Tiger Woods won his first US Masters; Bertie Ahern was due to become taoiseach; khaki cargo pants were all the rage; and American pop brothers Hanson were about to unleash their debut single on an unsuspecting world.

CheetahMail, Experian’s email marketing and web analytics company, has been appointed by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) to help improve the targeting of e-mail communications sent to members.

ANTI-INCINERATION groups will protest today at the opening of an oral hearing into plans to burn household waste at a thermal treatment plant in Co Meath.

Candidates vying for seats in Kildare North and Meath enter their final days of campaigning this week.

The people of Kildare and Meath badly need the benefits of green policies, Green Party leader Trevor Sargent said today as he unveiled candidates for the upcoming by-elections.