Church pickets held again despite settlement attemptTHE Ulster Unionist Party leader, Mr David Trimble, has called for an end to loyalist pickets of Catholic church services and…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Transfer of prisoners welcomed but delay criticisedTHE decision by the British Home Secretary, Mr Michael Howard, to allow the transfer of three republican prisoners from England…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Woman in serious condition after shop arson attackA 42 YEAR OLD woman remained in a serious condition in hospital last night, after being engulfed by flames in an arson attack…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Arms issue could create talks block - MorrisonIF THE decommissioning of weapons was treated as the first item on the agenda in the multi party talks then there would be a "…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
Decommissioning law an amnesty, says PaisleyLEGISLATION being prepared by the Irish and British governments on the decommissioning of weapons was "an entire amnesty to terrorism…Sat Sept 21 1996 - 01:00
Priest regrets that `tacit approval' is being given to drug murder gangDIRECT Action Against Drugs (DAAD) would not be able to carry out murders without the "tacit approval" of local communities, …Fri Sept 20 1996 - 01:00
Child abduction attempt failsTHE RUC has appealed to parents to be vigilant following the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old child in east BelfastFri Sept 20 1996 - 01:00
Major faces pressure on North's BSE statusA CROSS-PARTY delegation of Northern Ireland MPs and the president of the Ulster Farmers' Union will meet the British Prime Minister…Thu Sept 19 1996 - 01:00
Hopes of progress in talks after Stormont meetingsTHERE were hopes last night that the multi party talks may finally move into a substantive phase after meetings at Stormont involving…Wed Sept 18 1996 - 01:00
Muted reaction to talk of ceasefireREACTION was muted at Stormont yesterday to speculation about a renewed IRA ceasefireTue Sept 17 1996 - 01:00
SDLP, DUP to discuss loyalist church picketsTHE Democratic Unionist Party's justice spokesman, Mr Ian Paisley jnr, and Mr Sean Farren of the SDLP are to meet to discuss …Tue Sept 17 1996 - 01:00
Skerries wins European gold in floral contestTHE Co Dublin seaside town of Skerries has won a gold award in the European Entente Florale competitionMon Sept 16 1996 - 01:00
Proposal to lift net ban "delights" salmon anglersCOMMERCIAL salmon fishermen are "delighted" with the planned legalisation of monofilament net but are concerned about other elements…Fri Sept 13 1996 - 01:00
Report says senior judicial appointments should be for fixed, non renewable termsTHE Chief Justice and the Presidents of the High, Circuit and District Courts should be appointed for a fixed seven year term…Thu Sept 12 1996 - 01:00
System over burdened, antiquated and in crisisANTIQUATED, over burdened and a system in crisis these appear to be the preliminary conclusions drawn by the Working Group on…Thu Sept 12 1996 - 01:00
Levy supports Arafat talksTHERE is a new situation in the Middle East and therefore a new assessment has to be made about it, the Israeli Foreign Minister…Sat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00
Minister promises action on fishing safetyNEW fisheries safety measures will be presented to the Government for approval this month, according to the Minister for the …Sat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00
Fishermen reject EU cuts concessionTHE EU Fisheries Commissioner, Ms Emma Bonino, has suggested limited concessions on the proposed 40 per cent reduction in the…Fri Sept 06 1996 - 01:00
Scientists complete major survey of Irish seabedONE of the biggest seabed surveys ever carried out on the Irish continental shelf has been completed by Irish scientists who …Fri Sept 06 1996 - 01:00
Model county greets return of hurling victorsIF MARTIN Storey or Liam Griffin went into politics they would conquer Wexford and Wicklow, for the garden county adopted the…Tue Sept 03 1996 - 01:00
Councillors complain of exclusion from consultation on light rail projectLOCAL councillors have been excluded from the consultation process on the LUAS light rail system and other transportation initiatives…Fri Aug 30 1996 - 01:00
Politicians who are effective tend to be unpopular - O'TooleDesigner nappies, technology phobia, school curriculums, mobile cinema and cultural collapse made up the cocktail of debate on…Mon Aug 26 1996 - 01:00
Irish described as "very anxious Europeans"RAMPANT tourism is what will stop visitors coming to Ireland, and not the problems in Northern Ireland, a Danish journalist has…Sat Aug 24 1996 - 01:00
Sutherland urges action to combat excessive statismTHE State should invest its resources and energies in areas such as education and take "decisive and courageous action" on tax…Sat Aug 24 1996 - 01:00
Dukes claims neutrality cuts little ice within EUIRELAND's "moral authority of neutrality cuts very little ice" with its EU neighbours, the chairman of the Dail's foreign policy…Sat Aug 24 1996 - 01:00
Scientific summit on BSE demandedTHE former EU agriculture commissioner, Mr Ray MacSharry, has called on the Irish Presidency to hold a Europe-wide scientific…Fri Aug 23 1996 - 01:00
Lemass inspires accolades and controversyTHE late Fianna Fail Taoiseach, Sean Lemass, received the ultimate accolade from a Fine Gael politician yesterday when the Seanad…Fri Aug 23 1996 - 01:00
Protests over Carlow cathedral planWORK on the redesign of the altar area of Carlow Cathedral will begin in October, almost three years after the controversial …Wed Aug 21 1996 - 01:00
Even the weather and the seals oblige as Skerries faces Euro-judgment dayIT was a very important visit, so vital that everything was planned down to the last detailMon Aug 19 1996 - 01:00
Competition gets harder each yearTHE Tidy Towns competition does not get any easier the more often you enterMon Aug 19 1996 - 01:00
Gorbachev daughter has wallet stolen in DublinTHE daughter of the former Soviet president, Mr Mikhael Gorbachev, had her wallet stolen while on a visit to DublinFri Aug 16 1996 - 01:00
Anti-nuclear petition urges UN to scrap weapons by the year 2000THE anti nuclear campaign, Abolition 2000, was launched yesterday in IrelandWed Aug 07 1996 - 01:00
Safety standards raise concernsTHE tragic death of 25 year old Ms Marese Egan in the fairground accident in Borrisokane, Co Tipperary, has raised fundamental…Tue Aug 06 1996 - 01:00
Heads will be swimming over Rathcoole's most famous citizen"WE'RE bracing ourselves for one of the biggest celebrations ever held in any village in Ireland," Louis Fitzgerald of the Poitin…Tue Aug 06 1996 - 01:00
Lotto winner may be passing touristWAS it a local or a tourist? That was the speculation at the weekend in the Co Donegal town of Ballybofey, where the winning …Mon Aug 05 1996 - 01:00
Lebanese leader's visit shows Arab wish for EU linksTHE ARRIVAL of Mr Rafiq Hariri yesterday marked the first visit of a Lebanese Prime Minister to IrelandFri Aug 02 1996 - 01:00
Efforts to find new home for traveller family continuingEFFORTS were continuing last night to find suitable accommodation for a traveller whose husband was shot dead earlier this month…Wed Jul 31 1996 - 01:00
McGrady calls planned march inquiry a fig leafTRUST was the greatest victim of the past couple of weeks in the North, according to Mr Eddie McGrady MP of the SDLPFri Jul 26 1996 - 01:00
Adjourn the forum until political temperature cools, say AllianceTHE Alliance Party will not be attending the Northern Ireland Forum tomorrow and has called for it to be adjourned until the …Thu Jul 18 1996 - 01:00
6,000 plastic bullets fired since Drumcree stand-offTHE RUC fired 6,002 plastic bullets in the North between Sunday, July 7th, when the Drumcree confrontation started, and yesterday…Tue Jul 16 1996 - 01:00
Fire ripped through bombed hotel, says eyewitnessAS forensic scientists sifted through the devastation at the Killyhevlin Hotel, on the outskirts of Enniskillen, the owners were…Mon Jul 15 1996 - 01:00
Another tragic day is relived as bomb blast rocks as townIT WAS a sound the community in Enniskillen had hoped never to hear again - the frightening thump of a bombMon Jul 15 1996 - 01:00
Residents lie low as loyalist gangs go on a rampage"I'M scared because this is like a rape. My home has been invaded, touchedSat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
Trimble 'keeps head down' after marchTHE Ulster Unionist leader declined to speak to reporters after the Orange parade down Garvaghy Road to Portadown town centre…Fri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
Fury lined the route as 1,300 marched along Garvaghy RoadIT TOOK 36 minutes for the 1,300 Orangemen to parade downs the Garvaghy Road to the continuous sound of a single drum beatFri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
Tension rises as protesters converge on blockadeA MAJOR security operation was in place last night at the increasingly tense stand off at DrumcreeThu Jul 11 1996 - 01:00
Dr Eames appeals to both sides to resist return to the pastARCHBISHOP ROBIN Eames appealed for no words, actions or plan which would bring the North back " to the nightmare which we suffered…Wed Jul 10 1996 - 01:00
Taylor says 100,000 may come to Drumcree for TwelfthTHE deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist party warned that 100,000 Orange men could descend on Drumcree on July 12thWed Jul 10 1996 - 01:00
RUC officers and families have been threatenedTHE RUC would be paying for the stand-off at Drumcree long after the situation was over, police sources have said.Wed Jul 10 1996 - 01:00
Drumcree stand-off now likely to continue until marches on July 12thALL the indications are that the stand-off at Drumcree in Portadown will continue at least until Friday's July 12th holiday, …Tue Jul 09 1996 - 01:00
