Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from September 2008:
Ban on beauty pageant for nuns is just a holy show.
Sep 01, 2008 ... NOT even the writers of Father Ted could have concocted a drama of such epic proportions. Picture it; a maverick Italian priest decides to shake up the image of nuns by launching Miss Sister 2008, a pageant with a difference. There will be no bikini competitions, no suggestive ...
Fears for 200 poultry jobs at Cappoquin.
Sep 01, 2008 ... More than 200 jobs were at risk today and the livelihoods of several poultry farmers were threatened following the announcement that Cappoquin Chickens has gone into liquidation. Meetings between staff representatives and a receiver appointed to the company took place today as ...
New vaccine for babies comes into effect today.
Sep 01, 2008 ... ALL babies that were born on or after July 1 are due to receive their first dose of new immunisation vaccines. Under a new childhood immunisation schedule, babies will receive their first dose when they are two months old -- on or after today. The additional vaccines ...
Mulhall not pregnant -- prison chiefs.
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Irish Prison Service has dismissed speculation that 'Scissor Sister' Linda Mulhall is pregnant. A spokesperson for the service told the Herald that Ms Mulhall did not have a scan and there were "no indications at all that she is pregnant". The spokesperson ...
PAY HIKE: TDs get six-figure basic salaries as Cowen resumes the long battle to freeze the nation's wages.
Sep 01, 2008 ... OUR TDS have smashed the '100,000 barrier for take-home pay. From today, the pay of every TD is officially in the six-figure bracket as the terms of a national wage hike kick in for workers across the country. The 2.5pc boost is the final tranche of a pay rise agreed ...
Experience makes all the difference for Red Hands but Wexford go down swinging.
Sep 01, 2008 ... IN many respects, yesterday's topsy-turvy end game was a microcosm of Wexford's summer. They were all at sea in the first half but then heroic in the third quarter, even briefly suggesting that another fairytale recovery on a par with their Meath comeback last June might be ...
Although they've both taken the scenic route, the two best teams inthe land will contest an intriguing All-Ireland decider in three weeks.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Tyrone to provide a real test WHAT do you want from an All-Ireland final? The two best teams in the country, pitting their iron will and their innate wit against each other? On that score, then, we have the most fitting end to a weird and occasionally wonderful football ...
Cats closing in on 'grand slam'.
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE down, three to go. Kilkenny's quest for a hurling grand slam remains alive and kicking after their intermediates claimed the All-Ireland IHC title with a 1-16 to 0-13 victory over Limerick at the weekend. Saturday's Thurles triumph offers an early morale boost as the Cats ...
o'flynn joins rebel exodus.
Sep 01, 2008 ... CORK CITY will be left with just two strikers on the books when former Ireland U21 cap John O'Flynn completes his move to English League Two side Barnet today. But Cork boss Alan Mathews has thanked the City players who turned down the chance to leave the club in the last 24 ...
Byrne looks set for Oldham deal.
Sep 01, 2008 ... OLDHAM manager John Sheridan hopes to complete a deal to sign former Shamrock Rovers man Richie Byrne this week. Byrne has been without a club since leaving Aberdeen at the end of last season and was linked with moves to clubs in Cyprus and Holland but ex-Ireland man Sheridan ...
Royal Doyle chuffed with first ever senior hat-trick.
Sep 01, 2008 ... KEVIN DOYLE arrives in Dublin to report for international duty tomorrow on a high after scoring the first hat-trick of his senior career, writes AIDAN FITZMAURICE. Doyle made his first team debut for St Patrick's Athletic back in 2002 but had never scored three in one game -- ...
Nolan: I'll apologise for bust-up with fan.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Bolton captain Kevin Nolan has offered to apologise to a critical fan after he confronted the supporter at the end of Saturday's goalless draw with West Brom. The former England Under-21 midfielder lost his cool as he made his way off the pitch at Reebok Stadium after hearing ...
irish race to make deadline.
Sep 01, 2008 ... DIMITAR Berbatov is the name on everyone's lips in the final hours of the Premier League transfer window but Giovanni Trapattoni only has eyes on some key late Irish transfer deals. Three men -- Kevin Doyle, Stephen Hunt and Jonathan Walters -- could be on the way to the top ...
Kilmount's quality flattens gutsy fens.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Fenstanton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .....1 Kilmount Boys ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....4 Both these sides enjoyed opening-day victories but this was the acid test for home team Fenstanton. Up against last season's champions -- how would the new boys fare, we all wondered. ...
Town goal-blitz stuns Rathnew.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Arklow Town ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...8 Rathnew AFC ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....0 Despite playing a year above their age group, Arklow added the Under-16 Premier Division Cup to their 2007-08 league triumph. With the final held over from last season, the ...
Ants were crawling everywhere as I was treated in hospital.
Sep 02, 2008 ... SHOCK: 'I couldn't believe my eyes' A Dublin grandmother has told how she was kept on a trolley in an ant-infested room off Tallaght's A&E ward. Carmel McMahon said she was forced to endure horrific conditions as up to a hundred ants crawled about the walls and ...
Rhys Meyers set to spice things up for Late Late's opening show.
Sep 02, 2008 ... IRISH movie hunk Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the headline guest for the return of the Late Late Show this Friday. In what's being hailed as a considerable coup for the show's producers, Rhys Meyers will feature in a lengthy interview, which RTE hope will pull in massive audience ...
Trinny and Susannah hosting 'Stylish' event.
Sep 02, 2008 ... There's no doubt the fashion season is truly upon us and glamour pusses will be out in force for next week's Style in the City event. Spearheaded by acid-tongued presenters Trinny & Susannah, the Merrion Square gardens will form the venue for the September 11-14 style show. ...
Why the Kingdom are now hard to love.
Sep 02, 2008 ... IT goes with the territory of being champions, but All-Ireland holders are not in the business of winning popularity contests. That's why almost every hurling fan of a non-feline persuasion will be screaming from the Hogan Stand rooftops for a Waterford win next Sunday. ...
back.
Sep 02, 2008 ... in like flynn The Deise's veteran forward has overcome serious injury for another shot at success but it wasn't the prospect of All-Ireland glory that tempted him back LAST February was crunch time for Paul Flynn. To quit or not to quit, that was the ...
Linfield clash sees Pats back on home front.
Sep 02, 2008 ... ST PATRICK'S Athletic boss John McDonnell turns his attention back to domestic matters tonight after four days of thinking about their European adventure when they resume their Setanta Cup campaign in Belfast. McDonnell was in Germany on Sunday to watch Hertha Berlin, the ...
Finnan seals two-year Espanyol dealBy Aidan Fitzmaurice.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Finnan seals two-year Espanyol deal STEVE FINNAN will become only the second Irishman in 15 years to play in Spain after he completed his move to La Liga outfit Espanyol. Finnan, who made 216 appearances for Liverpool and won a Champions League and FA Cup medal with ...
fai seat scheme won't.
Sep 02, 2008 ... sit well Delaney & Co on verge of scoring another spectacular own goal as details of 10-year ticket scheme for new Lansdowne are announced - with prices for 'best' seats set to make loyal fans' eyes water "On three sides four seating tiers accommodate spectators in a ...
Ireland's lack of contact annoying in light of trap's injury crisis for georgia tie.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The revelation from Marco Tardelli that Stephen Ireland has not been in touch with anyone since he met with Giovanni Trapattoni and Liam Brady some months ago tells us a great deal. Even at the height of Mick McCarthy's problems with Roy Keane, he managed to get through to the ...
ferguson: berbatov is the key.
Sep 02, 2008 ... IT'S TAKEN weeks for it to happen, but Dimitar Berbatov is finally a Manchester United player. And United manager Alex Ferguson has hailed the [pounds sterling]30.75m Bulgarian as a "key signing'' in Manchester United's quest for a Premier League title hat-trick. On a very busy ...
when life becomes just one big.
Sep 03, 2008 ... headache We are discovering more, new ways to diagnose and treat migraine, but sometimes the pain outstrips our best efforts ON a bad day, Mary Smyth wishes everyone else could experience a migraine just once so they could understand the severity of the pain. ...
Top tellies by the.
Sep 03, 2008 ... SCORCHING competition in consumer electronics means companies have to shout very loudly to deliver their message. Biggest this, smallest that, thinnest the other -- sometimes only superlatives will do the trick. Imagine the dilemma at the giant IFA trade show in Berlin last ...
CALL IT.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Too Human X360, '70 WHEN a game ends up nearly a decade in the making, either something's gone awry or we're in for a classic. Super Mario Galaxy is proof of the latter while Too Human emerges as the former. First mooted for the PS1, this is a game ...
Woman dies after ignoring.
Sep 03, 2008 ... doctors' advice A 44-year-old woman who left the A&E Department of a hospital against medical advice died a number of hours later after she was readmitted in cardiac arrest, an inquest has heard. Barbara Ryan of Templeroan, Templeogue, Dublin, arrived by ambulance at ...
Year of agony for family of tragic fireman.
Sep 03, 2008 ... COPING: My family were my strength, says Brian's widow THE widow of Bray fireman Brian Murray will spend the first anniversary of his death in his favourite fire station in New York where the Irishman has been honoured. Mary Murray will view a framed photograph of ...
New rehab hospital gets the green light.
Sep 03, 2008 ... THE National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire has been given the green light by planning authorities to build a new state-of-the-art hospital on the site. The new hospital's principal building will include three blocks measuring 43,488 sq ft with 235 bedrooms, virtually ...
Media was 'very fair' to child-killer O'Donoghue.
Sep 03, 2008 ... THE solicitor of Wayne O'Donoghue has countered criticism of the media by the chairman of the Parole Board. Gordon Holmes declared he was horrified by the media's treatment of O'Donoghue after he was released from his sentence for killing schoolboy Robert Holohan. ...
Concern as sex attacks becoming more violent.
Sep 03, 2008 ... There is a growing trend in the levels of violence accompanying rapes and sexual assaults, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has warned. At the launch of its annual report and statistics for 2007, CEO of the DRCC Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop said that 33pc of the clients seen at the centre ...
Louis down to final eight in search for new girlband.
Sep 03, 2008 ... THE final line-up for Louis Walsh's new girlband is nearly complete after eight girls were this week selected for the last round of auditions. And, as first reported several months ago, co-manager Kian Egan's fiance Jodi Albert and her model pal Michele McGrath are definitely ...
Attack park still used as shortcut by women.
Sep 03, 2008 ... YOUNG women are continuing to use a secluded pathway through a Swords park despite a brutal sexual assault on a teenager there within the past month. No arrests have yet been made in relation to the savage attack on a 17-year-old in the early hours on Sunday August 3, as she ...
TCD breaks ground in cancer fight.
Sep 03, 2008 ... 'Cell suicide' study boosts cure search RESEARCHERS at Trinity College have made a major breakthrough which could help cancer patients battle the deadly disease. The research, into how the body's cells "commit suicide", has the potential to directly affect future ...
Cassidy labels his club 'a disgrace'.
Sep 03, 2008 ... DONEGAL skipper Kevin Cassidy has labelled his own club a "disgrace" after Gweedore seconded a motion of no confidence in manager Brian McIver. The motion was proposed by St Eunan's Letterkenny and McIver subsequently resigned, prompting Cassidy to declare: "There are a couple ...
COUNTIES TO MAKE CALL ON HURLING PLAN.
Sep 03, 2008 ... THE Leinster Council won't be taking a collective decision on whether it supports the planned revamp of the All-Ireland hurling championship. GAA president Nickey Brennan and director-general Paraic Duffy addressed Leinster delegates as well as county board chairmen and ...
gold fever.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Beijing is the focus again this weekend as 45 of our elite Paralympians begin their quest to give us something to cheer about Just when you thought it was safe to forget the Olympics and Beijing: Along comes the Paralympics -- and the best prepared Irish team ever should give ...
kev glad 'soapopera' is over.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Doyle insists transfer D-day like scenes from 'Dream Team' drama THE FANCIFUL world of football-based TV drama Dream Team hit home for at least one Irish footballer with the close of the transfer window this week, as Ireland star Kevin Doyle reveals that he missed out ...
Trapattoni calls on 'history' to get message across to squad.
Sep 03, 2008 ... KEVIN DOYLE says that Giovanni Trapattoni has his Ireland players well drilled for Saturday's World Cup opener against Georgia -- by giving the Irish squad history lessons. Doyle and his Ireland team-mates are aware that Ireland's last big win away from home in a qualifier was ...
TRAP IS lucky to have a man like Kilbane.
Sep 03, 2008 ... In a billionaire's playpen where immaturity pays a dividend, the virtues of Wigan player deserve real recognition ACROSS the globe, true fans will be horrified by the latest bout of billionaire chest-bashing. Manchester City now, which club next? The natural football process has ...
wantaway hunt: 'I won't use sulking as way to get move'.
Sep 03, 2008 ... IRELAND man Stephen Hunt has expressed his disappointment at the way his [pounds sterling]3.5m move from Reading to Premier League side Everton was blocked. And the Waterford native, clearly angry at the fact that a proposed move back to the Premiership fell through, believes he ...
doyle on a mission.
Sep 03, 2008 ... KEVIN DOYLE has vowed to end his ten-month Ireland goal drought in Germany on Saturday and give Giovanni Trapattoni the perfect start to his competitive career as Irish manager. Doyle is on a high after scoring a hat-trick for Reading in Saturday's defeat of Crystal Palace, only ...
Mullins emerges as new favourite for Dublin job.
Sep 03, 2008 ... BRIAN MULLINS is the new bookies' favourite to become the next Dublin football manager. The Sky Blue legend has been backed in from 12/1 to 6/4 following a recent flood of money on him succeeding Paul Caffrey. But the biggest market mover of all is Jack Sheedy, now quoted at ...
Clare legend has gone from the pitch, via the TV studio, to the D[c]ise dugout this year, writes FRANK ROCHE.
Sep 03, 2008 ... SO then, Kilkenny are just 70 minutes away from hurling immortality. Sounds like another predictable conclusion to an all-too-familiar summer of small ball action. Davy Fitzgerald, we suspect, might have a very different 'take' on 2008. Predictable? Are you kidding! ...
Four food outlets ordered to close over safety breaches.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Poor hygiene has led to closure orders being issued against four food businesses in Dublin in the last two months. The orders have been served on the Jewel in the Crown Restaurant in Dublin's South William Street, Ba Mizu in the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Lara Lu Foods ...
FG in call for free.
Sep 04, 2008 ... school check-ups for kids Children starting school should be given a free check-up in their first year as part of a health prevention strategy. The check would be "practical and cost effective with long-term benefits", according to Fine Gael health spokesman Dr James ...
Children as young as two hit by arthritis.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Children as young as two are being diagnosed with arthritis -- a crippling condition more commonly associated with elderly people. Up to 1,000 children in Ireland are now affected by "juvenile arthritis", according to Arthritis Ireland, which makes it nearly as common as ...
Forget back to school... city shops are already stocked for Christmas.
Sep 04, 2008 ... THE kids are back in school and Halloween is still some way in the distance. But it's never too soon to start preparing for Christmas. At least that's the approach of a number of shops who are already displaying their festive wares. It was possible to buy Christmas cards and some ...
Amy poster campaign to target ferry routes.
Sep 04, 2008 ... The search for missing Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick will be helped by a British charity's poster campaign on passenger ferries. The Lucie Blackman Trust will display posters of the Dublin girl on P&O Ferries vessels travelling on routes between Britain and continental Europe. ...
Watch out for airport malaria, travellers told.
Sep 04, 2008 ... IRISH tourists going abroad have been warned about a range of dangerous medical conditions ranging from rabies to "airport malaria" in France. The Tropical Medical Bureau said two Parisians are suffering from malaria, even though they did not leave France. The two ...
'legend' tony a record breaker.
Sep 04, 2008 ... After spending 48 hours confined to a treadmill, you'd think that even an ultra runner as dedicated as Tony Mangan would never again want to see such an instrument of torture. Not so, when it comes to the man known as 'The Legend' by his friends and admirers in the ultra world. ...
THERE was no cup on offer. No medal in the back pocket afterwards. But for Ken McGrath, a three-time Munster champion and former league winner, it was the most magical moment of his entire hurling career... until next Sunday evening, he hopes.......
Sep 04, 2008 ... THERE was no cup on offer. No medal in the back pocket afterwards. But for Ken McGrath, a three-time Munster champion and former league winner, it was the most magical moment of his entire hurling career ... until next Sunday evening, he hopes. "When the whistle went against ...
women are out in force for 'liffey'.
Sep 04, 2008 ... A record number of women will take part in Saturday's 79th edition of the annual Liffey Swim (4.15). In all, 230 men and 129 women have registered for the 2km race from Watling Street to Custom House Quay. "We usually have 112 or so women, so we know this is our best ...
GLENN focus on ireland spot.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Midfielder not worried about club situation as he prepares for crucial World Cup games FIRST CHOICE with his country, out of favour with his club. That's the scenario for Glenn Whelan as he headed off to Germany today, hoping to spearhead Ireland's bid to reach the World Cup ...
trap on the run ahead of opener.
Sep 04, 2008 ... It never fails to surprise how much difference a year makes in football. This time 12 months ago, we were shivering through one of Steve Staunton's quickfire pitchside briefings and quietly losing the will to live. Famously, he rattled one off in 32 seconds and whipped up a ...
TRAP -- ALL SYSTEMS GO.
Sep 04, 2008 ... IRELAND boss Giovanni Trapattoni this morning confirmed that Kevin Kilbane and Stephen Hunt will start against Georgia in Mainz on Saturday. Kilbane had been an injury concern for the Irish boss due to the cheekbone injury he picked up in Saturday's Premier League win over Hull ...
McGee's hot streak runs out of steam in semis.
Sep 04, 2008 ... James McGee's wonderful run at the ITF Men's Futures tournament in Piombino, Italy, came to an end in the semi-finals, when he lost to third seed and eventual winner Pierre-Ludovic Duclos of Canada. McGee started well, forcing the first set to a tie-break, but then his hard ...
Patient Bruce to bide his time in bid to enter Trapattoni's plans.
Sep 04, 2008 ... ALEX BRUCE admits he has to be patient before he can force himself into Giovanni Trapattoni's plans for the World Cup campaign. The Ireland manager has a selection headache for most positions in the park, with viable options at full back, midfield, up front and even in goal ....
It pays to read the tiny weeny small print. . .
Sep 05, 2008 ... George worked for a large pharmaceutical company. He was an active member of the community and chairman of one of the biggest schoolboy football clubs in the country. In 2005 George was diagnosed with Parkinson's. "'At least,' you thought to yourself, 'I have a serious illness ...
'It's a great and strange mountain. It is haunted also. . . and on top of it is a grey peak rudely shaped like the head of an old woman.'' So wrote Rider Haggard in his book Nada the Lily.The sun has long settled in for the night when I arrive at my destination, halfway between the towns of Mkuze and Pongola, off the N2, about three hours out of Durban.
Sep 05, 2008 ... 'It's a great and strange mountain. It is haunted also. . . and on top of it is a grey peak rudely shaped like the head of an old woman.'' So wrote Rider Haggard in his book Nada the Lily. The sun has long settled in for the night when I arrive at my destination, halfway between ...
new deals.
Sep 05, 2008 ... new deals n Packages for trips on the world's biggest cruise ship -- Oasis of the Seas -- have just gone on sale. Prices for a nine-night fly-cruise, including flights from the UK and a seven-night Caribbean cruise, have lead-in prices of '1,599pp. The Royal ...
Mediation bureau is recognised with '5,000 civic award.
Sep 05, 2008 ... PEACEMAKERS who step into local rows over noisy neighbours, barking dogs, inconsiderate parkers, and feuding sisters have been honoured for their service to the community. The Mediation Bureau was presented with '5,000 as one of the major winners in the Dublin Bus Community ...
Importance of Children's hospice noted with grant.
Sep 05, 2008 ... IRELAND'S first children's hospice is to be built in Dublin to cater for hundreds of children suffering from life-limiting and life-threatening medical conditions. The '11 million development will be built on the grounds of the Children's Sunshine Home in Foxrock in Dublin where sick ...