Article Index

Dirt tax increased to 23% on deposit accounts

By Simon Carswell and Finance Correspondent

Famous may take his chance

By BRIAN O'CONNOR Racing Correspondent

Real IRA and INLA prisoners in joint protest

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

How to be driven around the bend in a few easy steps

By KIERAN FAGAN

Angelos puts trust in angels

Carmakers go green

In Short

Seve finds magic when it matters

Loughnane debacle shows again they don't come back

By SEÁN MORAN ON GAELIC GAMES

Policies must not attack vulnerable - Norris

By JIMMY WALSH

The basis for taxing cars in Ireland

'An opportunity for us all to pull together and play our part'

Passengers disarm Turkish plane hijacker

Cuts put brakes on roads authority, regional airports and Dublin Bus fleet

By Tim O'Brien

Super Sunday as Brazil's urban legends go head to head

Keane heads home to secure the points

Shooting from the hip with no holds barred

City leaders urged not to panic 'in dark times'

By Frank McDonald and Environment Editor

Mr Lenihan's first budget

COHABITING COUPLE

Carbon emissions 'will fall due to recession'

Ireland fight back to reach final

Patience key to getting goals

HSE will restore wholesale mark-up deal for pharmacies

By EITHNE DONNELLAN and Health Correspondent

British unemployment rises to 17-year high

Eight inquests open into gun deaths under Garda inquiry

By GEORGINA O'HALLORAN

Tuarascáil

Craos agus bréaga faoi scrúdú i ndráma úr Uí Scolaí

By PÓL Ó MUIRÍ Eagarthóir Gaeilge

Teenager charged over family feud

In Short

Henry favours All Black player restrictions

WHAT THEY SAID

Drogba, Adebayor in running for award

Legal basis urged for end-of-life treatment

By CAROL COULTER and Legal Affairs Editor

Draft agreement drawn up for US withdrawal from Iraq

Accountant not aware of property sale, tax case told

Taking a bizarre twist

Researchers find it difficult to put John Banville down

By Newton Emerson

SPORTS DIGEST

McAleese says she will also take 10% pay cut

By Patrick Logue

Gibson gamble must pay off

Corrections & Clarifications

Human rights groups criticise 'savage cuts'

By Deaglán De Bréadún and Political Correspondent

EU leaders discuss climate change, banks crisis

Migrant bodies' funding slashed

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic and Migration Correspondent

Fit O'Kelly gives Cheika a fine selection dilemma

Tyrone dominate GAA All Star Awards

In Short

Dublin market slumps again after two-day rally

Security foremost on the minds of Italians

Tuarascáil

An saol de réir Kafka

By 1

Dunne and Flavin named in Connacht squad

Road safety loses out in Budget

By TIM O'BRIEN and MICHAEL McALEER

Iceland draws on Nordic aid and seeks loan from Russia

Airlines criticise decision to introduce €10 departure levy

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

€11.59m portfolio to test strength of investment market

HIGH-INCOME BUSINESS OWNER

PENSIONERS

Supporting India's nuclear deal

Beaten to a pulp, fictionally that is, for breaking the rules

Crashed helicopter blade hit lamppost

By Fiona Gartland

Reappearance of 'Weather Eye'

An Irishman's Diary

Health service costs and priorities

Liverpool fans to suffer

Catholic Church's 'Year of Vocation'

First-time buyers to benefit from higher relief on interest

By ORNA MULCAHY and FIONA TYRRELL

Tipoki, Dowling named in Munster squad

Brown's comeback

Making a tenner go a long way

Inquest hears lightning struck boy (14)

By GEORGINA O'HALLORAN

Trafford Lad set for fences at Punchestown

Lifestyle linked to one-third of breast cancer cases

Seve stable after brain operation

Army defuses pipe bomb in Finglas

Irish bishops hope technology can help spread word of God

By PADDY AGNEW in Rome

Abolition of automatic medical-card entitlement for over-70s criticised

By EITHNE DONNELLAN

In Short

'The Government have made a U-turn on the promise to reduce class sizes'

By CAROLINE MADDEN

Student registration will increase to €1,500 from next September

By Seán Flynn

Nikkei ends up 1.1 per cent as panic eases

This song's for you

Bookies condemn betting tax increase

By BARRY O'HALLORAN and BRIAN O'CONNOR and Racing Correspondent

Budget will harden opposition to pay deal - unions

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Voluntary scheme to reduce HSE staff approved

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Mixed reaction from employers as unions criticise package

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Mount Carmel staff accept LRC deal to end strike

By Martin Wall and Industry Correspondent

Hefty increases in taxes on petrol, wine and cigarettes

By Paul Cullen

SINGLE-INCOME FAMILY

Extravagant Gatsby era leaves trail of indebtedness

LOW-INCOME WORKER

Intel quarterly profit beats expectations

Republican senator claims voter fraud tainting election

By SUZANNE GOLDENBERG in Washington

US to inject $250bn to revive ailing bank sector

O'Brien set for dual classic bid

Animal vivisection at Trinity

Youths get chance to graffiti Garda station

By Ronan McGreevy

Barroso warns against emissions backtrack

By Jamie Smyth in Brussels

Business owners 'a soft touch'

Higher VAT will reduce consumer spending, Ibec warns

By Fiona Reddan

Property tax may net €80m

By Olivia Kelly

DUAL-INCOME FAMILY

Obama at helm would signal new era for US

Low oil price to hit capacity expansions - Iran

Ringing the changes that brought courts system into the modern age

By CAROL COULTER and Legal Affairs Editor

Raging wildfires: Thousands evacuated across southern California

By DAN GLAISTER in Los Angeles

Lenihan defends Budget during radio grilling

By Jason Michael

Onward as well as upward for Toner

Exploring, testing and extending the gothic

Anything but victory not an option for either side

Lead contamination found in Louth homes

Irish stance on data directive wrong, EU's court advised

By JAMIE SMYTH

Biking 101 - improving on perfection

Financial crisis set to dominate EU leaders' meeting

By JAMIE SMYTH and in Brussels

Feuding Polish leaders damage cause by sending rival missions to Brussels

By DEREK SCALLY in Berlin

Bank of Japan unveils steps to ease strains in markets

WHAT THE ECONOMISTS SAY

'They've certainly hit the very vulnerable, like the elderly'

By CAROLINE MADDEN

Cuts in child benefit and early childcare payment

By Carl O'Brien and Social Affairs Correspondent

Kilkenny to grant Cody and Pattison freedom of city

By DARA de FAOITE

Ferdinand glad to see the back of Wag 'circus'

By DOMINIC FIFIELD in Minsk

Driver hit by train is fined

By ANN HEALY

Other public body bosses expected to take salary cut

By Mark Hennessy and Political Correspondent

We are all in the same sinking ship

West Ham appeal compensation ruling

Obama leads polls as candidates prepare for final debate

Ireland still set to meet UN targets - Martin

By MARY FITZGERALD and Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Anyone for president?

SINGLE PARENT

The case for 3rd-level fees

Buildings go green to save money

WHAT THE BUSINESSMEN SAY

Hansard and Irglová to appear in episode of 'Simpsons'

By Ronan McGreevy

Targeting of waste could have averted tax hikes

Succession stakes begin in Galway

Air passengers face €10 exit tax

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

Madonna, Ritchie to divorce

Further appeal for witnesses to Cork murder

By AOIFE CARR

Fortis slumps 63% as trading resumes

Making his own luck: Thailand's top clairvoyant sees silver lining to crisis

Bike News

Keeping an eye on the kids

Falling values put hotels under pressure

Advisers say crisis has pushed state to brink of recession

Superb space for all the family and not an ugly people carrier in sight

The competition

Package of tax increases to hit middle income families hard

Insurance chiefs ignored auditor's warning

Fighting reported along Thai-Cambodian border

Tough measures for hard times may prove too much for some

Oasis confirm summer concert in Slane

By Ronan McGreevy

€200 levy on car park space provision

By Michael McAleer and Motoring Editor

Middle-income earners mugged, says Burton

By MARIE O'HALLORAN and MICHAEL O'REGAN

State scheme to cost banks 10% of annual profits

Back to the future

In Short

Father and two sons to pay €1m owed for property services at Greystones hotel

By Mary Carolan

'Crude' levy applies to all workers

By Laura Slattery

Firms to benefit from rates rebate

By Michelle McDonagh

Woman awarded €5m after car crash

By Mary Carolan

Witty Toshack will look to hit Germany on the break

By STUART JAMES in Dusseldorf

Progress likely despite our lack of ambition

Gardai injured in Wicklow ram-raid incident

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Budget 'will hit children and working poor'

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic

12.5% rate will not be touched - Lenihan

By Barry O'Halloran

Income levy to affect every taxpayer in tough Budget

By Stephen Collins and Political Editor

Closure of barracks 'regretful' rationalisation, says O'Dea

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

Ryanair pilot claims unfair dismissal over flight schedule

By Alison Healy

Harte again takes swipe at hybrid game

Neary sheds new light on banks' property exposure

Tipoki Munster's biggest worry ahead of Sale clash

JP Morgan third quarter profit falls 84%

Taoiseach rejects FG 'wanton waste' claims

By Marie O'Halloran

Murder inquiry launched into death of man in Cork

By Barry Roche and Southern Correspondent

CAO loses challenge to designate it a 'public body'

By Mary Carolan

Opposition says services and middle-income families attacked

By Deaglán De Bréadún and Political Correspondent

A sport going out of control off the racetrack

One of the best from BMW

By DONAL BYRNE

Ahern defends cut in 'excessive' spending on Garda overtime

By Conor Lally and Crime Correspondent

Gardaí name men killed in Kilkenny road crash

Burden on McCain to turn campaign in final debate

By Denis Staunton

Why Canute got his feet wet

Bailout offers respite for beleaguered Brown

Talk of protecting vulnerable is claptrap

SINGLE WORKER

In Short

Ictu warns of Budget risk to pay deal

By Martin Wall

Domenech to remain France coach until 2010

Lenihan's levy the headline act in day of few surprises

How the Siamese prince, Bira, became a legend of racing

UK consumer inflation hit 16-year high last month

Japanese police guard ATMs in battle against fraud

Package to stimulate spending

By PETER SMITH in Sydney

Exhausted jugglers find opportunity in becoming mathematicians

By Mary Minihan

Details of bank guarantee scheme announced

By Conor Pope

Tributes paid to journalist and feminist author June Levine

By Paul Cullen

EU urges reform as Asia joins bailout

Irish rugby league squad target semis

Hockey moms and pitbull politics drive Hillary faithful back to the fold

Bushnell returns as razor-sharp social commentator

High earners will find it impossible to evade income levy, says Lenihan

By Ronan McGreevy

€3m for Limerick office and residential portfolio

£7m boost for NI community projects

Gormley unveils carbon budget in Dáil

By Harry McGee and Political Staff

Candidate accused of homophobic campaigning

Cowen rejects amendments to bank bailout plan

By MICHAEL O'REGAN and MARIE O'HALLORAN

Whelan ready to get up a good head of steam again

Adiga surprise winner as Barry misses out on Booker

Adiga surprise winner as Barry misses out on Booker

By Eileen Battersby and Literary Correspondent

French banks 'well capitalised'

By SCHEHERAZADE DANESHKHU in Paris

Government 'committed' to finding treaty resolution - Cowen

QUIZ

Income levy grossly unfair to low earners, warns charity

By Carl O'Brien and Social Affairs Correspondent

A country of contrasts

Atletico boss confident of hosting Liverpool

Syria to establish ties with Lebanon

By MICHAEL JANSEN in Beirut

Archbishop says people in 'poverty trap' vulnerable

By Patsy McGarry and Religious Affairs Correspondent

Budgeting for boys in green could be claptrap

By Roddy L'Estrange

Cadbury posts 6% sales rise, plans extra 580 job cuts

Disclosure of Omagh information demanded

By Gerry Moriarty and Northern Editor

Gilligans challenge orders declaring properties are proceeds of crime

Levy 'not a threat to terminal'

By Ciarán Hancock and Business Affairs Correspondent

U-turn on medical cards not 'unreasonable' - Cowen

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Taoiseach defends 'unpalatable' Budget

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Shock over 380 job cuts in Kildare, Waterford

By Steven Carroll

Oasis to play Slane Castle next summer

By JIM CARROLL

More than 50 cases of trafficking into Ireland

By Ruadhán Mac Cormaic and Migration Correspondent

Scully takes leave

Mafia 'intends to kill author' after he exposed operations

By PADDY AGNEW

Singing for your sanity

Gormley hails 'substantial' measures to tackle greenhouse gas emissions

By Harry McGee and Political Staff

Suspended jail term for taxi passenger's false shouts of rape

How forecourts are filling with gloom

MOTORS GADGETS

Heroin and sleeping pill taken before death of prisoner

By Kitty Holland

President meets Norwegian royal couple and PM on first day of visit

By JOHANNA LEAHY in Oslo

Increase in disability benefit disappoints

By CAROLINE MADDEN

Holding of corporation tax 'hugely important'

By Colm Keena and Public Affairs Correspondent

Man gets four-and-a-half years for killing his brother

Gilmore demands apology from Cowen over state of economy

By Michael O'Regan

Big increase in health charges a key change

By EITHNE DONNELLAN and Health Correspondent

REVIEWS

Tobacco, alcohol and petrol hikes worth €345m

By MICHAEL O'REGAN and MARIE O'HALLORAN

Life's a beach and then you die for the Leinster cause

Stamp duty reduction will immediately raise value of investments by 3%

By Jack Fagan and Commercial Property Editor

Regulator rejects calls to resign over banks' supervision

Overcrowding at AE leads to diverted emergencies

By EITHNE DONNELLAN Health Correspondent

Alfa Romeo steps up to challenge Mini's crown

Seven years for man who collected heroin worth €1.6m

Supreme Court clears way for Desmond libel case

By Mary Carolan

Farmers and hill-walkers

Wins for Italy, England and Northern Ireland

€100m medical card savings could end up costing far more

Zimbabwe parties 'close to deal' on cabinet

Debate on the banking crisis

Kiely heads Cork to final

Making science crystal clear

Number of pupils per class set to increase

By Seán Flynn and Education Editor

Initiatives 'did not go far enough'

Harrington named PGA player of year

Russia walks out of Geneva talks - Georgian president

California fire crews continue to battle brush fires

Orthopaedic services in Cork

Dealers urged to report VRT abuses

By Tim O'Brien

Festivals, jobs may go as arts funding slashed

By Deirdre Falvey and Arts Editor

Volatile day sees mixed fortunes for big banks

Siptu holds off on national pay deal decision

Canada's Conservatives returned to power

Good time for office occupiers to get better rental deals

Earnings threshold lowered

By Dominic Coyle

O'Callaghan says he did not tell Gilmartin of Lawlor payment

By Fiona Gartland

French Grand Prix likely to be cancelled

Energy-efficient scheme for homes to get €20m

By Harry McGee and Political Staff

Disappointment for regions as 5,000 jobs stay in Dublin

By Olivia Kelly

Middle classes hit by wave of wealth taxes

By Laura Slattery

Policies will need to reflect demands of a changed world

Gibson gamble must pay off

Haider 'over legal limit' in fatal crash

White House memos endorsed waterboarding - report