock

Harry Clifton wins Poetry Now award

Beverley proud to be there 'hanging Pádraig'

By Lorna Siggins and Western Correspondent

Ulster says go

In short

Unemployment nears 200,000 as 12,000 more sign on in March

Acid top-ups and wrong grapes embarrass Italian wine trade

Child's play

Not backward about moving forward

By Dan Keenan and Northern News Editor

Slowdown in the economy

Central Bank cuts forecast for GNP growth to 1.9%

By PAUL TANSEY and Economics Editor

Arnold opposes UBS's choice of lawyer Kurer as new chairman

When spirits settle down

Counterfeit DVDs seized in Balbriggan

Rottweiler owner fined €1,000 for attack on boy

'He was no friend of rugby. Let's not forget the role he played in you and I having to go to bloody Dorset Street to see Ireland play'

Back to a familiar future

By Hillary Fannin

Government negotiators on Lisbon failed - McDonald

By Steven Carroll

Brewing up a storm

Candidates pay tribute to Martin Luther King

By DENIS STAUNTON in Washington

Report reveals most family cases settled out of court

By CAROL COULTER and Legal Affairs Editor

'Generous' Ireland gives record sum in overseas aid

By Paul Cullen

Cannabis impacts on boys more - study

By Paul Cullen

The Irish village at a crossroads

Clintons earn $109m since 2000

Pursuit of Ahern's head has embittered relations in Dáil

By Harry McGee

Tánaiste formally declares for leadership of Fianna Fáil

The posh hobo look

Flannery well decorated without the frills

ESB worker awarded €45,000 for 'tennis elbow'

By Mary Carolan

Eye On Nature

Fit for a wedding feast

By John Wilson

Two women released in Shannon case

Bag a bargain

By Deirdre McQuillan

'Global Dub' much admired internationally

By Paul Gillespie

Hunger has a new face as high prices deprive the poor of food

100 gardaí to run Paris marathon

O'Brien's Irving looks the pick

By Brian O'Connor

Soccer

Kanu steers Pompey into FA Cup final

Zimbabwe's MDC says violence brewing

Flynn's re-entry to Fianna Fáil timely, says Taoiseach

By Harry McGee and LORNA SIGGINS and TOM SHIEL

Helsinki calling

Go catch a show

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Briton facing firing squad granted clemency

By IAN MacKINNON

Stars in his eyes

Warning on climate change threat to industry

By Barry O'Halloran

Cowen had talks with Ahern ahead of announcement

Sweeney convicted of assault

Eight killed in Tibetan riots

Claret bids to double equity holding to €1bn

By Arthur Beesley and Senior Business Correspondent

Go last minute

Chelsea keep pressure on United

Iseq closes a little stronger after flat day's trading

By CIARAN BRENNAN

US firms cut 80,000 jobs in March

Dixies singer was iconic figure of showband era

Right here right now

Ferguson baffled by Pizarro claim

By DANIEL TAYLOR

Pole Kubica on pole in Bahrain

In Short

State national schools have not been thought through

By Breda O'Brien

Berlin-born doctor devoted to ambulance brigade

Man critical after explosion and fire at Dromoland Castle

By PAT FLYNN

Soccer

Chelsea keep pressure on United

PAPERBACKS

Ban calls for review of biofuel policy as global food prices soar

By JULIAN BORGER in Bucharest

Comply Or Die wins Grand National

Southern Gothic

Saints turned into sonnets

Colour me beautiful

By Phyl Clarke

An Irishman's Diary

By Frank McNally

Builder fined €150 for burning waste

By ANNE LUCEY

Families at the coalface

Passover bread ruling fuels religious tensions in Israel

By PETER HIRSCHBERG in Jerusalem

A sacrifice for freedom

By Lara Marlowe in Paris

Getting personal

Cork benefit from disputed penalty

Zayed adds to Galway's woes

How partition helped the mother tongue

The potato drill

A curious, chilly excursion into the mind of an obsessive

Walker another blow for Ospreys

Shirts that hug

By Deirdre McQuillan

Grandest of obstacles put firmly into perspective

Through a Chinese lens

Iarnród Éireann expects some delays

Pressure mounts on Mosley

By JUSTIN HYNES In Bahrain

Levet's sights set on winning

Finance chiefs expect lower growth and higher inflation in euro zone

By JAMIE SMYTH in Brdo and Slovenia

Cheating the seasons in the polytunnel of love

Sports digest

The daddy of all DNA tests

By Fiona McCann

Resignation of Bertie Ahern

Skilful on North and Europe, Ahern made a hash of the boom

By Garrett Fitzgerald

Go Read

By Laurence Mackin

Record 127 appeals on Ballsbridge scheme

By Olivia Kelly

Go overnight

Locomotive love affair

Union chief warns Ahern successor 'no pay, no deal'

By Martin Wall

One man's peanuts are another man's spree

By Michael Walker

Minmet writes to shareholders to explain recent transactions

By CIARÁN BRENNAN

The beauty and the bay

Ryan says Cowen is a Green thinker

By Ronan McGreevy

In the long shadow of the Boss

By Fintan O'Toole

Go Holiday DIY

By Conor Pope

Solicitor given weekend to pay €1m into client account

Divas and divers

Architect's dismissal after 20 years of service was a sham, tribunal hears

By Steven Carroll

Wagner takes early lead in Houston

'I'm on the plane'

By MIRIAM DONOHOE

London Irish will not back down

By John O'Sullivan

Homecoming ofsorts for Thomas

By John O'Sullivan

Cowen Statement

SEVEN DAYS

The Kerry monsignor who defied the Nazis

Designer deluxe

By Deirdre McQuillan

Moving statues

Through a glass darkly

Waterford university

Teenagers remanded over gun charges

The cradle of cooking

By Susan Owens

Miriam Lord's Week

Presidential pretenders fear being typecast

By Adam Tschorn

Culture

Reviews

Zimbabwe election likely to go to run-off

By BILL CORCORAN in Johannesburg

Effects of climate change on children

Majority choose college near home

By Seán Flynn and Education Editor

WEEKEND PREVIEWS ...

By Seán Moran

Money might buy you happiness, study claims

A passionate yet pragmatic crusader for the Irish language

City of gold

"Custer never had to go in front of a tribunal"

Profits at Goodman British firm top €21m

By Barry O'Halloran

A month-long air-kiss goodbye

By Quentin Fottrell

Soccer

Arsenal's title hopes dealt another blow

Man shot dead in Limerick

Political culture must insist on high ethical standards

By Stephen Collins

Cowen by far the best person to lead FF

By Noel Whelan

Dublin city faces international benchmarking

By TIM O'BRIEN in Westport

Thailand vows to maintain rice supplies as shortages drive prices to record high

Morrison brings St Patrick's unbeaten run to an end

Treble puts the smile back on Ruby's face

By BRIAN O'CONNOR At Aintree

Wenger refuses to accept title hopes are over

By DAVID HYTNER and EWAN MURRAY

Docks loaded with history

Over and out

Lotto jackpot to top €8m

McCreevy supports Ahern for presidency of EU council

By JAMIE SMYTH in Brdo and Slovenia

In Short

Shorts

Bewleys Berry to stop Irish challenge

By Brian O'Connor

Crowe crowns fine night for Bohemians At Tolka Park

The house that gives life to writers and their craft

Bush, Putin hold Black Sea summit

The Gate keeper leaves her post

Water quality in Dublin Bay

Kavanagh goal gives Bray a lift

Looking for the common readership

In Short

Fashion hearts beat faster

By Deirdre McQuillan

Master practitioner leaves a lasting legacy

Fast food, not bad food

By Hugo Arnold

Munster can raise the bar again

By GERRY THORNLEY Rugby Correspondent

District Court judge fined €250 for driving car without NCT certificate

By Barry Roche, in Mitchelstown and Co Cork

A good twist is the whole story

By Shane Hegarty

'Martyrdom' videos of accused shown at Heathrow bomb plot trial

By VIKRAM DODD and RACHEL WILLIAMS in London

Ryan defends renewable energy plan

By Ronan McGreevy

Court action over animals in 'eight inches of water'

The Irish Times Index

Darfuri Olympic hopefuls angry at boycott call

Should the national theatre learn to co-operate?

Bitesize

By MARIE-CLAIRE DIGBY

Big jump in online bookings for approved accommodation

By ANNE LUCEY

Faith in our schools

Feel the fear and talk about it non-stop

Devoted to the Déise

An outlet for Jewish grief

Warning over cash for hospital

By ELAINE KEOGH

Former PM acquitted by Hague given hero's welcome on return to Kosovo

How the Nazi capital would have looked

By Derek Scally in Berlin

Driven out by delusions and derision

Man arrested over Cork murder

Airport watch

Iraqi PM Maliki offers an amnesty to ease crisis

The all-night party's over, say Ibiza's tourism officials

By MIRIAM DONOHOE

Truth behind the fairytale

By Ruadhan MacCormac

Motorway works near Tara

Al Eile lands third Aintree win