Northern violence continues as shots are fired at RUCThe wave of violence sweeping the North entered its fourth day yesterday, with further gun attacks on police and sectarian petrol…Thu Jul 09 1998 - 01:00
Shops and transport close early in many areas as protesters line barricadesPeople in many parts of the North spent last night braced for a third night of rioting and violence, as protesters lined barricades…Wed Jul 08 1998 - 01:00
Government urged to condemn racist attacks on asylum-seekersThe Government should act more vigorously to condemn racism and racist attacks on asylum-seekers, according to the representative…Wed Jul 08 1998 - 01:00
Juveniles in Irish prisons suffer extreme violence and abuse reportHundreds of Irish juveniles are locked up in conditions of extreme violence, with little access to regular education, medical…Mon Jul 06 1998 - 01:00
Response to food crisis too little, too slowFresh concerns are being expressed about the extent of the famine threatening southern Sudan and the effectiveness of the relief…Mon Jul 06 1998 - 01:00
EHB to undertake review of welfare for asylum-seekersThe Eastern Health Board says it expects to complete a review of the welfare payments it makes to asylum-seekers by OctoberMon Jul 06 1998 - 01:00
UN official says developing world must get more aidWestern society will "pay dearly" for its present-day neglect of the problems of the developing world, the head of the United…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Survey finds refugees lack jobs, English and are isolatedVietnamese and Bosnian refugees in Ireland suffer high unemployment, poor English-language skills and a high degree of isolation…Tue Jun 23 1998 - 01:00
Conference told European methods to stop asylum-seekers have failedAll the methods used by other EU countries to stop people from the developing world coming to claim asylum in Europe have failed…Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
Minister reserved on Tanaiste's proposal to cut youth welfareThe Minister for Social Affairs, Mr Ahern, has distanced himself from proposals made by the Tanaiste to cut young people's social…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Half-a-million social welfare checks are plannedAlmost half-a-million social welfare recipients are to have their claims reviewed this year as part of a major Government programme…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Rights body accuses states of failure to provide a world without crueltyAmnesty International is seeking one million signatures in Ireland in support of "the world's best-kept secret", the Universal…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Censorship move to bloom todayFor decades his works were reviled, banned and burned, but today, Bloomsday, James Joyce's literary "birthday" is being marked…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
`Steady Eddie' McGrady has tightened his gripOnly nine days to go to the Assembly elections, but you wouldn't know it in South DownTue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Rerouting of Belfast Orange parade likely to anger loyalistsAn Orange Order parade planned for north Belfast next Friday is expected to be rerouted away from predominantly nationalist areas…Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Belfast murder linked to drugsRUC detectives have questioned a number of people in connection with the murder of a suspected drugs dealer on the northern outskirts…Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Orange Order marks 1798Supporters of the United Irishmen in the late 1790s who looked to France for inspiration were like the western intellectuals …Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Killing in Belfast believed linked to drugsRUC detectives investigating the killing of a Catholic man on the northern outskirts of Belfast yesterday evening believe the…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Patten says commission plans sessions in communityThe Independent Police Commission plans to hold public sessions in the community, its chair man, the former Hong Kong governor…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Son of Beggs may find it hard to match father's share of UUP vote"Larne blockade action will do Beggs no harm" was a headline to an article on the East Antrim constituency before last year's…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
UUP woman in class of her ownAs A Catholic, a woman and a mere 33-yearold, Ms Patricia Campbell stands out among the Ulster Unionist candidates for the Assembly…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
UUP pledge not to work with `unreconstructed terrorists'The swish chrome and plate glass of Belfast's Waterfront Hall was the venue symbolically chosen by the Ulster Unionist Party …Wed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
A hardline republican turns to the ballot boxFor a man who was sentenced to death in 1942, Joe Cahill is surviving wellWed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
Women's group asks voters to back `new voice for new times'The Women's Coalition has launched its manifesto for the Assembly elections with an appeal to voters to support "a new voice …Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Business confidence grows `every day guns remain silent' - DaleyBusiness confidence in the North goes up "every day the guns remain silent", the US Secretary of Commerce told business and civic…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Concern at rejection of asylum applicationsConcern has been expressed that the Government is preparing to deport Algerian asylum-seekers back to their homeland following…Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Sudan straddles religious and political fault-line"What is the Sudan problem?", asked the visiting journalist. "Is it the North against the South?"Sat May 30 1998 - 01:00
Banks more receptive to scrapping loansWhen the leaders of the industrialised world arrive for the G8 summit in Birmingham on May 18th they will be met by thousands…Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
Concern appeals for Burundian refugeesThe relief agency Concern has appealed to the Minister for Justice, Mr O'Donoghue, not to deport a Burundian family who have …Thu May 07 1998 - 01:00
Verdict of accidental death on garda in patrol car crashA verdict of accidental death has been recorded at the inquest of a garda who was killed when his patrol car crashed into another…Wed May 06 1998 - 01:00
Burundi family seeking calm may be deportedA BURUNDIAN couple who say they fled racist and neo-Nazi harassment in Germany are facing deportation back there because Irish…Tue May 05 1998 - 01:00
Famine relief plan announced in DublinThe Government has announced an action plan to help address the humanitarian crisis in southern Sudan, where famine is threatening…Tue May 05 1998 - 01:00
Student `blue line' patrols streetsYou could tell the gardai in Dublin were taking industrial action because the cars outside Pearse Street station were only doubleparked…Sat May 02 1998 - 01:00
Seamus Heaney elected Saoi of AosdanaThe poet and Nobel laureate, Dr Seamus Heaney, has been elected to the office of Saoi of Aosdana, the highest award open to an…Sat May 02 1998 - 01:00
Foundation of Israel celebrated by Jewish communityFifty blue and white balloons rose above Rathgar, Dublin, as Ireland's Jewish community celebrated the golden jubilee of the …Fri May 01 1998 - 01:00
Health board staff at Dublin refugee unit to be tested for immunity after TB alertStaff at the Eastern Health Board's refugee unit are being tested for immunity to tuberculosis after concerns over possible work…Fri May 01 1998 - 01:00
`Prudent' stance by commerce chamberDublin Chamber of Commerce, one of the main proponents of an underground system, yesterday sought to play down the recommendation…Wed Apr 29 1998 - 01:00
Gardai advise asylum-seekers in some parts of Dublin not to go out on their own at nightAsylum-seekers living in some parts of inner city Dublin have been advised by gardai not to go out at night for their own safety…Tue Apr 28 1998 - 01:00
Dukes calls on opponents to temper `outrageous claims'The chairman of the European Movement has called on the Green Party and other anti-treaty groups to stop "misinforming" the public…Fri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
Cassells urges more effective monitoring of laws preventing child labourLegislation preventing child labour and the exploitation of young people at work needs to be more effectively monitored, the …Wed Apr 22 1998 - 01:00
March against child labour to include IrelandA child sits on a rubbish dump in Guatemala, pulling maggots from a week-old pizza she has found for breakfastWed Apr 22 1998 - 01:00
McAleese refuses to meet group with Republican Sinn Fein chairThe President, Mrs McAleese, has refused to meet a community group in Co Donegal because its chairman is a member of Republican…Mon Apr 20 1998 - 01:00
New measures planned to cut immigrationThe Government is considering further measures to cut the flow of immigration as figures show a renewed surge in the number of…Wed Apr 15 1998 - 01:00
Algeria refuses UN entry to investigate rights abusesAlgeria: The Algerian government has once more refused to allow an international committee of inquiry access to the country to…Thu Mar 19 1998 - 00:00
Legacy of recent genocide haunts Rwanda's ethnic tensionsThe United Nations could have halted the 1994 genocide in Rwanda had it committed sufficient troops and given them the authority…Sat Feb 28 1998 - 00:00
Russian asylum-seeker put on London plane by gardaiA Russian man who attempted to commit suicide by slashing his wrists has been forcibly expelled from Ireland by gardai from the…Sat Feb 28 1998 - 00:00
Former FG minister takes over at Red Cross as secretary-general resignsThe former Fine Gael minister for finance, Mr Richie Ryan, has taken over the running of the Irish Red Cross Society following…Sat Feb 28 1998 - 00:00
All Kenya woes are blamed on El NinoRhinos and buffalo herds move slowly across the horizon, a high-rise, 20th century skyline as their backdrop, in a nature park…Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00
Robinson criticised by UN Rwanda staff for remarks during controversial tripThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson, has come in for strong criticism from her own staff…Sat Feb 14 1998 - 00:00
Fine Gael and Democratic Left seek asylum amnestyFine Gael's spokesman on justice, Mr Jim Higgins, yesterday called for an amnesty to allow the 4,500 asylum-seekers in Ireland…Mon Jan 26 1998 - 00:00
