Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from February 2007:
Hannibal the cannibalised.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Howick SURELY no great horror character has fallen so quickly from the cinematic and literary heights in recent times quicker than Hannibal Lecter. In fact not since Abbot and Costello Meets Frankenstein has such a universally feared and revered figure ...
O'Shea's Mission Improbable begins.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Frank Roche TWO managers will emerge from the Castlebar tunnel into the glare of a new league season next Sunday -- one a decorated All-Ireland winner, the other an inter-county novice. But here's the rub. The rookie happens to be Pat O'Shea who has been ...
Minnows savaged in transfer jungle.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Hyland THOSE eircom League fans muttering in their beer about the exodus away from these shores in recent weeks should ponder for a moment the law of the jungle. Out among the undergrowth, small animals are chewed on by bigger ones unless they're smart, ...
Snow stormer.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Aoife Finneran IRISH rockers Snow Patrol will be the surprise package at this year's Oxegen festival. The Evening Herald can exclusively reveal that the Belfast band have been signed up to headline the main stage on the Saturday night of the two-day festival, ...
First time very lucky.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Conor Feehan A LOTTO 'virgin' could be the winner of last nights EU8.6 million jackpot. The massive rollover prize was finally won last night and could be claimed by a mystery man who did not know how the play the game until Tuesday, it can be revealed. ...
Vicious pit bull still not put down.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Fiona Dillon A PIT BULL terrier which was involved in a savage attack on a 13-year-old girl has still not been put down. Gardai have, however, seized the dog that they believe to have been involved in the attack on Louise Kelly (13) from Finglas in Dublin. ...
Garda's young elite in line for top jobs.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cormac Looney Crime Reporter THE HEAD of the garda's SWAT unit is one of a group of young detectives earmarked for promotion. Commissioner Noel Conroy announced that Det Inspector John Gantley, the commander of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), is to be made ...
Student ordeal in sex assault.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cormac Looney, Crime Reporter A YOUNG student sexually assaulted in south Dublin is the latest victim of a serial sex attacker responsible for two other attacks in the Dublin 6 area. The victim, in her 20s, was walking along Mount Argus Road at 11.25pm last ...
Dealer behind savage slaying loses EU1.8m as gardai swoop on courier.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cormac Looney, Crime Reporter THE west Dublin drug dealer behind the murder of Damien Dowdall has lost EU1.8m of drugs following a garda seizure in Neilstown. The dealer, who is currently behind bars, owned the 180,000 ecstasy tablets that were seized by ...
I need the bread, says Tesco-ad David.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: John Lawrence FINANCIAL commentator David McWilliams today explained how every little helps when it comes to paying the bills. The dad of two has no regrets about doing an ad for Tesco because he's an "out of work TV presenter". The author of ...
DUB-TYRONE CLASH IS JUST WHAT THE DOCTORS ORDERED.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: John Lawrence THE GAA will net over EU1m from Saturday's historic floodlit Dublin versus Tyrone game at Croke Park and today hyped it up as the biggest game "in the Northern hemisphere." And for the hired 'warm up act,' The Saw Doctors it will certainly feel ...
SKY'S THE LIMIT: AER LINGUS CABIN CREW MEMBER ON TOP OF THE WORLD AFTER SCOOPING TOP AWARD.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: - MICHAEL LAVERY HIGH-FLYING Aer Lingus cabin crew member Annette Heffernan has beaten off stiff competition from 38 other airlines to scoop a top award. Annette walked away with the individual award for Sales Awareness at the prestigious ISPY in-flight sales ...
Woman who swindled kids out of dream trip escapes jail.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Alan O'Keeffe A WOMAN who swindled a children's soccer team out of a dream trip to Old Trafford has escaped jail. Rita Buckley (37) stole the funds for the trip from the West Tallaght United's under-8's team. She had collected EU1,520 from the ...
Blackboard set to bite the dust.(COMMENT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE old school tablet of our forefathers is set to be replaced by a 21st century one. Microsoft chief Bill Gates outlined his vision in Edinburgh yesterday. He reckons that within a decade classrooms will have dispensed with schoolbooks, blackboard and chalk and ...
Fears that city feud will claim many more lives.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mick McCaffrey GARDAI involved in policing the north inner city feud which has resulted in two deaths so far say it has the potential to claim as many as eight lives. Most of the manpower of the Dublin Metropolitan North Central region is being dedicated to ...
O'Gorman fury at Kenny questions.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Conor Feehan DAIL candidate Colm O'Gorman today claimed he was ambushed by Pat Kenny on last Friday's interview on The Late Late Show with questions about his homosexuality and family life. The Progressive Democrats man said he was to be interviewed in a ...
'Beheading plot' nine continue to be quizzed.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Bennetto POLICE were today continuing to question nine men being held over an alleged terrorist plot to carry out an Iraqi-style kidnapping and beheading of a British Muslim soldier. Eight were arrested in a series of dawn raids in Birmingham yesterday, ...
HELL OF THE HOSTAGES:.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... DANIEL PEARL (39), a US journalist, was kidnapped in January 2002 in Pakistan while investigating links between al-Qa'ida and Pakistan's intelligence services. His captors e-mailed pictures of him with a gun to his head and nine days later, on February 1, 2002, he was decapitated. ...
Flynn says cash debt not true.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Aoife Finneran FORMER Government adviser Phil Flynn has refuted claims that he owes money to a woman involved in an investigation into IRA money-laundering following the Northern Bank raid. He was responding to Kathryn Nelson's statements that he owes her ...
FLU BUG: IT'S A SEOIGE NO-SHOW.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: - AOIFE FINNERAN RTE's newest daytime programme has been hit with its first big test, after presenter Grainne Seoige was struck with a nasty bout of flu. In true showbiz style, RTE dictated that the Seoige & O'Shea show must go on this week, recruiting Anne ...
Pat pulls the rug from under Noel as he slags Donie.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Conor Feehan LATE Late host Pat Kenny jumped to the defence of Fianna Fail's Donnie Cassidy when veteran UK TV star Noel Edmonds made a quip about his quiff. As the audience giggled, Kenny told Edmonds -- the butt of jokes about his own hairstyle -- that ...
Herald is big news in Big Apple.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Fiona Dillon NOW even New Yorkers know that the Evening Herald is first with the news thanks to the mention it gets in a recent edition of the prestigious publication. The New Yorker magazine has published a fictional short story by novelist William Trevor in ...
RTE stars mourn Mooney's brother.(NEWS)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Aoife Finneran RTE celebrities turned out in force to show their support for Derek Mooney following the death of his brother David. The 44-year-old was today laid to rest at Shanganagh Cemetery, following a funeral Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart this ...
Top Swedish trio EST to bring some Nordic soul to our shores.(FEATURES)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: with Matt Nugent JUST 10 short years on since they debuted in their home town of Stockholm, EST the Esbjorn Svensson Trio have done it their way, and become one of the biggest draws in international jazz. The band have evolved organically, creating a sound ...
Wild card gives Niland ticket to the big time.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paddy Hickey IF things work out according to plan, Conor Niland could find himself mixing very shortly in the august company of the likes of Andy Murray, Llewton Hewitt and Andy Roddick. This week, the Irish No 1 received a tremendous boost when he learned ...
Joe weathers Raheny 5-mile.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Lindie Naughton EVEN the weather gods were behaving last Sunday when the Axa Raheny 5 attracted a record entry of 2,100 -- up 600 on last year. The hard work of organisers Raheny Shamrocks had paid off -- for the past two months, no-one in the Dublin area ...
Exiles back in chase for titles.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Lindie Naughton MAKING the trip back home for the Irish Senior Badminton Championships in Baldoyle this weekend are Scott Evans, Alex Sim, Chloe Magee and Ruth Kilkenny, who have all been living and playing abroad. Last year, Irish No 1, Scott Evans returned ...
Medal hopefuls going for gold.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Lindie Naughton AFTER the four qualifying rounds this week and last, the cream of young running talent will assemble in the sports grounds of DCU at St Clare's next Wednesday for the Kit Kat Leinster Schools Cross Country Championships. For most of the young ...
Next 48 hours are crucial for Shels.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Aidan Fitzmaurice SHELBOURNE chairman Fin-barr Flood believes that the Reds will be able to compete in the eircom League and the Champions League for the coming season -- but the Shels chief admits that the next 48 hours will be crucial to the future of the club. ...
Foran move from Fir Park tinged with sadness.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Aidan Fitzmaurice IRISH striker Richie Foran says it was a tough decision to leave Motherwell and move south of the border to Southend United. The former Shelbourne man ended a three-year spell with Scottish Premier League side Motherwell by joining Southend ...
WAYNE'S BETTER WORLD.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Hyland WAYNE HENDERSON is very firmly on the up, after a week which saw him named as Steve Staunton's top netminder for the trip to San Marino and a transfer window move to high-flying Preston, writes Paul Hyland. "I was hoping to get away from Brighton ...
IFA TRY TO BLOCK GIBSON 'POACHING'.(SPORT)
Feb 01, 2007 ... Byline: Aidan Fitzmaurice THE IRISH FA will appeal to FIFA to try and block the call-up of Derry lad Darron Gibson to the Republic of Ireland squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier in San Marino. The authorities in Belfast are angered that Manchester United player ...
Chief tiger raid suspect is crime lord from Cavan.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Cormac Looney, Crime Reporter THE chief suspect for the Balbriggan tiger raid which netted EU500,000 is a major Cavan-based drug dealer who has ordered the murder of two of his own gang members. The revelation came as nine members of the man's gang were ...
Global warming is all our fault says top UN report.(CLIMATE CHANGE)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Lavery MANKIND was today blamed for global warming by a UN climate panel report. Climatic changes seen around the world are "very likely" to have a human cause, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded. By "very ...
Fears as Dublin 6 sex attacker strikes again.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Cormac Looney, Crime Reporter A MAN who sexually assaulted a young student in the Mount Argus area of the city is suspected of being behind a number of other attacks on women in Ranelagh. Gardai now fear that a serial sex attacker may be at large in the ...
More bad news for BA's boss Willie.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Lavery BRITISH Airways boss Willie Walsh was faced with more bad news today as the airline reported a fall in quarterly profits. It followed a series of airport disruptions and knocked PS40m (EU60.4m) off BA's revenue. BA said pre-tax ...
A SOUTH Dublin clinic.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: - AOIFE FINNERAN A SOUTH Dublin clinic which uses a photograph of Jade Goody to advertise its liposuction services has enjoyed a boost thanks to the star's racist TV antics. Dundrum Laser and Skincare Clinic illustrated its ads for its ...
Gardai capture Pit Bull after tense stand-off.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: John Lawrence THE Pit Bull Terrier that mauled a Dublin girl this week was at the centre of a tense stand-off between gardai and its minder before being eventually captured. A garda hunt took place in Finglas this week to trace the adult white-and-fawn male ...
Nightmare for every parent.(COMMENT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... THE death of a young student found hanged in Limerick is a terrible, awful tragedy and our hearts go out to his family. Our children are suffering more than ever from stress-related problems as figures from child agencies show. At Christmas, Teenline recorded 1,000 ...
NY death suspect goes free.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Aoife Finneran THE man accused of killing Irishman John Kelly in New York last year will not be charged because of a lack of evidence. Mr Kelly, a native of Sixmilebridge in Clare, was shot dead outside the Bronx apartment building where he lived and worked, ...
Nurses to prescribe drugs for patients.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Fiona Dillon THE first group of Irish nurses and midwives to be given prescribing powers will begin a training programme within months. Funding has been provided for training of up to 50 professionals this year, under plans unveiled today by Health Minister ...
Irish cop hero hailed after daring chase.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Lavery AN IRISH hero cop who survived a hail of bullets while chasing armed robbers in Australia has been honoured for his bravery. Sean Michael Tobin (35), a Senior Constable with New South Wales police, and his partner Senior Constable Simon Smith, ...
Fresh attempts to extradite doctor in Dublin suicide case.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Lavery FRESH moves to extradite a US right-to-die activist in the alleged assisted suicide of Dublin woman Rosemary Toole-Gilhooley are underway, a Coroner's Court heard today. Ms Toole-Gilhooley (49) died in a rented flat in Donnybrook on January 26, ...
Tough Law hits Dublin.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: John Lawrence TV AND movie star, James Nesbitt, has moved to a flat in Finglas to act as an enforcer -- but just for one day. Stunned homeowners in the north Dublin apartment complex woke up to find the charismatic Northern actor walking around next door. ...
Bloomberg backed air link to west.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Lavery NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg played a key role in persuading US authorities to allow Ireland's first low cost flights to the US, it emerged today. Scottish low cost carrier, flyglobespan, will offer flights from Knock Airport to JFK in New ...
Derek's grief for brother.(NEWS)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Conor Feehan DEREK Mooney has spoken of the agony of losing his brother and friend David, who lost his battle with cancer this week. At his funeral, the television and radio presenter paid tribute to his beloved David (44) by saying: "Unfortunately it is only ...
Clouds on horizon for breeders.(SPORT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: John Martin THE Irish breeding community have a long and anxious wait before knowing if they are to continue to live in the comfort zone of State grants. For decades now, racehorse breeders have enjoyed tax-free status on stallion earnings, a luxury ...
Odds against Croker 'battle'.(SPORT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Frank Roche DUBLIN and Tyrone have formed a united front all week, insisting the Battle of Omagh is past tense and history will not be repeated under the bright lights tomorrow night. Now a leading bookmakers have joined the pacifist front, suggesting it's ...
Dean's plight to force hand?(SPORT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Aidan Fitzmaurice SHELBOURNE keeper Dean Delaney may have to quit football and start working outside of the game due to the ongoing financial crisis at the eircom League champions. Shels' chairman Finbarr Flood was today trying to come up with a package that ...
Doyle back in contention to face Black Cats.(SPORT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Aidan Fitzmaurice COVENTRY CITY boss Adrian Heath will recall Irish midfielder Michael Doyle for tomorrow's Championship clash with Sunderland after the Dubliner was axed due to a training ground row with team-mate Robert Page. minor injuries following the ...
Cork say 'no' to PS500k Hull bid for O'D.(SPORT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Aidan Fitzmaurice CORK CITY winger Roy O'Donovan is unhappy with the club after they turned down a bid of EU500,000 - a record fee for an eircom League club - from Hull City, writes Aidan Fitzmaurice. Former Coventry City man O'Donovan has made a big ...
LIGHTEN UP DAMIEN SAYS BOSS ROEDER.(SPORT)
Feb 02, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Hyland LIGHTEN up Duffer! That's the message from Glenn Roe-der for Damien Duff after a nightmare start to his time on Tyneside. The Toon boss told his star winger to ease back on the critical self-analysis front and put the last six months firmly to one ...
PECS APPEAL.(FEATURES)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: ANNA COOGAN IT USED to be women who took their clothes off in advertising, but from David Beckham's naked torso in his top-selling poster and Daniel Craig emerging from the sea in tight little trunks as the new James Bond, the male body has never had so much selling ...
Hitler's little enemy from within steals the show.(FEATURES)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: Lucille Redmond THE Book Thief would be a masterpiece if it were two-thirds shorter. But who am I to cavil -- it's been hanging about the top of the world's bestsel-ler lists for months, a nice place to be. It's a great premise: a story set in ...
OPEN SEASON.(FEATURES)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: - MARK EVANS THERE are times when I think any eejit could write a computer-generated animated movie. Just follow the script from Finding Nemo, Chicken Little, and the like. Take a tough dad who can't communicate with his son. Add in a cute, but flawed, hero ....
DIVISION 1B.(SPORT)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: - FRANK ROCHE A cursory glance and your immediate instinct may lean towards an away victory. On closer inspection of the Armagh team, however, we're starting to waver. The seven-strong Crossmaglen contingent are club-tied, robbing Joe Kernan of several first-team ...
DIVISION 1A PREVIEWS.(SPORT)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: - FRANK ROCHE IT'S official . . . Cork are among the top four teams in the country. Seriously, the stats don't lie; haven't they reached the last two All-Ireland semi-finals? Yet for a team well accustomed to playing in August, they haven't set the pulses ...
Dubs ready to shine on.(SPORT)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: Frank Roche ROLL on seven bells. Much as we 'useta' love the Saw Doctors once, we can't wait any longer. Turn on those blasted lights and throw in that fluorescent liathroid! By now, with just a few brief hours to go, everything that could possibly be written ...
PARADISE AWAITS TRAVELLING IRISH HORDES IN SAN MARINO.(SPORT)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: EAMON SCOTT Given that there are 145 places Gseparating the Republic of Ireland in 49th place to San Marino's 194th in the most recent FIFA World ranking, there is no chance of the 69 square kilometre enclave causing an upset against Ireland in Serravalle despite the ...
Young guns must step up for Stan.(SPORT)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Hyland DON'T panic. It may look like the Republic of Ireland squad has about as much strength in depth in defence as the Light Brigade but at least one former legend is not concerned. Kevin Moran played in an era when marquee exponents of the defensive ...
MARLO DIED EU90K IN DEBT.(FRONT PAGE)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: Cormac Looney Crime Reporter DRUG dealer Marlo Hyland owed EU90,000 to a former associate when he was killed. He had ploughed all his cash into drugs shipments. He had forked out for the drugs ahead of the Christmas market, and could not pay when ...
CONTINUATION: Marlo owed EU90,000 in drugs debt.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2007 ... were not put in his name and they will not benefit his estate, it is understood. Officers from the CAB hope to prove that associates named on the deeds of four of Hyland's houses could not have afforded the mortgage repayments. One officer said: "He might have been a ...
BRIGHT HORIZONS: MEET THE WEATHER GIRL WHO'S THE HOT FAVOURITE FOR TV3'S NEW CELEB GOSSIP SHOW.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: - MELANIE FINN STUNNING presenter Karen Koster spent years cutting her teeth on TV3's Ireland AM as their perky weather girl. But now the Dublin Arts graduate (25) is being hotly tipped as one of Lorraine Keane's new reporters on her forthcoming celebrity ...
Man shot dead outside home in 'gang hit'.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: Charlie Mallon and Isabel Hurley A 28-YEAR-OLD man became the second victim in 10 days of Dublin gun gangs. Settled Traveller Tom McDonagh was shot dead outside his home in Ronanstown. He was hit three times, once in the head and twice in the ...
Victims reveal ordeal of swim coach abuse.(NEWS)
Feb 03, 2007 ... Byline: Isabel Hurley EVERY gifted child swimmer dreams of one day claiming Olympic glory. But the strict training that such ambitions demand placed vulnerable children in the hands of two notorious sex abusers. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Ireland's swimming world ...