Too little time for politicsRadioReview: It was a bit difficult to concentrate on the job at hand this week because like many a wage slave who heard Donegal…Sat Apr 29 2006 - 01:00
Handsome house in the heart of RanelaghDublin 6: €3.75m The first time 24 Park Drive was advertised in The Irish Times it was described as being "a villa of attractive…Thu Apr 27 2006 - 01:00
Commuting for a livingRadioReview: Minister for Education Mary Hanafin meet the Duggans - so that next time you're moved to lecture on so-called "…Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
Changing direction, changing utterlyRadioReview: Isn't Pimp My Life (RTÉ Radio 1 Tuesday) a most peculiar title for an RTÉ Radio 1 series? I suppose it was inspired…Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Refurbished townhouse near the cityDublin 4 €1.7m: One of Upper Leeson Street's smaller townhouses is for auction with an advised minimum valuation (AMV) of €…Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
Throwing punches as the feathers flyRadioReview: Irish chef Richard Corrigan would rather chew his own arm off than eat a battery-farmed chickenSat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
A clip on the ear for childish behaviourRadio Review: Unless you actually saw on TV Michael McDowell's face, going through an entire colour chart from soft baby pink…Sat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Crampton-built family four-bed close to Clonskeagh's amenitiesDublin 14: €1.6m Property economists who come up with low double-digit figures to describe the average growth in the second-…Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
Sobering tales of trauma and griefRadioReview: Re-enactments of the goings-on at the various tribunals are the highlight of Tonight with Vincent Browne (RTÉ Radio…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
When the news is stronger than scriptsRadioReview: What does it take to edge Saturday View (RTÉ Radio 1) off its preordained course? Not even a full-blown riot in…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Morning airwaves take a hit in the DailRadioReview: Tommy Broughan, you're a man after my own heartSat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
Refurbished redbrick with space by a D6 squareRanelagh/€2.5m: A two-storey over garden level house at 61 Dartmouth Square is for auction on March 15th through Sherry FitzGerald…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
A story stretched to snapping pointRadioReview: The bounce has gone from his bungee - it's a saying well known to fans of Wallace and Gromit - and listening to…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Dark heart of GalwayCrime: When Ken Bruen's 2004 crime novel The Guards was shortlisted for four American Crime Awards and then won a prestigious…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Casey chase leaves listeners exhaustedRadio Review: Broadband has finally arrived in our kitchen so I spent too much time this week trawling through digital radio…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Life and logos in the land of the rising debtRadio review : It's a country where consumerism has run riot, where credit cards are groaning under the weight of lifestyle …Sat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Easy ride for demonised media tycoonRadioReview: An interview with media mogul Rupert Murdoch is such a rare thing that The Weekend Business Show (BBC Radio Five…Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Strain-built five-bedGlasnevin: €1.25m A Strain-built five-bedroom house with a 100ft rear garden at 12 Iona Road in Glasnevin will appeal to families…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Unstoppable flow of minister on a missionRadioReview: An interviewer would want to get up early to best John O'Donoghue, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, because…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
Modern Ballsbridge townhouse in walk-in conditionDublin 4: €1.3m: When the Cosgrave brothers built the large Shrewsbury development around 15 years ago a number of the houses…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Mary, Mary, quite unwaryRadio review : There's a sort of irony that Mary O'Rourke spent quite a deal of air time in December explaining that although…Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Escaping a pre-life bubbleFiction : In Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision, the anti-hero (or should that be alter ego - this is a first novel), Dwight B Wilmerding…Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
How much is that Bertie into the arts?Radio Review: Listeners to Monday's Rattlebag (RTÉ Radio 1) knew they'd been sold a pup long before the Taoiseach chose How …Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Serving up a meagre Christmas feastRadioReview: If you didn't have to hear the weather forecast, the news or the sports results, there weren't too many reasons…Sat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Bad deeds in BaltimoreCrime: On the surface in Julie Parsons's novel, everything looks just perfectSat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Captivating audiences with a captive's taleRadioReview: At this distance its difficult to believe how gripped the nation was by the kidnapping of Dr Tiede Herrema.Sat Dec 17 2005 - 00:00
Wallet-watchers get that 1970s feelingRadioReview: We could have done with economist David McWilliams a lot earlier in the Budget coverage proceedings - he certainly…Sat Dec 10 2005 - 00:00
Minister for meaningless jargonRadio Review: There'll be no escaping the Budget next week.Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Debating civil liberties: tagging or shootingRadio Review : Two callers to Gerry Ryan (RTÉ 2fm, Tuesday) were concerned about one of the elements of the changes to the criminal…Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
Will podcasters kill the radio star?Radio Review: Hearing that radio is dead first thing on a Saturday morning isn't exactly the best thing a radio reviewer could…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Tackling the sensitive, secret genocideRadioReview: It is a secret genocide, said Michael Gallagher ( By Their Own Hand , BBC World Service, Monday), whose scale we…Sat Nov 12 2005 - 00:00
Learning the lessons from FernsRadioReview: The sonorous bongs of the Angelus have never sounded so completely out of tune with the prevailing moodSat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Something cooking on ChelmsfordRanelagh: €1.15m A three-bedroom terraced house at 29 Chelmsford Avenue in Ranelagh, Dublin 6, is the home of caterer Sarah …Thu Oct 27 2005 - 01:00
Cracking trip down memory laneRadioReview: It's Friday, it's five to five and it's..Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
Spacious homes with a high specMalahide: from €1.375m The second phase of the small development of luxury detached family houses at Chamley Park in Malahide…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Suburban scheme with good mix near transport linksBallinteer: from €380,000 Ballinteer is one of those suburban areas in south Dublin that has benefited in terms of profile and…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Tax-break apartments in the city centreDublin 8: from €350,000 Investors on the lookout for Section 23 developments are finding that the choices open to them are…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Finding an oasis amid the blatherRadioReview: 'He's back, he's black. Well, he has been on holidaysSat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Record ?5.75m guide for home on GrosvenorA large detached house in the heart of D6 has potential in its 0.6-acre garden writes Bernice HarrisonThu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00
Worth staying up for the bewitching hourRadioReview: Listening to the first thoroughly enjoyable instalment of Gay Byrnes new series, Spreading our Wings (RTÉ Radio…Sat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
From the sofa into the frying panRadioReview: It's got nothing to do with his ageSat Oct 01 2005 - 01:00
Big hitters slip back behind their desksRadio Review: It wasn't broken so there wasn't any real need to fix it, it just needed to be parked somewhere else.Sat Sept 10 2005 - 01:00
Comic relief at the end of summerRadioReview: The default station in my house this week was BBC 7 and if I had broadband it might become more than just an occasional…Sat Sept 03 2005 - 01:00
Back in the hot seat - and milking itRadio Review: 'A beautiful mammary system and good legs," said the beauty pageant judge, (Gerry Ryan, RTÉ 2fm, Wednesday)Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
The Set UpFiction: During the late 1980s Liz Allen was one of Ireland most high-profile crime reporters, so it wasn't surprising that …Sat Aug 13 2005 - 01:00
When reality meets fictionFiction: In terms of column inches Chris Cleave's debut novel, Incendiary, got the sort of media attention that first-time writers…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
The sweet smell of life on the roadRadioReview: You have to hand it to the people at Today FM, they come up with cracking good titles - Meet the Feckers is an …Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
