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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Trimble urges loyalists paramilitaries to maintain ceasefire as tension growsTHE Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, called on loyalist paramilitaries not to break their ceasefireTue Jul 09 1996 - 01:00
RUC decision on parade route is not a victory, says residents' spokesmanTHE RUC had taken the only sensible decision in preventing the march going through the Garvaghy Road, Mr Breandan MacCionnaith…Mon Jul 08 1996 - 01:00
TDs and senator observe stand-offTWO Labour Party TDs, a senator and a Fianna Fail TD were in Portadown yesterday to observe the parade and stand off between …Mon Jul 08 1996 - 01:00
Trimble, Paisley give marchers their full backingUNIONIST politicians and Orangemen were adamant yesterday that they would stay at Drumcree until they were allowed to march down…Mon Jul 08 1996 - 01:00
Deadlock as Orangemen have their Alamo at DrumcreeLAST year it was called the siege of DrumcreeMon Jul 08 1996 - 01:00
Tempers flare over forum proposal to fly Union JackA PROPOSAL to raise the Union Jack over the Northern Ireland Forum building when it is in session provoked furious argument in…Sat Jul 06 1996 - 01:00
Unionist delegates criticise GormanA new "get tough approach" by the interim chairman of the Northern Ireland Forum, Mr John Gorman, has provoked the ire of unionist…Sat Jul 06 1996 - 01:00
Family planning morality defendedNOBODY has a monopoly on morality where human lives are at stake, according to the International Planned Parenthood Federation…Fri Jul 05 1996 - 01:00
Police question two as Chinese man is buriedTWO people are still being questioned by the RUC about the death of a Chinese businessman, Mr Simon Tang, who was buried in Co…Sat Jun 29 1996 - 01:00
Parties consider memo as Mitchell tries to end ground rules deadlockTHE political parties at the Stormont talks will consider a memo issued yesterday by the chairman, Mr George Mitchell, which …Fri Jun 28 1996 - 01:00
Meeting of forum delayed by arguments over Alliance, SDLP seatingTHE second session of the Northern Ireland Forum in Belfast yesterday was dominated by a wrangle over the seating arrangements…Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Manchester to get letter of sympathyTHE Northern Ireland forum is to send a letter of sympathy and support to Manchester following the IRA bombSat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Lowry asks for study on underground rail planTHE Minister for Transport, Mr Lowry, is considering building underground sections of the light rail system Luas in Dublin city…Fri Jun 21 1996 - 01:00
Inquests on controversial killings in North criticisedINQUESTS in Northern Ireland did not ensure proper investigations into disputed killings, according to Amnesty International'…Wed Jun 19 1996 - 01:00
