TV Review: Shock-horror viewing as Bono talks about taxGay Byrne reeled in another big fish when he spoke to U2’s frontman. For pure emotion, though, the winner was Davina McCall’s Long Lost FamilySat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
A bitter sweet ending for Mad Men but Hershey is happyHershey didn’t know that it was to feature at all and told Vanity Fair it was “thrilled and incredibly flattered to be part of such a popular television show”Thu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00
Ice cream of the crop in Sandycove for €1.35mThis spacious five-bedroom house facing the sea in south Co Dublin was in a sorry state of repair when the current owners bought it 25 years ago. Since then, however, it has been sympathetically restored to create an elegant family homeThu Jun 27 2013 - 00:00
Rural scope in Foxrock for shy of €5mStanford House in Foxrock is not only surrounded by stables and stone outhouses, it also sits on a paddock, suitable for development, which could be purchased separatelyThu Jun 27 2013 - 00:00
TV Review: Kitchen hero? This fish and chip vehicle isn’t worth its salt’n’vinegarDonal Skehan is a man with a van, but he cooks better in his own kitchen, where the locals can’t bombard himSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
TV review: Pleasantly surprised by a very unexpected return of the zombiesThe French series The Returned is a proper ghost story instead of a zombiefestSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Television: Say hello to the family of friendly spies next doorStruggling through the sixth series of ‘Mad Men’? ‘The Americans’, with Emmy-worthy performances from Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, could be just what you needSat Jun 08 2013 - 01:00
Size matters on Shrewsbury site for €4.95mThis five-bed, built in a former orchard of the main house when the owners were downsizing, is hidden from the road and has garden on all sides, with trees offering privacyThu Jun 06 2013 - 01:00
Edwardian attire on Ailesbury Park for €1.85mStained glass, high ceilings and a timber porch are some of the period details in this five-bedroom house on a road closed to through trafficThu Jun 06 2013 - 01:00
Television: A three hanky job in John Hinde countryA programme about the decline of traditional craft, ‘In Good Hands’, was poignant, a comedy about suffragettes was funny, but the childcare exposé ‘Breach of Trust’ was plain shockingSat Jun 01 2013 - 01:00
Solid Glasnevin house that bears the StrainAlexander Strain was one of Dublin’s most popular builders in the early 20th century and this five-bed house is one of the last he built, in 1932Thu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Jilly the filly busterAt 76, author Jilly Cooper, queen of posh bonkbusters, is still working away and has the fight to defend the rich against what, she says, are cash-seeking allegations against pals such as Rolf HarrisSat May 25 2013 - 01:00
Country house kidsInventive cuisine, lough views, wooded walks, stylish interiors and kids welcome at Lisloughrey LodgeSat May 25 2013 - 01:00
Television: Need help clearing the educational hurdles? Call champion jockey Johnny MurtaghA programme on literacy, The Family Project, and a series about amateur dramatics, Simply Am-Dram, proved surprisingly engagingSat May 25 2013 - 01:00
A magically quick makeover in Monkstown back on the market for €1.295mA Victorian house near the sea which was last sold in 2010 is for sale again, with a price increase, but it has had a major revamp in the interimThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
TV Review: Gillian Anderson is fired up in ‘The Fall’, but Mr Whicher is getting suspiciously dullThe former 'X-Files' star channels her inner Helen Mirren in a new crime drama set in BelfastSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
Comfortable Victoriana set back from Ranelagh Road for €1,175,000What was built in the 1840 as part of a dowry for Dubliner’s daughter is now a comfortable four-bed family home on a corner siteThu May 16 2013 - 01:00
A residence ripe for restoration in DundrumEnderly needs a lot of work but this is reflected in the 17th-century house’s €700,000 auction guide priceThu May 16 2013 - 01:00
Derek Mooney makes a plant the star – just watch he doesn’t run over it in his carTelevisionSat May 11 2013 - 01:00
Stunning view from this artist’s museA large Victorian four-bed on Vico Road in Dalkey for €990,000Thu May 09 2013 - 06:00
Family home on Cowper with a very Dublin 6 priceFour-bed semi at the Ranelagh end of the roadThu May 09 2013 - 01:00
If you think this is a crowded house, try throwing in a dozen servantsTelevisionSat May 04 2013 - 06:00
One-room hotel opens in TV towerIt’s not pretty, but Prague’s One Room Hotel makes for a beautiful experienceSat May 04 2013 - 05:00
Hammer strikes again on Dartmouth Road in D6In light of 1 Leeson Park recently selling at auction above its guide price, for €1.8m, Lisney is opting to go to auction again with 3 Dartmouth RoadThu May 02 2013 - 07:00
Family home in Rathgar with a theatrical pastNear the village and with a spectacular south facing gardenThu May 02 2013 - 01:00
TV Review: David Tennant survives one drama only to follow it with a bad hair dayTelevisionSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
Rambling redbricks for about €3m at trophy D6 addressTwo fine period homes – a five- and six-bed, situated on leafy stretches near Palmerston Park, go on sale today for between €2.9m and €3.5mThu Apr 25 2013 - 05:00
Forty shades of blarney and countless stitches add up to a waste of timeJames Nesbitt’s Ireland is shameless codology. The Great British Sewing Bee is just dullSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Postcode from Ailesbury edge for €1.95mThis 1930s house, on a third of an acre, is back on the market after being rented for a couple of years. On a lesser-known part of Ailesbury Road the home, which needs work, was up for auction at €7.5m in 2007Thu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Move along, nothing to laugh at hereWhat has happened to Caroline Aherne? ‘The Security Men’, the new comedy by the ‘Royle Family’ star, deserved to be locked upSat Apr 13 2013 - 07:00
Double take on Orwell Park for about €2m eachA family home for over 30 years and a swanky receivers’ saleThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
WB Yeats’s former St Stephen’s Green rooms for sale for €575,000A two-bedroom duplex apartment on Stephen’s Green in a Georgian house where WB Yeats once lived is for sale throughSavillsThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Dragons? Check. Nudity? Check. Great drama? Check‘Game of Thrones’ proved to be a blockbuster drama that appeals even to dragonphobesSat Apr 06 2013 - 06:00
Five-bed period house in MonkstownThis handsome 19th century five-bedroom redbrick, with large gardens front and back, has been well cared for by its more recent owners who renovated and extended itThu Apr 04 2013 - 07:00
TV Review: Comedy as the new religion: holy offensive or just damned funny?In Easter week, we view religion through the prism of an atheist comedian and the eyes of a convertSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
You hum the tune, I’ll sing the words, and we’ll put in a call to Fáilte IrelandGlaoch: The President’s Call was a classy productionSat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00
Dunnes Stores outspends rivals in pre-Christmas advertisingRetailer accounts for over 18% of advert expenditure in 12 weeks before ChristmasThu Mar 21 2013 - 06:00
A right royal confusion over press regulationBritish newspaper industry reacts negatively to the three-party agreement on press regulationThu Mar 21 2013 - 06:00
Gym sessions that stretch beyond the sweat and the six-packReality Bites delivers another slice of Irish life while an eviction gets the reality-television treatmentSat Mar 16 2013 - 06:00
Name your price for sea views on Coliemore RoadThe receiver selling this seaside house, which sold for €5.5 million seven years ago, has not specified an asking price, but new owners will need deep pockets and a lot of heart and couragethe appetite for a major projectThu Mar 14 2013 - 05:00
Hoping for better timing: imposing Ranelagh red brick back on the market3 Northbrook Road, Ranelagh, DublinThu Mar 14 2013 - 00:00
Two days in ChicagoA short visit to the birthplace of the skyscraper makes for a fun-filled holidaySat Mar 09 2013 - 06:00
Mayday mayday, a five-part drama that's a crime against thrillersThe quietly gripping Broadchurch and subtitles that speak volumesSat Mar 09 2013 - 06:00
