Chef's hope dashed by airport scannerIt took a top chef three weeks to create - and a Dublin Airport scanner three seconds to destroy.Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Deprivation takes gloss off Carlow boomCarlow is "banjaxed", a local newspaper declared last weekWed Nov 04 1998 - 00:00
Music in the air in the sonorous south-eastMillionaire rock stars favour Killiney, traditional musicians go to Clare, ageing hippies hang out in west Cork, but classical…Wed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00
Dublin docklands suggested for stadiumDublin's docklands would be an ideal location for the proposed national sports stadium, the president of Dublin Chamber of Commerce…Fri Oct 23 1998 - 01:00
Chasing the truth in tortuous DIRT rowJohn Purcell could never have expected that being Comptroller and Auditor General would make him a household nameFri Oct 23 1998 - 01:00
Committee opts for Comptroller to investigateAllowing the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) to investigate the AIB/DIRT affair is the "speediest way" of dealing …Wed Oct 21 1998 - 01:00
Grants approval for 320 jobs in CorkAn IDA Ireland grants package for a 320-job development at the SmithKline Beecham (SKB) plant in Cork was approved yesterday …Wed Oct 21 1998 - 01:00
Absence of witnesses may delay Dail investigationThe Dail committee investigating the AIB/DIRT affair faces a delay of at least a week before hearing two key witnesses.Tue Oct 20 1998 - 01:00
Quinn seeks new laws to investigate affairNew legislation to enable the Comptroller and Auditor General to investigate the AIB/DIRT affair was called for yesterday by …Sat Oct 17 1998 - 01:00
Dail committee to call senior tax inspectors who dealt with AIBThe tax inspectors who dealt with negotiations on AIB's DIRT liability in 1991 are to be called before the Dail Committee of …Sat Oct 17 1998 - 01:00
Central Bank happy to extend supervisionThe Central Bank would have no problem accepting extra powers to supervise financial institutions, its Governor, Mr Maurice O…Fri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
Bank denies knowledge of £100m AIB liabilityThe Central Bank never asked to see the AIB internal audit report which referred to large potential DIRT liabilities, the Dail…Fri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
Critics say hospital plan is too slowIt was hailed as a revolutionary plan to bring hospital services for Kilkenny and Carlow into the 21st centuryWed Oct 14 1998 - 01:00
O'Rourke insists on CIE selling landCIE will be told today by the Minister for Public Enterprise that she is adamant that its unused land and property should be …Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
Hospital with 4,200 waiting list has to keep ward closedA Dublin hospital with a waiting list of more than 4,000 has had to keep a ward closed for half this year because of the new …Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
False documents used in fraud still not foundInvestigators have failed to trace bogus documents used in a £100,000 dairy scheme fraud in the Department of Agriculture and…Thu Oct 01 1998 - 01:00
Parochial hall production to link both sides of Irish SeaIt began three years ago as several actors in search of a plotWed Sept 30 1998 - 01:00
Traffic alert for ploughing eventGardai and AA Roadwatch have warned people heading for the National Ploughing Championships in Ferns, Co Wexford, from tomorrow…Mon Sept 28 1998 - 01:00
Ferns gears up for the biggest social event on rural calendarEurope's biggest farming festival is returning to Co Wexford after a four-year absence, and this time Enniscorthy is determined…Wed Sept 23 1998 - 01:00
AA calls for stricter enforcement of road safety lawsIreland has good road safety laws but a "pathetic" record in enforcing them, the public affairs manager of AA Roadwatch said …Wed Sept 16 1998 - 01:00
Viagra availability under GMS scheme to be examinedAn expert committee is to examine whether the anti-impotence drug, Viagra, which was cleared yesterday for sale throughout the…Wed Sept 16 1998 - 01:00
Strikers to repair Ballymun lifts as talks openStriking engineers will today repair lifts in the Ballymun flats complex where residents have been without a service for up to…Wed Aug 19 1998 - 01:00
Flatley offered £1m to fight at the PointWe know he can float like a butterfly, but can he sting like a bee? Dancer Michael Flatley (40) has been offered £1 million to…Tue Aug 04 1998 - 01:00
De Rossa's political path a mix of tenacity and realismProinsias De Rossa is the epitome of the adage that politics is the art of the possible.Tue Aug 04 1998 - 01:00
Quinn has a pragmatic sense of what it takes to succeedHe sports conspicuous ties, wears a bracelet, has continental tastes in food and wine and says Albert Camus influenced him most…Tue Aug 04 1998 - 01:00
Inquiry group into child offenders is set upChildren from deprived areas are much more likely than others to end up in court, according to the Minister of State with responsibility…Fri Jul 24 1998 - 01:00
Wilson presses IRA to reveal burial sitesThe IRA was called on yesterday by the Government-appointed Victims Commissioner, Mr John Wilson, to identify the burial sites…Thu Jul 23 1998 - 01:00
Engineers' pay dispute affects eight lift companiesMore than half the lifts in the Ballymun flats complex in Dublin are out of order because of industrial action at the company…Tue Jul 14 1998 - 01:00
O'Donoghue rejects O'Donnell's call to allow asylum-seekers here to workCalls for asylum-seekers to be allowed work have led to a potentially embarrassing conflict between the Minister for Justice, …Tue Jul 14 1998 - 01:00
Brisk wind blows riders through Tallaght in a flash TallaghtThe people of Tallaght turned out in their thousands for a truly unique experience - a hurricane in the middle of JulyMon Jul 13 1998 - 01:00
Housing body needed to ease burden of rising rents agenciesTax measures to discourage investors from competing with firsttime buyers in the new house market have had a significant impact…Sat Jul 04 1998 - 01:00
Mayhem, but Tour will be worth itIt's going to cause mayhem, but it will be worth it, the former Tour de France winner, Stephen Roche, said yesterday when final…Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
McDaid promises an unhindered TourContingency plans are in place should the Garda pay dispute not be resolved in time for the Tour de France, the Minister for …Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
McCartney's constituents vote YesMr Robert McCartney's Westminster seat could be in danger if the Ulster Unionist Party repeats its Assembly election performance…Mon Jun 29 1998 - 01:00
Garda studies report for assistance with sex crime inquiriesGardai are to study the Murphy report on child sex abuse in swimming to determine whether it can assist them in current investigations…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
ICTU to seek clarification of proposal to cut off social welfareThe Irish Congress of Trade Unions is to seek clarification of the Tanaiste's proposal that unemployed people who refuse jobs…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Girl (13) was slapped by Gibney and called a whore when she accused him of abusing herGeorge Gibney slapped a 13year-old swimmer across the face and called her a whore when she confronted him about having abused…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Victims' group seeks new inquiryA member of the group representing victims of swimming coaches Derry O'Rourke and George Gibney said last night she was "freaked…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
School `acted promptly' on abuse complaintThe school where convicted abuser Derry O'Rourke was employed as a coach acted "promptly and decisively" when a complaint was…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
O'Donoghue rejects `racist poison' claim on refugeesA claim by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) that the Government was helping to fuel "racist poison" against refugees…Sat May 23 1998 - 01:00
Review of aid for victims of violence welcomedThe brother of a Dublin garda shot dead in an IRA ambush in 1984 last night welcomed the decision of the Minister for Justice…Fri May 22 1998 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWith A final round of handshakes and a wave to the crowd, he was goneFri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Prison releases upset dead garda's familyThe family of a Dublin-based garda who was murdered while on duty in 1984 was told by the Minister for Justice yesterday that…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
ASTI criticises court ruling on taxation of widow's pensionThe Supreme Court decision concerning tax on a widow's contributory social welfare pension was criticised last night by the Association…Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
Bishops call for detailed explanation of `complex' treatyThe Catholic Church called yesterday for the public to be given a detailed explanation of the Amsterdam Treaty, saying it could…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
Recent awards push blood tribunal cost up to £335mThe Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal is now projected to cost £335 million after a recent rise in the average awards to claimants…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
Stout ditty wins Listowel pubJohn B. Keane has a new pubowning literary rival - 150 yards down the street.Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
