Europe Intelligence Wire articles from December 2005

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from December 2005

Now cops can trap villains on camera.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: nicola dowling POLICE in Greater Manchester could take pictures of criminals as they slap on the handcuffs thanks to new powers which come into force in the New Year. Although there are no...

Corrie star's honour.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) CORONATION Street's legendary Rovers Return landlord Roy Barraclough gets an MBE in today's New Year's Honours for services to drama and charity in the north west. Roy, 70, played Alec Gilroy in the...

POLICE PAY OUT ONTERRORRAID.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: EXCLUSIVE by seb ramsay POLICE are to pay compensation to two of their officers caught up in the terror raid which led to the death of DC Stephen Oake. Two other officers are poised to sue...

Stanley starts his century in fine style.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) A BOOK illustrator has been awarded an MBE - less than two weeks after turning 100. Stanley Cornwell Lewis, from Greenfield, Oldham, was honoured for his services to art, painting and illustration. ...

GMG chief is made a dame.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) LIZ Forgan - head of the trust which owns the Guardian Media Group - is made a dame in today's list. Ms Forgan, herself a former journalist, chairs the Scott Trust, which oversees the Guardian and...

to our {lsquo}Mr Asbo'.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: david ottewell MANCHESTER'S "Mr Asbo" has scooped an MBE on a local New Year Honours list dominated not by celebrities but pioneers. Cutting-edge scientists, academics and local government...

Gaming mogul's birthday gift.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) RUSHOLME-born entrepreneur Ian Livingstone, the man who founded the software company that created computer game babe Lara Croft, was handed a late birthday present in the New Year Honours List. Mr...

City braced for New Year's Eve.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: seb ramsay MORE than a quarter of a million New Year's Eve revellers are expected to pour into the city centre tonight. Pub and club bosses are predicting longer licensing hours will help...

50 not out - Ruth is a loyal Wanderer.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: AMANDA cROOK FOOTBALL-mad Ruth Crawshaw has seen her dedication to Bolton Wanderers rewarded after being named Barclays Premiership fan of the month. The 63-year-old hasn't missed a game in...

Rio riled by racists.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: John Scheerhout MANCHESTER United star Rio Ferdinand has told how he was repeatedly stopped by the police as a teenager "because I had a nice car." The defender has also described his...

Girl who escaped Moors Murderers.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: DAN McMULLAN A CHILLING picture of a 12-year-old girl who was plied with alcohol and taken for walks by Moors Murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady has been released for the first time. The...

GBP40,000 victory for boss who sued disloyal worker.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: CLAIRE LANE A BUSINESSMAN who sued one of his workers after discovering he had been secretly poaching some of his most important clients is celebrating a GBP40,000 damages payout. Ian...

The dashing vicar.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: John Williams A MARATHON-running vicar is in a race against time every week to get to the church. David Ottley has to give Sunday services at two different churches in Cheshire on the same...

Patients get ops within 6 months.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) VIRTUALLY all operations within Greater Manchester go ahead within six months of being referred by a GP. According to new figures, less than one per cent of the 50,000 people waiting for an operation in...

Clarissa sings for the sister she never knew.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: Dan McMullan A BUDDING schoolgirl star who has recorded a tribute album for the sister who was stillborn is facing her biggest ever gig. Clarissa Hayward, 11, has raised thousands of pounds...

Check your relics, clubs urged.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: GOLF BY DAVID BIRTILL THE National Golf Clubs' Advisory Association are urging clubs to check their display cabinets after a 140-year-old Philip Longnos' putter, on show at North Manchester for...

Red-letter day for Jim.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: PUNDITS' LEAGUE GOALS from Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand and Ruud van Nistlelrooy helped Manchester United to a 3-0 win over West Brom on Boxing Day - and Jim Winder to another GBP70 for his...

Oldham bankon newboy.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: neil barker AMBITIOUS Oldham RL chairman Chris Hamilton believes new coach John Pendlebury can revitalise the Roughyeds' fortunes. Hamilton knows 2006 is a big year for Oldham and his swoop...

Stephen canhit big time.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: ONE TO WATCH FOR 2006 THE coming year could be huge for Manchester City's Irish midfielder Stephen Ireland if he continues to make progress. He impressed a lot of people, and not just those...

Rossican beat all theodds.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: one to watch for 2006 GIUSEPPE Rossi has got a GBP70m obstacle in his way but the squat Italian-American has many backers at Old Trafford in his mighty quest. Wayne Rooney, Ruud van...

Jimmy adds a sparkle.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: ONE TO WATCH LABELLED "Marathon Man" by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, midfield dynamo Jimmy Bullard continues to earn rave reviews after taking to Premiership football like a duck to water. ...

Latics staron world stage.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) WIGAN Athletic are proving a big hit in Canada with many fans following their Premiership fortunes. Irishman Noel Ward, who skippered Wigan when they joined the Football League in 1978, has relatives in...

Get greedy, Gary!
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: ONE TO BOUNCE BACK FLYING Scottish winger Gary Teale remains Wigan's greatest enigma. He's a talented lad with pace to burn but what he'd give for greater consistency. Teale's...

Sam's plan to snaffle Crouch.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: MARTIN DILLON BOLTON boss Sam Allardyce has admitted he would have liked to have signed Liverpool forward Peter Crouch. The 6ft 7in striker has had his share of critics but Big Sam says...

History channel.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: BOLTON WANDERERS BY MARTIN DILLON IT has been an historic year for Bolton and manager Sam Allardyce has high hopes his team will surpass what was achieved last season. Wanderers finished...

No Hideing place.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: ONE TO BOUNCE BACK THERE were high hopes that Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata would fulfil the role of midfield playmaker for Wanderers and prove to be another shrewd signing by boss Sam Allardyce. ...

Joey has spring in his step.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: ONE TO WATCH for 2006 IRISH teenager Joey O'Brien has enjoyed a meteoric rise this season and has established himself as a first team regular at the Reebok in recent weeks. It has been an...

Robins need goals.
December 31, 2005... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: NON-LEAGUE BY TONY GLENNON THE year ahead will bring with it a widely contrasting array of challenges for the region's leading clubs. The New Year dawns with the biggest of the bunch,...

Catholic Church declares 2006 year of prayer.
December 31, 2005... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, December 31 (MTI) - The Hungarian Catholic Church has declared 2006 a year of prayer for the spiritual renewal of the nation. The initiative marks the 50th anniversary of Hungary's...

All villages accessible, some roads still blocked by snow.
December 31, 2005... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, December 31 (MTI) - Despite heavy snowfall on Friday, all Hungarian localities have become accessible by road on Saturday morning, road information service Utinform told MTI. Motorway M1,...

Hungary, Austria to build "music bridge" with EU support.
December 31, 2005... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, December 31 (MTI) - A Hungarian and an Austrian town along the border will organise a series of concerts called "Music Bridge" next summer with support from the European Union, a priest of...

First Russian charter flight lands at Fly Balaton airport.
December 31, 2005... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, December 31 (MTI) - The first charter flight from Moscow touched down at Sarmellek's Fly Balaton airport in western Hungary on Saturday morning with 161 passengers on board, the director of the...

Phantom of the Opera in Budapest.
December 31, 2005... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, December 31 (MTI) - Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera was performed for the 400th time in Budapest's Madach Theatre on Friday. The world's first non-replica version of the...

MAKE IT YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO VOLUNTEER IN 2006.
December 31, 2005... (From Government News Network (Was Hermes-Government Press Releases)) ] HOME OFFICE 212/2005 28 December 2005 MAKE IT YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO VOLUNTEER IN 2006 As Year of the Volunteer 2005 comes to an end, Home Office...

NEW YEARS HONOURS AND AWARDS.
December 31, 2005... (From Government News Network (Was Hermes-Government Press Releases)) ] MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 334/2005 31 December 2005 NEW YEARS HONOURS AND AWARDS 172 UK Armed Forces and Defence staff have been granted State honours by Her Majesty...

Cashing in their Man U chips for 117m profit was some Irish joke.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Charlie Weston RENOWNED for their ability to pick winners on the racetrack, John Magnier and JP McManus proved this year that they are no slouches when it comes to picking winners on the football field....

Merrion team hit the jackpot as Icelanders come calling.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Tom McEnaney IT was a chance encounter at a financial services event in London last February which led John Conroy, the founder and chief executive of Merrion Stockbrokers, to be definitively counted as...

Tullow gushes oil as Heavey mans the pumps.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) IT was fitting that Aidan Heavey, chief executive of Tullow Oil, marked the 20th anniversary of the independent resources group with an Entrepreneur of the Year Award, following a sparkling set of interim results...

Insurers never had it so good.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) IT is hard this year to ignore the non-life insurance industry for this much-coveted annual merit award. Despite another year of declining premium rates - now stretching to about 30pc over the past three...

Aer Lingus loss is BA's gain as Walsh's efforts are stymied.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Tom McEnaney ON October 6, 2004, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern informed the Dail that he was rejecting plans by a three-man team led by Aer Lingus chief Willie Walsh to take the company private. What he...

Been there, Dunne that, and bought Ballsbridge.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Tom Lyons IN the end, after a tough dogfight with the Doyle family and rival developers, Sean Dunne has got to be fairly pleased with the last year. The Carlow developer didn't get everything he...

RaboDirect is set to offer personal loans, 'SSIA' deal.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Orla O'Sullivan RABODIRECT plans to offer personal loans and an SSIA-styled investment, having surpassed expectation with its initial offerings in its first eight months of business in the Irish market....

CRH takes 300m stake in Spanish firm.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Richard Curran BUILDING materials group CRH has paid 300m for a 26.3pc stake in a Spanish cement maker called Corporacion Uniland. It has operations in Spain, Tunisia, Uruguay and Argentina. In...

UK is poised to become Europe's broadband leader.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) THE UK will have the largest broadband internet take-up in Europe by New Year's Day, it emerged yesterday. Industry analysts Point Topic predict there will be 9.8m broadband lines in the UK by tomorrow, while...

New Year delivers Royal Mail rivals.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) IN the UK, fourteen companies have been given a licence to operate in the newly opened-up postal service as rivals to Royal Mail. Major players include TNT Mail UK, which has been operating in the UK since...

Intel plans to unveil new branding strategy.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) INTEL Corp is launching a new corporate and brand identity that will include a reworked company logo, a change in its ubiquitous "Intel Inside" stickers and a shift away from the Pentium name for its...

Taking all the credit always comes with heavy price tag.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) YOU could almost smell the plastic scorching as credit cards were swiped repeatedly through cash registers in the run-up to Christmas. More of us are using them than ever before as the number in use has now...

It's hard to credit.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) EVEN after the huge Christmas spending splurge, people are finding yet more money to spend in the sales. Across the country, stores are packed with eager bargain hunters. The big question is, whose money are...

Fleeting stars of 2005.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) FAME: Some characters dramatically stole the headlines this year... then quickly faded from view. John Meagher looks at what became of them Dolores McNamara Limerick woman who scooped the big...

GOOD YEAR.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Pope Benedict XVI Finally got the top job after the death of JP II. As the Irish section of his church was rocked by scandals, Benny started a fashion revolution in the Vatican, wearing Prada shoes and hiring...

THE WORLDWIDE WEIRD AWARDS 2005.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) PUNISHMENT OF THE YEAR Indian police ordered 200 embarrassed cinema-goers to do 10 sit-ups each for watching a porn film. Officers also ordered the film-goers never to watch porn again. After receiving a...

NEWSHOUND'S QUIZ OF THE YEAR.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) 1. Who said he would shoot any consultant who would walk into his company? 2. Which town erected a bust of Charles Haughey? 3. What new word in theCollins English Dictionary was defined as a "young...

BAD YEAR.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Bertie Ahern A year of mishaps from banjaxed health computers to Eddie Hobbs came to a head when he signed the book of condolence for George Best, sending deepest "sympaties" from the "goverment". Cud do...

QUOTE... UNQUOTE.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, now he truly represents the American dream. You come to America, you lift some weights, you do some movies, grab some women, and get elected. - Robin Williams,...

The best of years,.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) We asked a group of Ireland's leading figures to give us their personal highlights of 2005 Tonight everyone will swear off drink, quit smoking and vow to be a better person. Yes, the year is over, another 365...

the worst of years.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Children because there were deadlines to be met all the way. I found it really torturous to write - I'd thought writing a book would be like writing a series of articles, but it's not like that at all. Writing...

THAT'S LIFE: Miriam Lord on a boisterous year for the Justice Minister and others besides.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) There wasn't a quiet moment in 2005. Whenever a threat of silence loomed, Minister Michael McDowell stepped in to subvert the process. The year started with a huge row between the government and Sinn Fein...

The dearly.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) MILESTONES: Gemma O'Doherty recalls a year which witnessed the death of giant figures from sports, politics and literature, including the largest funeral of modern times for the Pope The year will be...

departed.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) without strict observance of the traditional rules of reporting) became his signature style. The literary world lost another maverick this year with the death of feminist author Andrea Dworkin (58). She...

Rich man, poor man.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) MONEY: Business Editor Richard Curran looks back on the big winners and sore losers of 2005 The year of the builder, the insurer and the banana skin, is the best way to sum up a turbulent 12 months in Irish...

Adieu John Paul.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) RELIGION: David Quinn recalls the world's vigil for the dying Pope... and the scandal that threatens the Church in Ireland What a curate's egg of a year it has been for the Catholic Church. The first half of...

CRIME: The drug gangsters took their deadly feuds public in the last 12 months. Willie Dillon reports.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) This was the year when the gangland killers became more clinical - coldly dispatching their victims in a businesslike fashion, sometimes in full view of ordinary people going about their daily lives. November...

This crazy world...
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: every day, in every way things get madder, says Damian Corless In a year when South America drifted further to the Left with Bolivia's election of socialist Evo Morales, US preacher and...

Saint Bob in serious danger of tripping on his halo.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) IT IS only appropriate that this, the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote, should end with the sight of Sir Bob Geldof clambering on to a new steed to ride to the...

When the State played silly game of I Spy with me.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) I WAS naturally interested in a headline - 'Military Intelligence kept file on Conor Cruise O'Brien'. The story was drawn from Government files released this week under the 30-year rule for release of...

A hard rain is going to fall.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) ENVIRONMENT: Treacy Hogan has a grim weather forecast for 2006 What began as the Year of the Asian Tsunami quickly became the Year of US Hurricane. Climate change, no longer confined to Hollywood disaster...

Up, up and away.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) PROPERTY: Donal Buckley reports on a year of ever-rising house prices as 'Robo Paddy' and 'Robo Karol' joined battle in the buying frenzy The Irish housing market defied all predictions in 2005. At the...

... AND THE RISES KEEP COMING.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) House prices look set to increase by a further 10% in 2006, according to a number of agents. While not all areas are likely to see such growth, sought-after areas of Galway, Limerick and Cork could see even...

THE JEWELS IN THE CROWN...
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) The scramble for trophy properties proved more daunting in 2005 though less costly than it had been in 2004. Derek Quinlan paid over 1bn for the Savoy Hotel Group in London in 2004 in a low-key affair....

Look at me! Look at me!
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) CELEBRITIES: Helen Bruce reflects in astonishment ona year of rampant egomania in the world of showbiz Michael Jackson had a hell of a year. Mind you, so did Kate Moss and Jennifer Aniston, while Jude Law...

Deja view: remakes, sequels and spin-offs.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) CINEMA: Pat Stacey recalls the blockbusters - and the turkeys The big picture was a bleak one. Hollywood studio executives looked on nervously as a summer of discontent unfolded. For four months during 2005,...

Unforgettable Fire.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) ROCK: It's been an incredible year for music and anyone who claims otherwise just isn't looking in the right places. John Meagher reports The album is dead - that's been the pronouncement of the doom...

No laughing.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) TELEVISION: John Boland tries to remember the year's highlights It was the year in which the fad for reality shows was supposed to fizzle out but didn't. Indeed, following on from the stupefying banalities...

From Liveline's bastards to Liam Lawlor, John Peel and Peter Cook.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) RADIO Pat Stacey turnsback the dial on 2005 Turning the radio dial back through 2005 and trying to pick out particular highlights is a difficult proposition. I've listened to a lot of radio in the past 12...

matter.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) at doing what he does, and contrast it with the fawning deference of Parkinson. WORST CHAT SHOW There are a few contenders here. The afternoonNigella on ITV was excruciatingly arch and phoney and was rapidly...

Everyone had a.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) SOCIAL: Tonight we're going to party like it's 2005. Angela Phelan recalls the best bashes of the year This will be remembered by any standards as a very good year for the party set. Even if the DOW and DAX...

And they're off . . .
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) *As usual, the year got off to a flying start at Leopardstown. Later in January the Pierce Champion Hurdle was another great day out. Having co-hosted the traditional pre-race party at Killiney Castle, Eithne...

ball!
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) phenomenally successful first birthday for the top noshery. Regulars who turned up to toast the bubbly were rugby international Shane Horgan and his sister Maria; Treasury Holdings' Richard Barrett and Rob...

Last curtain calls.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) THEATRE: Brian Lavery recaps a tough year for Irish theatre Despite a handful of notable highlights, Irish theatre has had a tough year. At times it seemed that 2005 would simply chew up our dramatic...

We're up to our eyes in sea of debt.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Home loans 252bn Credit cards 2.2bnNow economic experts say it has to stop Kathy Donaghy WE are facing into the New Year more in debt than ever before. The amount we owe works out at a shocking...

Controversial site for new prison was not first choice.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) Pat Boyle THE Government was gazumped on its first choice site to replace the Mountjoy jail complex, officials revealed last night. Justice Minister Michael McDowell has strongly defended the 30m...

Wedding party? It's FG of course.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) THE Mayor of Galway had a party at his wedding yesterday - they call it Fine Gael. FG councillor Brian Walsh became the first mayor of the city to wed while in office when he married Fiona Flatley. His leader...

HEARTBREAK HOTEL.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) OWNER FORCED TO SHUT AS ELDERLY GUESTS LEFT ALONE BY RELATIVES Paul Melia A HOTEL owner has been forced to close his doors for Christmas because elderly nursing home residents were being left in his...

Fairy godmother . . . ray of hope for toddler after aunt paves way for miracle op.
December 31, 2005... (From Irish Independent) New lease of life for little Amy as liver donation becomes 'the best present ever' Helen Bruce and Eugene Moloney A DUBLIN student became a real fairy godmother after her liver donation gave her...