Article Index

FIFA thrilled by Beckham's cartoon antics

By Michael Walker

Eisner finds little to laugh at with Disney

MBNA looks at expansion into Leitrim

By By THERESA JUDGE

Lone macaw stands as a symbol for survival

Modest gains as ISEQ follows international lead

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

Murder-bid charge

Dome dubbed `New British cock-up' after chaotic week

The artistic touch

Making children of us all

By Rosita Boland

Passionate about the passion

New Focus On Burgundy

Inexpensive credit for poor families urged to avoid moneylenders

By By KEVIN RAFTER and JIM DUNNE

Boyband

By Kevin Courtney

The play's the thing: but not the whole thing

By By JOE DOWLING

God's world?

Galway city warned of housing crisis

In-love Gately neatly turns the tables on straight expectations

Passengers are urged to get their own back

By By EAMON TIMMINS

2 die as health alert declared

Lewinsky battles to shed pounds and past

By By JOE CARROLL

Pinochet absence opens up debate in Chile on legacy of dictatorship

UK still getting and giving mixed signals on euro

Classical/Opera

Radio Previews

By Lorna Kernan

Christmas Lift

Fact File

Season a joke says O'Dwyer

By By SEAN MORAN

Maguire records a double

Anelka gives Real relief

McKiernan's withdrawal a big blow

By By IAN O RIORDAN

When a terrible ugliness is born

By Michael Viney

Minister to examine process for new schools

By By CLARE MURPHY

The whole kitsch and caboodle

By By JOE BREEN

Two refused bail over party violence

Motorway by-pass of Kildare town given green light

By By JIM DUNNE

Classical

By Michael Dervan

Understanding The Natural World: Science Today. By William J. Reville. The Irish Times Ltd. 248 pages. £14.99

By By ANNE BYRNE

Dispute disrupts Dublin airport services

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Bangor add to Drogheda's woes

Big business hails German tax reform

Shirt chemicals claim denied

Robinson visits transport centre

Garden Work

Rothery's silver

Closure of textile plant will put 103 out of work

Russell's strike foils Galway this time

By Emmet Malone

Spirited defence could be enough to ensure independence of NatWest

Tweaking the tail of a climatic tiger

By By BREDAN MCWILLIAMS

Inclusive Society?

Barry faces anxious wait

By Emmet Malone

Theatre

By By GERRY COLGAN

Women reassured on value of breast screening

By Roddy O'Sullivan

Home club officials deny offer for Irish teenager

Dow and Nasdaq soar into record territory

Beacon of courage in the face of chronic ill health

Woman prisoner on hunger-strike

Iran marks end of Ramadan

Nothing new in faulty equipment for armies

Smooth run for Gore is scuttled

Music

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Clubbing

By Kevin Courtney

Plans for toll bridge and bypass to ease road jams

By By JIM DUNNE

Minister moves on beds shortage

Carrickmore still torn over attendance of Mgr Faul at liaison meeting with RUC

History of a racist regime

By Seamus Martin

Y2K may yet have some bite

By Dominic Coyle

China acknowledges quake 30 years after it occurred

By By CONOR O'CLERY

Germany, Respectable?

Beijing ordinations attacked

Video Releases

By Hugh Linehan

Raja Casablanca - 4, Al Nassr - 3

A new living space

By By JANE POWERS

Patient dies in beds crisis

SportsSpeak

Though often in ingeniously contrived forms, many poems are so clogged with Latinate cognitives that they cannot survive as poetry

By By JAMES J. MCAULEY

Patients' welfare is in jeopardy, court told

Dictator or democrat?

Gormley hits out

By By GRANIA WILLIS

Electronic tagging completes humiliation of Aitken

By By RACHEL DONNELLY

Eye On Nature

Grapes To Pick

FAI Cup: Second round previews

Dobson camp defends `red scum' leaflet attacking Livingstone

By By FRANK MILLAR

Bubbling Away

Moore set

By Brian O'Connor

Irish boxing deserves Sydney stage

By By SEAN KILFEATHER

German firm has 7.21% share in Bula

Coming up on screen ...

Singer burned in opera incident

Greenhouse gas emissions may be cause of flooding that is costing millions in damage

Fare and fowl

By By JOHN MCKENNA

Extradition cases will not be allowed to damage the advanced peace process

Meaning and nothingness

By By IAN ROBERTSON

Investigations beginning to reveal full extent of abuse

By By PADDY AGNEW

Nothing to fear from breast screening

Corrections And Clarifications

Brennan storms on and puts Leinster on the right road

By Gerry Thornley

An Irishman's Diary

By By KEVIN MYERS

Accord in sight in German job talks

By Denis Staunton

A high price will be paid for that unheeded Budget advice

By By GARRET FITZGERALD

Pop and puppy love in full swing

By Tony Clayton-Lea

Getting with the programme

Putin keeps his links to Kremlin's `Family' under wraps

Olympic wake-up call

By Johnny Watterson

Irish high-tech stocks show recovery signs

By By JANE O'SULLIVAN

As long as you're happy...

By By HARRY BROWNE

Future Kids

FA Cup Previews: Fourth round and third round replays

Man in court on cocaine charges

Smith hurdles to fame

Funds appeal announced on behalf of `jewel in crown of Irish mining heritage'

By Barry Roche

Church Of Ireland Notes

Journalist's tape was of army shots

To tell or not to tell

By By MAEVE BINCHY

Driver killed in Co Down accident

Technology stocks prove too hot to handle

PwC under scrutiny

The mark of the Deutsch

By By IAN KILROY

Building of £45m call centre starts

From a bete noire to the Iron Lady

Getting there

CDU steps up criticism of Kohl

By Denis Staunton

Talks fail to end post dispute

By By JAS KAMINSKI

Growing numbers came to love the precise prose of a private man

Stamp of approval from cultural icon

By By MICHAEL DWYER

This Week They Said

Ageing hippie upsets the ego cart at Grammy bash

By Brian Boyd

Lamont stands down as chairman of NTL

By Arthur Beesley

Wartime killings in jails reported

Heeding the call of the isles

By Rosita Boland

`Missing' files dealt with an especially wicked month

File prepared on prison wounding

Kalejs escorted from airport

Racism still rife

By By PAUL BROWN and VIVEK CHAUDHARY

Pressure cooker time in presidential race

Council may ban circus due to animal welfare concerns

By Kitty Holland

Money in dormant accounts may be out of State's reach

By By KEVIN RAFTER

Garda released after questioning

These foolish thongs

By Mary Hannigan

Aga Khan leaves Cumani

Late surge ensures best day since March for DAX

Bush out ahead in two-man race

Doolin on target as Shelbourne dominate

By By PAUL BUTTNER

Tesco to ask growers to avoid fields used in GM crop trials

By Roddy O'Sullivan

Youth's epic flight to India frustrates China's Tibet plan

Clinton intervenes in talks again

Vital Venezuela

Irish rugby points the way

Blue-chip rally fails to lift technology stocks

`Low risk to health' in dumped nuclear material

By By EAMON TIMMINS

Ready for the big push

Dublin protest at war in Chechnya

Afarad to end Swan's wait

By Brian O'Connor

Tibetan icon recovers in Indian shelter after fleeing Chinese rule

By By DAVID ORR

Sipping into the sixth millennium

Tireless champion of peace and reconciliation

Ulster face sting

By John O'Sullivan

Challenge Of A New Century

EU Commission sues Ireland for failing to protect grouse habitat

By By EMMET OLIVER

Surfing the web is not for devout, ultra-Orthodox rabbis warn

By By DAVID HOROVITZ

France's Loss

Pipe-bomb explosion on Antrim estate

Athlone hit form early and late

Dun Laoghaire marina contract

Forthcoming Auction

Esat stock surge hurts staff with options

Bottle Of The Week

Generous, multi-talented contributor to society

Radical political and social campaigner

Gifted architect and much-loved teacher

Conflict fear as bishop moves

Getting your head around new food style

Our finest specimens on display

By By SEAN LYSAGHT

Trimble expects progress on arms

Manically Organic?

Counterbid rumours fuel Esat share price

By Arthur Beesley

All this and Bellow, too

Rock of all ages

Harrods may lose royal warrant

Starting off the new year with a few useful resolutions for other people

By By MAIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN

High notes

Dome sponsor denies threat

Venetian love is blind

Appeal over Maluku violence

My Writing Day

By By COLIN BATEMAN

The Words We Use

By By DIARMAID O MUIRITHE

Masked rider on the range who could right a wrong in less than 30 minutes

Plenty of heat left in Finance Bill minutiae

Gates to play by his rules

Hair of the month that bit

By By LOUISE EAST

Telia `reassessing' decision to sell 14% Eircom stake

By Arthur Beesley

Methodist Notes

Russians suspend some attacks

100,000 people flee homes after six days of rain

By By NICOLE VEASH

Marking The Millennium

Confidence in Lucent dips with profit warning

By By TOM FOREMSKI

Holy-war calls at rally

Roots

Parnevik in early lead

Return of the Gala stars

Planning for the spring season of auctions

By By ROBERT O'BYRNE

It's the television news and debates that count. They don't do nuance

Hot topics, fine fiction: the books to look out for

Muscling his way back in

Kuper pleased

By Mary Hannigan

Granada pre-empts TV merger proposal

Housing Refugees

Bacon in his place

Small Producer, Big Future

The sheer cheek of it

By By PAUL FLYNN

U2 concert announcement `misunderstanding'

By Kitty Holland

Councils ready for recycling of Christmas trees

By By EMMET OLIVER

No airs for `Ashes' child star

By Chris Dooley

From meditations to anthologies

Aussie Regional Swank

197 Per Cent Per Annum

Millennium begins with week of `lost' files, failed car tests

By By EMMET OLIVER

Row ends following apology

It is as though we have been pointed in the wrong direction

By By JOHN BANVILLE

Brazil's Animal a right pup

Clerical comedy

By Brian Boyd

Official papers covering North in 1969 are out today after `lost and found' saga

By By KEVIN RAFTER

Tycoon tightens grip on Arsenal

By By JOHN CASSY

Udaras na Gaeltachta chair named

Following in the Bear's paw prints

By By DERMOT GILLEECE

Dow surges as jobs data boosts rate rise fears

Material dumped at sea

Munster to take cautious route

By Gerry Thornley

Dirty old town

By By ZHANNA SUVOROVA

Rock/Pop

Beware of politicians bearing gifts of electoral efficiency

By By DICK WALSH

Hindley may face brain surgery

It was technology's party

By By EDDIE HOLT

ICU forced to amend Smyth ban

By By KARL JOHNSTON

Ballycotton in top three