Growth of Irish overseas aid running against general trend, says MinisterIreland's overseas aid programme is now the fastest-growing of all the OECD donor countries, the Minister of State at the Department…Wed Jun 23 1999 - 01:00
Andrews urges parties to re-create `mood of Good Friday'The Minister for Foreign Affairs will meet the North's Deputy First Minister, Mr Seamus Mallon, and Sinn Fein's chief negotiator…Tue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
Bruton bans councillors from pacts with SF until weapons issue is settledThe Fine Gael leader has warned his party's councillors not to enter into voting pacts with Sinn Fein until there is a resolution…Tue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
PDs accept document assurancesThe Progressive Democrats have accepted assurances from the Department of Health that a draft Green Paper rewritten at the behest…Tue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
Battle of the bedOne of the less agreeable facts about the modern-day breastfed baby is that, given the chance, it will replace its father in …Sat Jun 19 1999 - 01:00
`Passion for truth' marked FitzGerald's lifeA passion for truth and justice marked the life of Mrs Joan FitzGerald, and formed a fruitful partnership with her husband's …Wed Jun 16 1999 - 01:00
Malone bows out as Banotti tops poll for Fine GaelA sign outside the RDS said it was a "Woman's World".Mon Jun 14 1999 - 01:00
Election turnout slides to below 50%Sorting of ballots in the local and European elections and the referendum on local government will begin at 9 a.mSat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Duffy's role in Dillon's being scrutinisedThe Department of the Taoiseach is investigating all the circumstances of Mr Paddy Duffy's non-executive directorship of the …Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Long searches for disappeared may hurt SF's chancesIf the painfully-drawn-out process of locating the bodies of the disappeared has the capacity to hurt Sinn Fein electorally, …Tue Jun 08 1999 - 01:00
FF pack huddles close to its leaderThe Fianna Fail candidates were staying so close to their leader, you couldn't have squeezed an election leaflet between them…Tue Jun 08 1999 - 01:00
Labour and FG to press Ahern on Duffy affairOpposition politicians have insisted the Taoiseach still has questions to answer in the controversy surrounding the resignation…Mon Jun 07 1999 - 01:00
Dishing the dirt on houseworkAs my colleague Kathryn Holmquist wrote in a recent feature, we've all been there at one time or anotherSat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
Low turnout by disabled voters is blamed on difficulty in 1ballotingFewer than a quarter of Ireland's 350,000 people with disabilities are likely to vote in the European and local elections, the…Fri Jun 04 1999 - 01:00
Ahern's account of cheque soughtFine Gael and Labour are discussing a possible joint Dail motion demanding that the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, make a full statement…Thu Jun 03 1999 - 01:00
Malone calls De Rossa `traitor' in poster rowLabour has attempted to defuse a row between its European election candidates in Dublin, in which Ms Bernie Malone MEP described…Thu Jun 03 1999 - 01:00
Minister to summon ambassador to protest at killingThe Minister for Foreign Affairs will call in the Israeli ambassador, probably later this week, to protest over the killing of…Tue Jun 01 1999 - 01:00
Fine Gael election manifesto calls for councillors to get greater powersMore power for councillors, greater accountability in the planning process and the liberalisation of the public transport system…Tue Jun 01 1999 - 01:00
Pressure on to join PfP, says Adams at launchThe European Elections are being fought at a "watershed moment" for both the Northern peace process and the future of Ireland…Tue Jun 01 1999 - 01:00
Clearly in a spinYou know, it's harder and harder these days to make sense of what's going on around usSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Sinn Fein seeks smooth road to breakthroughIt was roads in 1991, but if there is an outstanding issue in the Cavan local elections of 1999, it may be whether Sinn Fein …Fri May 28 1999 - 01:00
RTE transmission network will be swapped for stake in digital companyRTE is to hand its transmission network to the company introducing digital broadcasting to Ireland, in return for a minority …Fri May 28 1999 - 01:00
Greens seek all-night buses and more taxis for DublinAll-night buses and 1,000 new taxis are among demands in a "pledge for Dublin" signed yesterday by the Green Party's local election…Thu May 27 1999 - 01:00
No present like timeMore than most people, journalists have always understood that time is a relative conceptSat May 22 1999 - 01:00
Broker was `alarmed' to learn his investment went to HaugheyA Monaco-based insurance broker has told the Moriarty tribunal that he was "surprised and alarmed" to learn that his £100,000…Fri May 21 1999 - 01:00
Dunne lent Celtic Helicopters £185,000 for landCeltic Helicopters borrowed £185,000 from Mr Ben Dunne in 1991 to buy land near Dublin Airport, the Moriarty Tribunal was told…Thu May 20 1999 - 01:00
Haughey sought funds for firm - exporterMr Charles Haughey approached an acquaintance in the meat industry to ask for funds for Celtic Helicopters, the Moriarty tribunal…Thu May 20 1999 - 01:00
O'Malley unaware of Garda file on HaugheyThe former minister for justice, Mr Des O'Malley, has said he is unaware of the existence of a Garda file on a 1970 incident …Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
Local poll will be judgment time, says QuinnThe local elections will "the first real opportunity for the Irish people to pass judgment on the behaviour of their Government…Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
No PD candidates as 42 declare for EuropeYesterday's closing date for applications saw a total of 42 candidates declared for the European elections on June 11th.Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
PDs will not have voting pact with FF in June electionsThe Progressive Democrats will have no voting pact with Fianna Fail in the forthcoming elections, despite not fielding any European…Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
Commitment to security in Europe urged by FG leaderIreland can no longer "sit on the sidelines and let others take the decisions" about European security, the Fine Gael leader …Mon May 17 1999 - 01:00
Success of economy will be election issue - AhernThe success of the economy will be the dominant issue on the doorsteps in the forthcoming elections, despite the recent negative…Fri May 14 1999 - 01:00
Smith urged to boycott EU meetingIreland should boycott a proposed informal meeting of EU defence ministers, because the purpose of the meeting will be "to forge…Fri May 14 1999 - 01:00
Picket on Dail over dump planA proposed "mega-dump" in Silvermines, Co Tipperary, could be "the death knell of one of the most beautiful landscapes in the…Thu May 13 1999 - 01:00
No place for ex-PD councillorA former Progressive Democrat councillor who joined Fianna Fail has been refused a nomination for the local elections as part…Wed May 12 1999 - 01:00
Antz II - the sequelThe ants have disappeared. Vanished completely, without leaving so much as a noteSat May 08 1999 - 01:00
Greens prepare for local pollThe Green Party has pledged to pursue a "complete overhaul of local government structures" during and after next month's elections…Thu May 06 1999 - 01:00
Bertie's foes let another skeleton rattle byIt was a debate rich in irony, if little elseThu May 06 1999 - 01:00
UN called in for De Rossa and Malone's ground warThe issue of European peacekeeping had the potential to split the Labour Party conference down the middleMon May 03 1999 - 01:00
Earth doesn't quite move for political newlywedsIt's not so long since the idea of Labour and Democratic Left spending two nights together under the same roof would have meant…Sat May 01 1999 - 01:00
Committee's hearings on Sheedy case are delayedThe Oireachtas committee dealing with the Sheedy affair has conceded that it cannot hold hearings next week with the three men…Fri Apr 30 1999 - 01:00
National plan to include impact on women - AhernThe new National Development Plan will incorporate "gender mainstreaming" in the application of structural funds, the Taoiseach…Fri Apr 30 1999 - 01:00
Response by Chief Justice welcomedThe Minister for Justice warmly welcomed the Chief Justice's announcement of a judicial committee, but Opposition politicians…Thu Apr 29 1999 - 01:00
O'Flaherty queries privilege issue for appearance before Oireachtas groupThe former Supreme Court judge, Mr Hugh O'Flaherty, is believed to be seeking clarifications about privilege before he agrees…Tue Apr 27 1999 - 01:00
Solicitor out of room when Sheedy case calledA state solicitor was temporarily out of the courtroom when Judge Cyril Kelly called the Philip Sheedy case out of turn last …Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Chief State Solicitor's office acknowledges `human error'The Chief State Solicitor's report on the Sheedy affair has acknowledged "human error" in his office's handling of it, but says…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
The Last StrawSitting in a cafe recently, I found myself wondering why it is that so many people smoke cigarettes - to relax - while at the…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
£3.5m in false claims made by councilsThe Committee for Public Accounts is to ask the Garda Commissioner to investigate whether crimes were committed in the cases …Fri Apr 23 1999 - 01:00
