up and brewery come to mind With a Taoiseach as passionless as Bertie, is it any wonder the government can't organise a decent party, asks Matt Cooper so how in 10, 20. a 100 years time, will the Irish people remember the way this state organised its celebrations of the millenniu

Tribune writers reflect on the stories and personalities of the last 12 months Pages 11-14 1999 IN REVIEW/THE SPORTING HIGHS Bringing Bobbyjo home with style NATIONAL TREASURE/John O'Brien THE victory was stylish and impressive and the horsemanship of the highest quality, yet th

remember BANANA SKIN REPUSLIC/David ITS IMPOSSIBLE to believe that in the past two months, Mick McCarthy hasn't rummaged around his house for a picture of the moment that should have made his year. On 10 October, the morning after Ireland had conceded a 94th-minute equaliser in

entries for the race must be truly thankful. With James Bowes' hugely talented gelding out of the equation, the others can now look forward to the event in the knowledge that their entrants will race off or near to their correct handicap mark. It is easy to sympathise with the d

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TIE 20th century can claim to be the century of unprecedented scientific and technological progress. But even this pace of change is likely to be eclipsed in the future. One can only hope that another unprecedented achievement of the century, the scale of mass killing, will not

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