What Mobutu learned from King LeopoldIn the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo by Michela Wrong. Fourth Estate, 324pp, £13.99 in UKSat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Minority groups to receive free Riverdance ticketsIreland's ethnic minorities are to get a first-hand introduction to the Riverdance phenomenon later this month when over 1,000…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Murphy death not to affect Flood findingsThe millionaire businessman, Mr Joseph Murphy snr, has died before the Flood tribunal can complete its investigations into a £…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Rich, small Kuwait will never be `ordinary' state"The defence of small nations" is frequently put forward as a reason for going to war; "the defence of small, rich nations" might…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Asylum-seeker's return puts deportation process in doubtDoubt has been cast on the validity of hundreds of deportation orders served on failed asylum-seekers following a High Court …Thu Aug 03 2000 - 01:00
Chairman to allow hearing of Stafford evidence on BurkeAllegations that Mr Ray Burke and Mr P.JFri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Records of all Lawlor accounts sought by tribunalThe Flood tribunal has written to financial institutions throughout the State in search of accounts held by Dublin West TD Mr…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Burke `marked cards' for Century on fees - StaffordMembers of the first Independent Radio and Television Commission, including its chairman, Mr Justice Henchy, are expected to …Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Burke and Mara sought bribes - Century chiefFurther details of the claim that leading Fianna Fail figures sought bribes in return for awarding commercial radio licences …Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Papers show RTE had to fund rivalDecisions made by the former minister for communications, Mr Ray Burke, forced RTE to subsidise its privately owned rival, Century…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Law Society to be notice party to Flood challengeThe Law Society is to be joined as a notice party to the judicial review taken by a solicitor, Mr Stephen Miley, who is contesting…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Government to allocate £4m to Third WorldThe government is to allocate an additional £4 million to fund HIV/AIDS programmes in developing countries, the Minister of State…Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Evidence on calls from Bailey phone given by detectiveA series of calls were made from phones owned by Mr Michael Bailey or his company, Bovale Developments, to Sunday Independent…Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Unwieldy UN in urgent need of reform but is still `the only show in town'Everyone agrees that the United Nations is slow, weak, unwieldy and beset by bureaucracy - after all, these were the words used…Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Robinson criticises Republic's record on asylum-seekersThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, has strongly criticised Ireland's record on racism …Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Time running out for climbing team on five peaks challengeTime was running out yesterday evening for the team of charity climbers, including this reporter, attempting to scale the five…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Walkers to scale heights again to aid Focus IrelandIn what will probably be the longest day of our lives, our team of walkers hopes to scale the five highest mountains on these…Tue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Measures to give equal status to people with disabilitiesSome 350,000 people with disabilities have been promised equal treatment with mainstream users of State services under a package…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
McAleese and Ahern lead tributes to tenor Frank PattersonThe President, Mrs McAleese, and the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, have led tributes to the tenor, Mr Frank Patterson, who has died at…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Anarchy, agony, AfricaMe Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda. By Scott Peterson. Routledge. 400pp, £14.99 in UKSat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Burke to sell house and lands in SwordsThe former Fianna Fail minister, Mr Ray Burke, and his wife, Ann, are selling their house and adjoining lands in Swords for a…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Orangemen absent from ceremony to mark founding of orderThere wasn't an Orangeman in sight when the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Mary Freehill, walked from her home down Dawson Street…Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Tribunal set to complete Gogarty evidenceSixteen months after Mr James Gogarty first came to the witness box, the Flood tribunal will attempt to complete the hearing …Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Redmond payments detailedThe Flood tribunal has heard fresh evidence about massive payments by builders to the former assistant Dublin city and county…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Fianna Fail to extend internal inquiry into Dunlop moneyFianna Fail is considering extending its internal inquiry into whether any of its elected representatives accepted money for …Wed May 10 2000 - 01:00
Dunlop to reveal further corrupt paymentsFresh revelations of corrupt payments to politicians are expected to emerge today when the lobbyist, Mr Frank Dunlop, resumes…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
Tribunal looks at references to helicopter firmThe Flood tribunal is investigating references to Celtic Helicopters, the aviation company run by Mr Ciaran Haughey, in the accounts…Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Fingleton has taken out in excess of £1.25m in loans from Irish NationwideThe managing director of the Irish Nationwide Building Society, Mr Michael Fingleton, has taken out loans totalling more than…Tue May 02 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien was accused of forgery by judgeThe political pressure on the Taoiseach has eased after it emerged that the man who alleges Mr Ahern and another senior Fianna…Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Global warming to make further flood disasters likelyIt was the most disturbing image of many to emerge from Mozambique's past month of misery: a line of mentally disabled people…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
$12,700 levied on Concern shipment of aidMozambican authorities have imposed charges totalling $12,700 (£10,500) on a consignment of much-needed emergency aid brought…Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
Mozambicans face long, hard struggleThe wall of Rita Cizambimwe's front room shines brightly in the sun, a purple curtain fluttering in the windowTue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Irish aid faces airport levy on landing in MozambiqueThe first consignment of Irish humanitarian aid for Mozambique may face a landing fee of up to $6,000 when it arrives in the …Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Massive operation to help flood survivorsLarge quantities of aid have finally started arriving in Mozambique, where the number of people displaced and made homeless by…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Small dramas played out on flooded plainsWhen the swollen Limpopo river burst its banks and raged through their home last week, Pascoal and Sophia Pereira moved to sleep…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Cyclone threatens as aid agencies stockpile suppliesRain-soaked, storm-battered Mozambique is bracing itself for more disastrous flooding this weekend, with a fresh cyclone threatening…Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
Today is leap year's open season on evasive, hesitant bachelorsIt's the day every evasive, procrastinating, hesitant bachelor dreadsTue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Adams says SF must rebuild for new accordThe Sinn Fein president has called on the party to rebuild itself in order to negotiate a new Belfast agreement on terms more…Mon Feb 28 2000 - 00:00
EU renews pressure over SellafieldThe British government has come under renewed pressure over the way the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant has been operated…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
World's hungry finally outweighed by the obeseFor the first time in human history, the number of overweight people in the world rivals the number of underweight people, a …Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Overseas aid increase unlikely to hit targets set by Cabinet or UNThe Departments of Finance and Foreign Affairs are close to agreement on a plan to increase overseas aid spending by set amounts…Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
MEPs criticise Israel on pilgrimsIrish MEPs have condemned Israel's continuing refusal to admit a group of pilgrims from Co Wexford without the imposition of …Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
Green MEP calls for inquiry into spying on phones, emailsThe European Parliament should set up an inquiry into the unauthorised interception of telephone calls and e-mails by British…Fri Feb 25 2000 - 00:00
Stations highlight their favourable audience figuresRadio stations all over Ireland responded to the latest audience figures with the usual flurry of press releases emphasising …Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:00
RTE suffers further loss of listeners to independents in latest JNLR surveyRTE radio has suffered further losses in listener-ship as independent radio secures its dominance of the market, according to…Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:00
Warning about homeless refugees unheededThe crisis which closed the Department of Justice refugee applications centre and left many asylum-seekers in Dublin homeless…Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
Information Act `abused by multiple requesters'The Freedom of Information Act is being abused by people making multiple requests and others intent on "causing trouble", an …Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
Department is criticised by aid agencyIreland's largest Third World aid agency, Concern, has criticised the Department of Foreign Affairs over its treatment of non…Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
Taoiseach's adviser urges media to give more `space' to peace negotiatorsThe Taoiseach's special adviser on Northern Ireland has called on the media to allow those involved in the peace process "space…Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00
Reporting of wars becoming more difficult, conference toldGrowing risks, media manipulation and changing news priorities have led to a decline in the standard of reporting on wars and…Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00
