December 28, 2003
Steve Tongue
The Charlton Athletic match programme includes a regular feature with an opposing supporter, who lists his memories of a previous fixture and favourite players from the two clubs concerned, and ...
December 28, 2003
Valerie Shanley
THERE are some who feel that post-Christmas Day, we should be allowed to take the next month off work, lie on the couch under a duvet, remote control in hand ...
December 28, 2003
Brian Caulfield
BINDAREE outfought the favourite Sir Rembrandt in a memorable finish to the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow yesterday.
Carl Llewellyn brought home the 10/1 shot, trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies ...
December 28, 2003
Paddy Murray
IT'S nearly the end of another year. And it's nearly the start of a new one. So it's an appropriate time to look back at how things ...
December 28, 2003
THE turn of the year is always a good time for calm reflection and self analysis. In that context, it is worth pausing for a moment to consider the well-being ...
December 28, 2003
Paul Kearns Jerusalem
"A 16-YEAR-OLD youth was shot dead by Israeli defence force troops yesterday. Faris Ibrahim was among youths throwing stones at nearby IDF soldiers. He was shot in the head." This ...
December 28, 2003
Paul Howard Chief Sportswriter
WHAT might have been is Irish sport's oldest and best loved lament. The year just ending contained all the usual apogees and perigees you can cram into 365 days ...
December 28, 2003
Sue Montgomery
THERE will, finally, be no hiding place for Best Mate at Leopardstown this afternoon.
Playing away from home for the first time, over a distance now probably short of his ...
December 28, 2003
Niall Brady
THE pensions industry is no stranger to scare tactics in its battle to encourage today's workers to save more towards retirement. And in 2003 it really took the gloves ...
December 28, 2003
Austin Hughes
IT MAY not have been the best of times but it certainly wasn't the worst of times. The Irish economy proved very resilient in 2004 and the outlook for ...