Down to earth President digs inTHERE is a forest somewhere with her name on itFri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00
Decision announced as promisedTHE timing of Mrs Robinson's announcement not to run for election was based on nothing more than logistics, a spokeswoman for…Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00
Health's failure to heed advice criticisedTHE Department of Health should have adopted the "lookback programme" recommended by hepatitis experts in 1994Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Answer to a three-year campaign came on the back of a push bikeIT CAME on the back of a push bike, Jane O'Brien saidWed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Several reports already compiledTHE report into the hepatitis C scandal is not the first Finlay reportWed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Macho society where women can never winSOMEWHERE in an Albanian village a woman's father gives her future husband a dowryTue Mar 11 1997 - 00:00
EU treaty should back sexual equality - MEPEQUALITY between the sexes should be written into the new EU treaty, according to Ms Bernie Malone MEP.Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Researchers aim for fix on ecstasyA POCKET ecstasy-detector for blood and urine and a study which could produce an electronic sniffer dog are among 26 research…Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
ICTU says victims of domestic violence need leaveWOMEN who suffer domestic violence should be allowed compassionate leave from work, according to the equality officer of the …Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
McAliskey refuses meeting on babyMS ROISIN McALISKEY has refused to meet social services in Britain because they want to assess her suitability as a mother, according…Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Bureau moves against leading criminal gangTHE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has moved against one of the largest criminal gangs in the StateThu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Chartered accountant with a varied career in industryDERRY HUSSEY'S bedside manner already has got one stamp of approvalWed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
Report outlines nuclear pollution concernsAN EXPERT group of Irish and British scientists should be set up to monitor radioactive pollution bin shared seas, according …Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
POA may act over increase in prison placesTHE Prison Officers' Association (POA) has accused the Government of "warehousing" prisoners following confirmation of plans …Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Mrs Gilligan expected to seek return of goodsLAWYERS for Mrs Geraldine Gilligan are expected to apply to the High Court today for the return of goods, following Wednesday…Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Childline calls average 400 a dayTHE ISPCC Childline service received 144,220 calls - an average of about 400 a day - last year, the largest number in its history…Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00
"This is my home and I'm staying put"GERALDINE Gilligan sat at her dining room table yesterday wearing her jacket and smoking Silk Cut Purple with a steady hand as…Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00
Equality body says wording flawed in sex harassment BillTHE Government's definition of sexual harassment needs to be changed before it becomes law, says the head of the Employment Equality…Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00
Tough battle looming for Labour as floaters seek a different portIT must be enough to make Dick Spring think about cashing in his air miles and applying for a globetrotting UN postSat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00
A choice of jams and a chance to learn not to act like an animalTHE concrete-walled building in Clondalkin, Co Dublin, could pass for the headquarters of a software multinationalFri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00
Political response to crime has little impact on crime rate, UK expert saysTHE political response to crime in Britain has led to an explosion in prisoner numbers and little improvement in the crime rate…Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00
FAI expects remaining riot cases to be settled out of courtTHE Football Association of Ireland believes the remaining civil actions over the Lansdowne Road riot will be settled out of …Wed Feb 19 1997 - 00:00
Liberians forced to wait another night on shipNINE Liberian asylum seekers spent another night aboard a Croatian cargo ship in Waterford last night waiting for permission …Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00
Ship with 9 stowaways expected to dock todayGARDAI and immigration officers are expected to board a ship carrying nine men said to be Liberian stowaways when it docks at…Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Mayor hosts reception for veterans of Spanish warMICHAEL O Riordan uses a short sentence to describe his memory of the Spanish Civil War: The horrors and the hungerSat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00
Costs in Rocca trial may reach £200,000MS MICHELLE ROCCA is believed to have turned down significantly more money than she was eventually awarded as a result of her…Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00
Strain and tension of two week hearing tell as the main contenders confront the mediaMICHELLE ROCCA took out the single page torn from a shorthand notebook and unfolded it as she stood in the courthouse doorway…Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00
Missing teenage girl last seen getting into carGARDAI in Waterford have contacted police in Britain and Northern Ireland about a teenage girl who has been missing since last…Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
Specialist authority reports one child abducted per weekMORE than one child a week was abducted from the State last year.Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
Head of largest fish farm company chargedTHE managing director of the State's largest fish farming company has been charged in a Scottish court with obtaining more than…Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Sculpture recalls heroin victimsA WOMAN who lost two of her children to heroin related AIDS lit a candle on a monument in Dublin's inner city last nightSat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Public licensing law to be investigatedTHE Competition Authority is expected to order an investigation into the pub licensing system, following this week's controversy…Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
ICON names major drug dealersANTI drugs activists in Dublin warned last night that they would march on the homes of relatives and friends visited by those…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Taking crystal ball out of courtWHEN Kay Dunne walked out of the Four Courts in December 1989, a woman asked her was she going to go on a giant shopping spree…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Payment of damages by instalments recommendedCOURTS should be able to award damages for personal injuries by instalments as well as in lump sums, the Law Reform Commission…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Insurance premiums should not be affectedINSURANCE premiums should not be affected by the proposed change to compensation payments, according to the Insurance - Federation…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Gardai await post mortem on mother of two in houseGARDAI were keeping an open mind last night on the death of a mother of two found in her Co Dublin home on Sunday night.Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
Fall in donations forces blood board to import stockFOR the first time, a shortage in donations is forcing the Blood Transfusion Service Board to import blood stocks.Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
"Missing" child is safeTHE case of a five year old girl reported missing, on Saturday has been referred to social workers.Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Haemophiliac group hopes parties will support FF motionTHE Irish Haemophilia Society is hopeful that a Fianna Fail motion to expand the terms of reference of the hepatitis C tribunal…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Paris model addresses anti abortion rallyA FRENCH anti abortion activist urged people at an anti abortion meeting last night to show that "you would give your life" to…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Food scares prompt parental panicYESTERDAY'S baby milk scare will do nothing to calm the nerves of a jittery consumerSat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Baby milk withdrawn from sale in IrelandA POWDERED milk product consumed by about 7,000 babies in Ireland was taken off supermarket shelves yesterday after a salmonella…Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Dispute puts more homeless on streetsVOLUNTARY agencies were expecting more people to have a night on the streets last night as a result of yesterday's industrial…Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
Doctors warn about effects of new drugDOCTORS have warned about the effects of a new drug known as GBH used in nightclubs in BritainWed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Checks on BSE impress delegate from EgyptA MEMBER of the Egyptian veterinary delegation visiting Ireland said last night he was impressed by the measures taken here against…Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Belfast centre to open with a fanfareIT IS A concrete and plate glass monument to optimismFri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Mayhew to allow new appeal for CleggNATIONALIST politicians and the father of a murdered teenager, Ms Karen Reilly, reacted angrily yesterday to the decision to …Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Unions and community groups get forum voiceREPRESENTATIVES of trade unions and community groups can be invited to address the Northern Ireland forum following a motion …Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
