The Guinness businessTHOSE cunning brothers, lords of the vat" can't really be crying into their porter in paradise this weekSat May 17 1997 - 01:00
A riddle in the wake of the Childers classicA submarine snaring of a Clogherhead fishing vessel, the SharelgaFri May 16 1997 - 01:00
Liffey taxi takes legal action over river accessLIFFEY LINE, the Dublin river taxi service, is taking the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to court over lack of access…Mon May 12 1997 - 01:00
Fisheries board manager temporarily removedTHE manager of a regional fisheries board which has been the subject of a Garda investigation since 1995 has been removed temporarily…Thu May 08 1997 - 01:00
Marine to devolve some tasks to other agenciesTHE Department of the Marine intends to shed some of its workload and devolve certain responsibilities to other agenciesWed May 07 1997 - 01:00
Appeals system on fish farming due to be signed into law shortlyNEW legislation on fish and shell fish farming which aims to set up a licensing appeals mechanism similar to An Bord Pleanala…Tue May 06 1997 - 01:00
Higgins rejects council's advice on restoration plan for "Asgard"THE Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Mr Higgins, has rejected the advice of his own Heritage Council on the future…Tue May 06 1997 - 01:00
AN IRISHWOMAN'S DIARYSNIFF, snuff. Stale air. Sniff again. Sulphorous fumes. Crouching, sometimes crawling, his nostrils twitchedMon May 05 1997 - 01:00
Hot sun reaches parts of gallery that other heatPERHAPS it was an act of God. It was an act of the sun for ye pagan folkSat May 03 1997 - 01:00
Fishermen astounded by decision in Spanish skipper's caseTHE outcome of a Cork Circuit Court case this week in which a Spanish fishing skipper escaped a hefty fine over a flag technicality…Sat May 03 1997 - 01:00
Barrett provokes dispute in remarks on delayed Price Waterhouse reportREMARKS made in the Dail this week about the management consultancy firm, Price Waterhouse, have provoked a dispute within a …Fri May 02 1997 - 01:00
Liffey water still "iffy", report saysDUBLIN's Liffey may no longer be "sniffy" but its water quality is still very "iffy"Fri May 02 1997 - 01:00
Report points to shortage of trained fishermenONLY 13 per cent of fishing deckhands have had any formal training and many working in fishing have never done even the most …Thu May 01 1997 - 01:00
Minister announces safety regulations for fishing industryTHE Government is to introduce regulations on basic safety training for the fishing industry and a new centre is to be established…Thu May 01 1997 - 01:00
Irish baby eels are reeling in grown up pricesFAR from their birthplace on the Sargasso Sea, thousands of tiny sea serpents under cultivation in a Wicklow warehouse are expected…Mon Apr 28 1997 - 01:00
Study of Air Corps, Naval Service shelvedA GOVERNMENT steering committee has shelved a consultancy study of the Air Corps and Naval Service and intends to widen its terms…Mon Apr 28 1997 - 01:00
Gardai strike twice to disrupt "rave"IF you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise..Mon Apr 28 1997 - 01:00
Stepping onto the ICEDAVID Attenborough once described existence in Shackleton's "White South" as "life in a freezer"Sat Apr 19 1997 - 01:00
Overgrazing uncovers ancient cooking mounds on Clare IslandPERVERSE though it may sound, environmental degradation has its advantagesFri Apr 18 1997 - 01:00
Barrett welcomes EU fish deal with relief, but Irish industry cautiousIRISH fishing industry representatives have reacted cautiously to the EU fish deal agreed in Luxembourg yesterdayWed Apr 16 1997 - 01:00
Barrett hopeful of deal on cuts in fishing fleetEU fisheries ministers resume efforts in Luxembourg this morning to reach agreement on the size of the Community's fishing fleet…Tue Apr 15 1997 - 01:00
Fisheries council will debate Irish plan for size of EU fleet"BRITAIN fighting our corner yet again, while we sit on our handsMon Apr 14 1997 - 01:00
Barret accused of trying to "bury" reportTHE Minister for the Marine has been accused of trying to "bury" a consultancy study on the Irish whitefish fleet, which proposes…Mon Apr 14 1997 - 01:00
Grant aided fishing boats recommendedA STUDY on renewing the national whitefish fleet has recommended a pilot grant aid programme for building up to four new all …Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
Kerry group to bid for Shackleton lotsKERRY enthusiasts who wish to repatriate artefacts associated with the Irish polar explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, intend to…Thu Apr 10 1997 - 01:00
Dingle residents oppose plan for holiday complex on boatyard siteFOLLOWING the dispute about a marina development, the Co Kerry port of Dingle is now at the centre of another planning controversy…Wed Apr 09 1997 - 01:00
Global economy raises new liberatarian issuesMY HEAD was buried under the next row of seats for some minutesSat Apr 05 1997 - 01:00
Move to get an old gun runner out of jail and into the waterTHE historic "gun runner", the Asgard, should be restored and returned to the water, a group of classic boat enthusiasts has …Thu Apr 03 1997 - 01:00
Detained ship previously fined for secret fish holdA SPANISH "flagship", fined £22,500 by the State two months ago for having a secret fish hold aboard, is one of two fishing vessels…Thu Apr 03 1997 - 01:00
80% of murder victims are men, according to Garda research unitYOU are male, aged between 16 and 35 years, with no jobWed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
Seventh time to summon Council of StateFOR the seventh time since taking office almost seven years ago, the President, Mrs Robinson, has summoned the Council of State…Wed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
15 attend meeting on BillTHE Taoiseach was among 15 members of the 22-member Council of State present at yesterday's meeting in Aras an Uachtarain.Wed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
Sailing group adds to criticism of appointments to harbour boardsTHE row over State appointments to nine new harbour boards is likely to continue, with the latest criticism coming from the Irish…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
Christie's plan to sell off Shackleton's artefactsA DESCENDANT of Sir Ernest Shackleton has called on the State to buy material belonging to the Irish born polar explorer due …Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
Minister publishes guidelines to protect coastlineTHE Irish coastline has over 300 separate cases of erosion, but it cannot all be blamed on the weatherFri Mar 28 1997 - 00:00
FF accuses Barrett of complacency over catchesTHE Fianna Fail marine spokesman, Mr Michael Smith, has accused the Minister for the Marine of complacency over alleged under…Fri Mar 28 1997 - 00:00
No decision on penalising firm for air sea rescue helicopter delayTHE Government's west coast air sea helicopter is expected to be "fully operational" early next month - three months after the…Fri Mar 28 1997 - 00:00
Master mariners say Loran-C is needed to avert shipwrecksTHE Irish Institute of Master Mariners has called for cross-party political support for the Bill updating the powers of the lighthouse…Wed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00
EU aware of fears over false fish catch reportsTHE European Commission has said it is "aware" that Spanish fishing vessels are believed to be under reporting catches in Irish…Tue Mar 25 1997 - 00:00
No one left to watch over us at lighthouse on our coastsIT was not quite a wake, no one was wearing blackTue Mar 25 1997 - 00:00
Foreign fleet takes £2bn in fish and leaves bad feeling"FLAGSHIP" was not a derogatory term in west Cork vocabulary when I first met Danny "Boy" O'Driscoll in Castletownbere some years…Tue Mar 25 1997 - 00:00
£28m plan to improve fishing safety is suspendedIRELAND has suspended an EU backed £28 million programme to improve safety on fishing vessels, due to the lack of agreement within…Fri Mar 21 1997 - 00:00
President's UN post supportedTHE President, Mrs Robinson, will be one of several candidates backed, by an international women's group network for the position…Fri Mar 21 1997 - 00:00
Minister pledges no farming no wild trout fisheriesTHE Minister of State for the Marine, Mr Eamon Gilmore, has pledged that there will be no commercial fish farming on wild brown…Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
Yachtsman Bullimore to step on to the dry land of the RDS boat showTHE British solo yachtsman best known for his experiences under rather than on the deck of a boat will be forcing himself on …Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
A package for our heritageWHEN Des O'Malley forecast that Michael D Higgins would "go mad in office", he wasn't talking about megalomaniaWed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
Grand medal count of Grand MarshalBRIDIE LYNCH, Paralympic medallist twice over, was Grand Marshal of this year's St Patrick's Festival Parade in DublinTue Mar 18 1997 - 00:00
Nirex didn't like the words "waste dump""PERMANENT and irreversible". A "potential source of conflict"Tue Mar 18 1997 - 00:00
400,000 turn out for Dublin's "artistic" paradeDATELINE, Dublin, 1997, and there's something a bit uncomfortable about this new St Patrick's Day in post Catholic, Celtic tiger…Tue Mar 18 1997 - 00:00
Higgins rejects criticism of new plans for Burren visitors' centreTHE Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Mr Higgins, has rejected claims that he is holding north Clare "to ransom" …Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
