Give me your answer, do drama has them moaning in the aisles at the Four CourtsAT THE end of a hearing which in the judge's words was not marked by "economies of scale", it was always likely that the jury…Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
Heavyweights' last spat fails to materialiseIT was a bit like buying a ticket for Liverpool versus Manchester United and then finding yourself at a reserve match.Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
Mr O'Higgins agrees to get juror to the church on timeIT ENDED with a whimper rather than a bang.Sat Mar 15 1997 - 00:00
Dunphy plays joker to poker faced SCHARDIMAN and Dunphy doesn't quite have the ring of a comic double act and, anyway, the senior counsel made it clear he wasn't…Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00
Curse of "Hot Press" strikes backIT WASN'T the kind of language you expect in the High Court: "Is it true you once phoned Fintan O'Toole and told him to watch…Thu Mar 13 1997 - 00:00
Waiting in vain for the witnessTHERE was a touch of the Gate Theatre's current production in Court No 4 yesterdayWed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Epic of the Mauler and Fireball concludedTHERE was little or no warning. It was just past 3 p.mSat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
MacEntee proposal leads to talk of marriageTHE MINISTER for Social Welfare and counsel for the Sunday Independent have been getting to know each other very well lately, …Fri Mar 07 1997 - 00:00
Lev disappears into the Moscow nightPROINSIAS De Rossa was recalling a 1986 disarmament conference in North Korea. "It was quite boring, I have to sayThu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Experts differ on hieroglyphics of Proinsias's `Moscow letter' signatureTHE case so far has been dominated by the so-called "Moscow Letter"Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
Groups criticise drugs plan for not going far enoughTHE Eastern Health Board's plan for treating drug abuse sufferers is a necessary fire brigade exercise but comes at a time when…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
EHB announces a £14m plan to tackle drug abuseTHE elimination of waiting lists for drug abuse treatment is the priority of a £14 million plan announced by the Eastern Health…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Gloves off in libel case as De Rossa launches counterattack in courtTHE gloves came off on the third day of the Proinsias De Rossa libel action against the Sunday Independent, when exchanges frequently…Sat Mar 01 1997 - 00:00
Long march from national relivedMUCH of Proinsias De Rossa's late teenage years were spent marching, according to his evidence on the second day of his libel…Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Question of malice turns to talk of AliceIT WAS the same courtroom and the same judgeThu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00
Australian hospital to recruit Irish nursesAUSTRALIA'S largest private hospital is hoping to take on at least 30 Irish nurses in a recruitment drive later this year, a …Wed Feb 26 1997 - 00:00
Near empty courtroom witnesses the epilogueTHE last act of the Rocca-Ryan legal drama was played out in an almost empty courtroom and was over in five minutes.Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00
Judgment seen as legal watershedTHE importance of the Supreme Court's ruling on the trial of a man for sexual abuse of his children in the 1960s and early 1970s…Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00
An hour of scholarly chaos and a knight to rememberTHERE wasn't room to swing a dead parrot in a University College Dublin theatre yesterday afternoon - an unusual situation when…Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00
SDLP assails North's maternity pay levelsNORTHERN Ireland has the worst maternity pay and conditions in Europe, in spite of the EU Pregnancy Directive, according to an…Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00
Letters to North MPs reveal "official" date of British electionTWO NI MPs have received what appears to be official confirmation that the British general election will be on May 1st.Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Taoiseach is prepared to meet Bloody Sunday victims' familiesGOVERNMENT sources indicated yesterday that the Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, would be prepared to meet the families of those shot dead…Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Kiss for Rocca the only emotion after verdictTHE judge sent the jury out with three questions and a calculationFri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00
Linton at the centre of last day of evidenceMR David Marshall was trying hard to piece together the events at Blackhall Stud in March 1992, but prosecuting counsel was growing…Thu Feb 13 1997 - 00:00
Belfast singer takes lack of harmony in strideNOBODY told Van Morrison there'd be days like thisSat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
`Trauma in travel' raises a laugh as tensions riseVAN Morrison was not among the crowd crammed into Court No 4, but he made an appearance in evidence on the second day of Michelle…Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
It's no vicarage tea party, judge warns jurorsMR Justice Moriarty warned the jury the case wouldn't fall "within the realms of a vicarage tea party", and he wasn't wrongThu Feb 06 1997 - 00:00
New ferry service carrying live cattle to Continent expectedTHE Minister for Agriculture has secured agreement from the Pandoro ferry company for a new service to carry live cattle to the…Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
Free will scheme to aid charitiesSOLICITORS are to provide free assistance to people making wills over the next two months, in the third year of an initiative…Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
Babies unchanged after dependency culture clashMICHAEL McDowell has never been a man to encourage the dependency culture, so it was a bit of a surprise yesterday when he turned…Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Army marks 75th anniversary of Beggar's Bush handoverTHE Army staged a parade at Beggar's Bush Barracks in Dublin on Saturday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the takeover …Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Action against arms trade urgedPEACE activists here should engage in "direct action" protests against Ireland's small but growing involvement in the international…Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
State's first divorcee dies after 10 days after remarryingTHE terminally ill man who was granted Ireland's first divorce in a High Court ruling two weeks ago has diedSat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Woman's inquest adjourned over newspaper reportAN inquest into the death of a psychiatric patient has been adjourned because the coroner said a newspaper report on the case…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
TV soaps "polluting" young mindsTELEVISION soaps like Brookside are "polluting the minds" of our children, a Catholic magazine has claimed.Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Council checked for oil spill hours before fatal accidentKILDARE County Council had carried out an inspection of a stretch of the Naas dual carriage way early on Thursday morning, only…Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Universities given £30m by US philanthropistFOUR Irish universities have between them received £30 million from the philanthropic foundations of the reclusive Irish American…Fri Jan 24 1997 - 00:00
Three injured, one critical after scaffolding collapsesTHREE men were injured, one critically, when scaffolding collapsed at a site on Dublin yesterday morningFri Jan 24 1997 - 00:00
Marriages with waiver may not be legal - ShatterCOUPLES who secured court permission to by pass the requirement for three months notice of marriage may not be legally wed, a…Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
Protesters remind Dail of drugs crisisDUBLIN anti drugs campaigners picketed Dail Eireann yesterday afternoon to highlight the problem in communities throughout the…Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
Society has paid £3.3m to clients of solicitorTHE Law Society has already paid out £3Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Master of hunt says stag freeTHE Ward Union Hunt has admitted that the stag hunted at Kilmessan, Co Meath, last week was not in fact capturedWed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Two women lose claims for equality of payTHE Labour Relations Commission has found against two women who claimed they were being paid less than male colleagues doing …Tue Jan 21 1997 - 00:00
Best sausages a sign of teamworkTHERE was a world of difference between Saturday's rugby international and yesterday's National Butchers Awards, but a fundamental…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Calm before the Landsdowne stormingRUGBY tradition has it that the French, like oysters, are best had early in the seasonSat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Politics makes most of the running in huntAS spectator events go, a stag hunt is about on a par with a session of the Stormont talks.Wed Jan 15 1997 - 00:00
Sandyford halting site plan opposedA MAJOR halting site planned for Sandyford in South Co Dublin will be a ghetto for travellers and an environmental disaster for…Tue Jan 14 1997 - 00:00
Board denies failing to act on hygiene breachesTHE Eastern Health Board has rejected claims by local authority vets that it failed to act against six Dublin meat outlets which…Tue Jan 14 1997 - 00:00
Better funding and representation for youth demandedIRELAND has the youngest population in Europe but the interests of young people are not adequately represented in political and…Thu Jan 09 1997 - 00:00
