Article Index

Player with watching brief

By Michael Walker

Soldiers expel mercenaries

Flashes In The Darkness

By By BILL LONG

Central Bank has the power to play hardball with lenders

By By DECLAN MURPHY

Cries of "ocrach" meet Quakers

By By BRENDAN O CATHAOIR

Confident shrug from Radio Ireland not good enough

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

A-wim in Toop's ocean

By By KEVIN BARRY

Top price of £9,500 for Cork silver tankard

AMAZING GRACE ...!

Rea life

By Sheila Wayman

AIB gets Polish go ahead

Hep C and De Rossa dominate the news

By Frank McNally

Half of national papers show increase in sales

By By MICHAEL FOLEY

What is Tesco buying?

Tesco and ABF pleased with deal

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

God is in his heaven

By By DAVID DAVIES

Reading the Irish Landscape, by Frank Mitchell and Michael Ryan (Town House, £18.99)

By Eileen Battersby

Four make shortlist for Limerick radio licence

By By MICHAEL FOLEY

Complaints post filled

SF declines to withdraw McGuinness but seeks consultation

By Marie O'Halloran

Artist who caught the eye of the rising generation

By By BRIAN FALLON

Man jailed for child rape

No shades of grey in Seve's colouring book

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Dangerous driving meeting

Priest is remanded in custody

Comet heralds Yeats's second coming

By By LOUISE EAST

SPUDS FOR THE FAMILY SILVER

Rain stops play in Orlando

Response to IRA ceasefire proposal disappoints Kennedy

By By DEAGLAN DE BREADUN

Paedophile priest is extradited

From brass beds to inlaid bookcases

Cash-for-questions allegations are complete junk', says Major

By By FRANK MILLAR

Chippendale-style chairs for £3,000

Change in video settings

Kohl's rating falls further

Rovers take step in the right direction

THE WORDS WE USE

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Mobutu flies home as rebels increase popular support

Rowland Hill oils on Donegal in London sale

"I never stopped yearning for my true home"

Copy of Bossi fireplace for sale by tender

UNDERSTAND BEAUTY

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Hijacking Hollywood

By By MICHAEL DWYER

Question of De Rossa legal costs adjourned

By By CHRISTINE NEWMAN

Most Americans sure of heaven

Blair cloned party from Tories, says SNP

Now for something completely different

By By GARRETT ROWE

Blank night at Richmond

By By PAUL BUTTNER

Marching down the supermarket aisle

By By RACHEL BORRILL

Animal cloning is `out of the bottle'

Harping on at his team infuriates Boylan

By By SEAN MORAN

MARKET REPORT - NEW YORK

Different judge to sentence rapist

AN IRISHMAN'S DIARY

By By KEVIN MYERS

Double for Irish girls

By Mary Hannigan

Karamanlis voted head of party

Blue hues can blunt the appetite

By Brian Boyd

PRESIDENT ROBINSON

By From ENDA O RIORDAN

Tackling crime FF `priority'

The war that ushered in the century

By By BRIAN FALLON

The Oxford Book of Nature Writing, edited by Richard Mabey (OUP, £7.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Man gets six years for knifepoint rape

Donegal objectors shut vasectomy clinic

By By PADRAIG YEATES

MARKET REPORT - LONDON

Ambulance staff vote for strike

McKiernan in the spotlight

By By PETER BYRNE

Why a pocketful of euros could damage your health

The Story of Archaeology, edited by Paul G. Bahn (Phoenix, £14.99 in UK)

By Eileen Battersby

Holy Grail

By Eileen Battersby

North policing cause rather than product of conflict, says academic

By By CARMEL ROBINSON

Dublin gets its Dirty Harry

By By KATIE DONOVAN

SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE

By From (DR) MAIRE B. WALSHE

Garda leadership stung over delay in using stinger

By By JOHN MAHER

Voyage of discovery for UCD's senior eight

By By ANDY BOWMAN

Bill on hepatitis C urged

Burning questions

Blood scandal must be handled with care

Paphy thirbday, Simplex!

By By ANDY BARCLAY

Four get further remand

Judge is reappointed

Man gets 7 years for rape of neighbour

New Ireland sale approved

EUROPE'S SECURITY

MARKET REPORT - EUROPE

American over-40s begin Irish sweetheart tour

By Frank McNally

"I am proud our president is coming to thank the people of Ireland"

Change for change in the Balkans must not be lost

By By TOM GALLAGHER

Warm and cozy

Famous Greek props up an ailing Englishman

By By HELEN MEANY

Internal threat to the GAA

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

ABORTION REFERENDUM

By From ANNE LE HARTIGAN

Sparring with Hemingway, and Other Legend of the Fight Game, by Bud Schulberg (Robson Book £10.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Adams seeks data on weapon used in killing

By Gerry Moriarty

Rebels ready to work with Fino

The flow of information

By By BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS

Lenin's reburial still on ice

Suttonians set for a celebration

By By EDMUND VAN ESBECK

Court appoints examiner to Dublin private college

That quiet confidence is preparing to explode

By Johnny Watterson

All at sea

By By KATIE DONOVAN

Superintendent condemns attack

Pair of Georgian plate buckets fetches £9,000

To weed or not to weed, that is the question

By By JIM REYNOLDS

Howlin announces powers to protect buildings

By By ANN CAHILL

Judge orders council to list travellers

Dutch treaty proposals seen to pose problems for Ireland

By Patrick Smyth

Unaltered states

By By EDDIE HOLT

Tesco promises to buy Irish

By By BARRY O'KEEFFE

Upper Mount Street best

By Brian O'Connor

The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline, by Flora Fraser (Papermac, £9,99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Shake up of retail sector likely as UK giant moves in

By Cliff Taylor

Catholic Ireland's dead and gone

By By DAVID QUINN

A piece of Irish history to be proud of

By By ROISIN INGLE

Allegations point to Widgery cover-up

By By DERMOT WALSH

"It was so wonderful to see the mountains"

Leech takes centre court at the Adam sale

Guilty plea in heroin case

MARKET REPORT - DUBLIN

Judgement is reserved in Gilligan action

Colombian editor murdered

Geoghegan celebrates in style

By Gerry Thornley

Kabila is playing a waiting game

Waterford Wedgwood to up German stake

Old friends at the festive table

By By MARY DOWEY

EYE ON NATURE

Gardai making progress on shooting after questioning 15-year-old girl

By By JOHN MAHER

Garden Work:

Making the right connections

Taoiseach basks in Southern hospitality

By By JOE CARROLL

UN code urged on corruption

Scramble for power distorts debates

By By DICK WALSH

Part-contents of house in Kilkenny sale

Learning to love helluva bores

By By JANE POWERS

Netanyahu says Arafat's chiefs gave `green light' to cafe bomber

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

US cuts off $40m in aid to Belarus

New evidence may help purge injustices of Bloody Sunday

By Gerry Moriarty

ALL-IRELAND CITIZENSHIP

By From CHARLES MAUNSELL

Chinese warships pay first US visit

PRESIDENT ROBINSON

By From EAMONN O LIATHAIN

Settlement offer is still sought

By Geraldine Kennedy

THE ARRIVAL OF TESCO

Having a ball

Clothing stores not part of negotiations, says ABF chief

By By BRENDAN MCGRATH

Communal endeavours delivers message

By By GERRY COLGAN

£1,200 fine for hacking into secrets

Abbey will consider £30m plan for arts centre

By Patsy McGarry

Pension levels warning

17 years for man who raped daughter

A cote de chez Bibesco

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS

By From KEVIN SPENCER

Shannon Aerospace to create 100 jobs

Long journey to the far north

By By MICHAEL PAINTER

Cry, the beloved country

By By MARY MAHER

BLOODY SUNDAY

By From NIALL MEEHAN

Commission on Nursing to begin work in April

By By CAROL COULTER

Ireland suffer severe setback

Kildare man gets life sentence for brutal murder of his girlfriend

Radio daze

BIOGRAPHERS

By From A.R. EAGER

Cattle slaughter bar extended

Children's festival spattered with blood

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

Leaders split on NATO but Yeltsin gets G7 seat

By Seamus Martin

DOFFING HATS TO DILLON

By From PAT HUNT

Ireland, UK `exceptions'

Semtex found in search

PEOPLE

Activists claim victory

Huge costs for `Journal'

Headbanging Hamilton

Three cleared of Smyth murder

Small firms fear Tesco deal may threaten employment

By By JIM DUNNE

Demolition of the reputation of a writer

By By JOHN BOLAND

ABORTION REFERENDUM

By From JOHN CLERKIN

Paedophile priest grins as crowds abuse him

By By GEORGE JACKSON

Lower spirits at Guinness but stout adds profit head

Berlin journalist takes award for report on brawling skinheads

By By MICHAEL FOLEY

Mahogany dining tables for up to £600

Radio Ireland and Collins settle

THIS WEEK IN THE MARKETS

By By SIOBHAN CREATON

Easter meltdown

By By JOHN MCKENNA

THE EDUCATION BILL

By From THE O'MORCHOE

Companion to the Cosmos, by John Gribben (Phoenix Giant, £11.99 in UK)

By By BRIAN FALLON

Middleton's `Allotments' is sold for £4,500

Former European Leisure directors jailed

On of life's pleasures

VIVA IL GRUPPO

By From DONAL KELLY

ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE

By From SEAMUS BONNER

Roberts in fine form

The dodo is not dead

By By MARY O'BRIEN

Bringing in spring with history in bloom

By Michael Viney

Home of Cork man charged with taking car is attacked

Netherlands gets first case of BSE

Cash rich Nationwide may soon broaden its horizons

Former disc jockey gets five years for cocaine dealing

Me and Brad in the Green Room

By By MAEVE BINCHY

Laura Ashley has discovered less is more in the 1990s

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

Advertising ban urged after tobacco firm admission

By Kevin O'Sullivan

`A part of my day'

By By FRANK KELLY

Long distance perspective of Brother Colm

By By PAT BUTCHER

Russia gives ground on expansion of NATO to get financial aid

By Seamus Martin

Watercolour by Van Gogh expected to make £8m

No explosives on French jet.

Ebdon ends the Davis revival

By Emmet Malone

Much strutting and puffing after biscuit wars verdict

Monopoly on nominating candidates for president comes under scrutiny

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Red Cross needs $10m aid

Tumbleweed Ridge outstanding

Irish shops fight to keep a foothold

By By NUALA HAUGHEY

Opera Hat can gain her ninth course success

By Brian O'Connor

Thespian night out

Foster father remanded

I, Phoolan Devi: The Autobiography of India's Bandit Queen, by Phoolan Devi (Warner Books, £6.99 in UK)

By Arminta Wallace

Gardai protect house after family is driven out oven drug allegations

By By JOHN MAHER

Nine years for pharmacy theft

Westwood snaps the course record as Smyth leads Irish

Mentally retarded man jailed for five years for raping widow

World Games venue in dispute

By By GRANIA WILLIS

PRESIDENT ROBINSON

By From KATHLEEN MURPHY

Liverpool get Loko and their Paris match

By By DAVID LACEY

Hamas hails `martyr' who killed 3 women

By By DAVID HOROVITZ and AGENCIES