Adams says process requires an understanding of unionist hurtThe Sinn Fein president has said the Northern negotiation process requires nationalists to understand the sense of hurt and pain…Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Doherty in challenge to BlairThe IRA was the only player to have made a good move for the peace process, the vice-president of Sinn Fein, Mr Pat Doherty, …Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Mitchell says Ahern has no proper standardsThe Fine Gael deputy leader, Mr Jim Mitchell, strongly criticised the Taoiseach, accusing him of having no proper priorities …Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Fine Gael to pick Hayes for Tipperary by-electionFine Gael is considering moving the writ for the Tipperary South by-election within two weeksSat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Plan to allot millennium tree to each household defendedThe National Millennium Committee has insisted that a tree will be available for each household in the State despite Green Party…Mon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
Parents should lose homes over children's vandalism: TDCouncil tenants who fail to control their children's vandalism should lose their houses, the Fine Gael TD for Dublin South West…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Still not too late to end crisis in North peace process, says AdamsThe Sinn Fein leader, Mr Gerry Adams, said yesterday it was not too late to end the crisis in the Northern peace process.Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
FG TD criticises Department policyThe Department of Agriculture has been strongly criticised for its approach to the BSE crisis.Thu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Irish road-death rate is the worst in EU, survey findsA report on the high cost of motor insurance for young drivers is to be considered by the Government, an Oireachtas committee…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
PDs' outspoken chairman is confident of taking seat in Cork South CentralThe chairman of the Progressive Democrats, Mr John Minihan, remains confident of taking a Dail seat in Cork South Central, despite…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
Hopes high boardwalk will give malodorous Liffey new Parisian airThe £2 million Liffey boardwalk in central Dublin was officially opened yesterday with promises that the river, once best known…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Coach plunges into LiffeyA driver had a dramatic escape last night when a single-decker Bus Eireann bus plunged into the Liffey after colliding with a…Mon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00
Delegates claim PPF has failed low-paidWorkers' Party delegates called for a renegotiation of the Partnership for Prosperity and Fairness (PPF) at their weekend ardfheis…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Garland highlights socialism's futureThere was something rotten in the public life of the Republic, the outgoing president of the Workers' Party, Mr Tom French, claimed…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Hall named in honour of O'Reilly echoes to WP denunciations of capitalist wrongsIt was an incongruous setting for a two-day conference which heard repeated remarks about the evils of capitalism.Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
FF youth urges Government to use IMO wording in abortion referendumFianna Fail's youth wing has called on the Government to use a proposed Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) wording in an abortion…Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Ahern critical of Labour's economic policyThe Taoiseach sharply criticised the Labour Party's economic policy at the weekendMon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
1,056 couples on foreign adoption listThere are currently 1,056 Irish applications for inter-country adoptions, according to the latest official figuresFri Sept 08 2000 - 01:00
Bitter battle within Kerry FF as Foley decides to quitThe decision by the Kerry North TD, Mr Denis Foley, to retire at the next general election has unleashed a bitter local battle…Fri Sept 08 2000 - 01:00
Mandatory reporting of child abuse `is overdue'The childcare agency Barnardos has expressed concern at the delay in introducing mandatory reporting of child abuseFri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Irish aid for UN rights office urgedThe Government was yesterday urged to provide financial support for the UN human rights office in Colombia by the head of Trocaire…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Bruton says TDs should scrutinise all major appointmentsA bouquet of flowers left outside the Dublin home of Mr Hugh O'Flaherty in Sandymount yesterdayWed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Court to rule on major new legislationThe fate of two major pieces of Government legislation will be decided today as the Supreme Court rules on their constitutionality…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Colleagues pay tribute at Boland's funeralThe President, Mrs McAleese, led the mourners at the funeral of the former Fine Gael TD and minister, Mr John Boland, at St Patrick…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryCould it be, as the song said, that it was all so simple then? A decade ago - in the heady summer of 1990 - Charles JSat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn Kerry, they are planning a £400,000 memorial to him, secure in the knowledge that he was a hero who saved the lives of an …Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Conspiracy crash theory re-examined at meetingConcealing the involvement of British aircraft in the 1968 Tuskar Rock air crash would have required the silence of a great number…Wed Jul 12 2000 - 01:00
FF strategy for Kerry seat set to spark disputeFianna Fail has decided on a broader geographical spread in its two-candidate ticket at the next general election, as part of…Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Convenor calls for legislative approach to tackling issueMeasures to prevent unwanted pregnancies were called for by Mr Robert Cochran, secretary and convenor of the Methodist Church…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Bishops have no wording for abortion vote proposalThe Catholic bishops have no proposed wording for the constitutional referendum they are seeking on abortion, the all-party Oireachtas…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Official view not in favour of another referendumThe Church of Ireland is opposed to another referendum on abortion, the Bishop of Down and Dromore, Dr Harold Miller, told the…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Report prompts calls for national housing authorityA report showing local authority refunds of more than half a million pounds to borrowers has led to a call for the setting up…Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Doherty tells SF supporters the battle for republicans is not overThe battle for republicans had not ended with the re-establishment of the political institutions in the North, Mr Pat Doherty…Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
Bruton dismisses threat to leadershipMr John Bruton has dismissed suggestions that his leadership of Fine Gael could come under threat following the poor performance…Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Greens are critical of O'Flaherty's appointment to £147,000-a-year jobThe Government's appointment of Mr Hugh O'Flaherty as vice-president of the European Investment Bank was criticised by the Dublin…Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
Gormley encouraged by new, realistic approachThe worst nightmare for the Progressive Democrats - returning to the Dail after the next election in a taxi - is the top priority…Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
Greens disagree over prospect of joining coalitionSharp differences on whether the Green Party should enter coalition after the next election emerged at its annual convention …Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
Call for rape victims to be given option of abortionA senior clinical psychologist with the Eastern Health Board, Mr Fred Lowe, has called for legislation to allow rape victims …Wed May 10 2000 - 01:00
Rape victims have right to abortion, says Prof ClareRape and incest victims should have the option of a legal abortion in Ireland, the medical director of St Patrick's Hospital …Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Doctors would `opt out' of terminationsThe Master of the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, Dr Declan Keane, has told TDs and senators that most of his colleagues…Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Doctor calls for greater effort to avoid unwanted pregnanciesThe Master of the Coombe, Dr Sean Daly, called for measures to prevent unwanted pregnancies leading to abortion.Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Referendum on legislative proposals on abortion urgedThe Oireachtas was yesterday urged by Prof John Bonnar, chairman of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, to put legislative…Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryHave you noticed how Sunday has changed, almost beyond recognition? There was a time when it began with multitudes attending …Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Delegate warns of DART `tragedy'Delegates urged the Government to update the national transport systemSat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Minimum Wage Bill `con' claim rejectedThe Government has rejected Labour claims that its National Minimum Wage Bill is a "con"Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
Right to marry for homosexuals urged, but rent control call failsHomosexual couples should have the option of marrying, Fine Gael's youth wing decided at the weekend.Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Bruton urges talks on arms issueThe Fine Gael leader has called on the Irish and British governments to initiate talks between the pro-Belfast Agreement parties…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Candidates take the party lines to the faithful at a lively conferencePolitics in Fine Gael these days is all about a good chat-up lineMon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
Oireachtas translator and prolific writerDr Sean O Luing, who died on February 10th, aged 82, was a former head of the translation section of the Houses of the Oireachtas…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Doctors believe worst of viral illness epidemic may now be overDoctors believe the worst is over in the epidemic of viral illness, but hospitals throughout the State remain under pressure …Thu Jan 13 2000 - 00:00
