The DELPHI collaboration has searched for lepton flavour violating dec
ays tau --> mu gamma and tau --> e gamma using a data sample of about
70 pb(-1) of integrated luminosity corresponding to 81 000 produced ta
u(+)tau(-) events. No candidates were found for either of the two mode
s. This yields branching ratio upper limits of B(tau --> e gamma) < 1.
1 x 10(-4) and B(tau --> mu gamma) < 6.2 x 10(-5) at 90% confidence le
vel.