Semi with contemporary extension a TV starClontarf €680,000: A great many people have seen inside this Clontarf semi-d thanks to its starring appearance on RTÉ's About…Thu Nov 11 2004 - 00:00
Olympian feats far from a treatRadio Review: For one hallucinatory moment I expected to hear Des Cahill interviewing GAA teams in Queens or Woodside - with…Sat Nov 06 2004 - 00:00
Architect couple take on a redbrickDublin 8/€575,000: You'd expect two young architects to do a nice job on an old house and the owners of 28 Sandford Avenue did…Thu Nov 04 2004 - 00:00
Hellish time for dogsRadioscope: Audioscope, RTÉ 1, Wednesday Even in the sleepy suburb where I live, these past few weekends have been noisy ones…Tue Oct 26 2004 - 01:00
A week of ifs and butsRadio Review: It was, said Catriona Crowe, "a very old-fashioned scandal" and looking back on it now, after a full decade of…Sat Oct 16 2004 - 01:00
Refurbished Victorian era semiDublin 6: €1.3m A three-bedroom end-of-terrace house at 21 Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 is for auction through Sherry…Thu Oct 14 2004 - 01:00
Head for the hills for views of the cityThe second phase of a major developmentin the foothills of the Dublin mountains, has commanding viewsThu Sept 30 2004 - 01:00
An attractive alternativeRadio Scope The Other Medicine BBC Radio Four, Tuesday 9p.mTue Sept 28 2004 - 01:00
Bertie's ramble through life's foliageRadio Review Two weeks ago, he was hanging with Hector on television and this week the Taoiseach stepped into the poetic lair…Sat Sept 25 2004 - 01:00
And now for the candidates. MaybeRadioReview: Listeners got an insight into how press conferences work on Today with Pat Kenny (RTÉ1, Tuesday) when the programme…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Take a good look at a hidden pileKilliney/€3m-plus: The houses hidden behind the tall walls that line Killiney Hill Road can only be glimpsed from the seaside…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
Smart, simple and solid homes in canalside schemeDublin 8/€750,000: A development of new houses at 23-29 Windsor Terrace at Harold's Cross Bridge looks very different from the…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
A very demure detectiveCrime: Edinburgh through Alexander McCall Smith's eyes is a genteel and very proper place, or at least that's the experience…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Architects' restored redbrick has the edgeIt makes sense that architects have the edge when it comes to househunting - especially when it comes to older houses.Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Last rays of sumer guffRadio Review: If it was any other week, Bill Clinton (Today with Pat Kenny, RTÉ, Monday) would have been the radio guest to …Sat Sept 04 2004 - 01:00
An age-old questionRadioScope: There were times during Richard Hannaford's new four-part series Being Human when it seemed that the 30-minute format…Tue Aug 31 2004 - 01:00
Cashing in on drugsRadioScope: The most profitable and powerful business in the world is the pharmaceutical industryTue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Getting it right - most of the timeRadio Review: Maybe it's because she's a poet that Rita Anne Higgins's media statement (Five Seven Live, RTÉ1 Wednesday), on…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Secrets of a master film-makerRadio Review: Film-maker and writer Neil Jordan gave a fascinating insight into how he works with actors in Masterpiece ( BBC…Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Funny doesn't have to be franticRadio Review: There's usually a clear distinction between the programme styles on RTÉ Radio 1 and 2fmSat Jul 17 2004 - 01:00
Extended five-bed on a Sandymount terraceDublin 4: €1.15m: In 1989 a terrace of four redbrick houses were built on Sandymount Avenue in a style and scale intended to…Thu Jul 15 2004 - 01:00
Inflated by the oxygen of airtimeRadio Review: On Wednesday's The Last Word (Today FM, Monday-Friday), Matt Cooper led with an item that sounded as if it had…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Dormer down a hidden cul-de-sacKilliney: €1.5m Drivers motoring down Church Road in Killiney, Co Dublin, could easily be unaware that behind the new stone …Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
State of independenceRadio Reveiw: A radio production company that calls itself Mixed Bag is really handing it to a reviewer on a plate, but it is…Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Small is beautiful on Ranelagh terraceDublin 6 /€ 500,000: Number 4 Bessborough Hall, Bessborough Parade, a curved residential cul-de-sac off Mount Pleasant Avenue…Thu Jul 01 2004 - 01:00
Is folic acid the hero?RadioScope Outside the Box RTÉ 1, June 22nd There are 40 children born every year in Ireland with spina bifida and in the 1970s…Tue Jun 29 2004 - 01:00
How hospital can be bad for your healthRadio Reveiw: As the Government parties sniped away at each other all week in a bizarre game of compassion one-upmanship, all…Sat Jun 26 2004 - 01:00
Victorian era townhouse in popular spot near cityDublin 8/€875,000: An end-of-terrace four-bedroom townhouse at 49 Synge Street is expected to make over €875,000 at a Lisney…Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:00
Doorstepping out with Matt and RoystonRadio Review: The Matt 'n' Royston roadshow hit the streets on Tuesday night and provided the best value radio of the weekSat Jun 05 2004 - 01:00
Extended Strain-built redbrick with period charmGlasnevin/€900,000: The houses built by Alexander Strain around 100 years ago in the Iona area of Glasnevin, Dublin 9, vary …Thu Jun 03 2004 - 01:00
Security and easy money in post-war IraqRadio Review: 'From what I gather it's good to have the likes of Iraq on your CV," said Paul Johnson, a coach in a boxing club…Sat May 29 2004 - 01:00
Eurovision and other charity casesRadio Review: 'I love these bored housewives ringing up having an opinion," said Louis Walsh on Liveline (RTÉ1, Monday), and…Sat May 22 2004 - 01:00
Solid redbrick with plenty of scope for extensionDublin 6: €1.5m: With all the completely renovated houses that have come on the market on nearby roads this year, 7 Palmerston…Thu May 20 2004 - 01:00
Getting savaged by weekend business talkRadio Review: A couple of weeks ago a pompous- sounding investment analyst on Today FM described the fall in the share price…Sat May 15 2004 - 01:00
Solid redbrick with plenty of scope for extensionDublin 6: €1.5m: With all the completely renovated houses that have come on the market on nearby roads this year, 7 Palmerston…Thu May 13 2004 - 01:00
Bald facts offer little reliefRadioscope: Hairy Story, BBC Radio 4 It's dead but it's very responsive, said the scientist in Procter & Gamble's hair …Tue May 11 2004 - 01:00
Extended redbrick that took the 1970s a little too seriouslyDartry: €1.65m: St Kevin's Park is one of the most desirable roads in Darty. It's a quiet, out-of-the-way cul-de-sac.Thu May 06 2004 - 01:00
Blowing the whistle on 'Strasbourg Friday'Radio Review: Hans-Peter Martin isn't the sort of co-worker you ask to clock in for you or help you pull a sickieSat May 01 2004 - 01:00
All done up and ready to go on Belgrave SquareRathmines: €1.6m: Cherry Lodge has been given a total makeover in the past eight years and is now on the market with a guide…Thu Apr 29 2004 - 01:00
Survivors, celebrities and stolen fur coatsRadio Review: At the end of the documentary Surviving Suicide: A Mother's Story (RTÉ Radio 1, Wednesday), an announcer gave …Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:00
Why hemp is hot stuffWhat do they do/Steve Allen, Hemp Building: No, this hemp isn't wacky tobaccy, it's an eco-friendly building material that provides…Thu Apr 22 2004 - 01:00
City townhouse for village peopleDublin 4: €750,000: A townhouse in the Leeson Village development off Upper Leeson Street in Dublin 4 is for auction through…Thu Apr 22 2004 - 01:00
Extended Victorian era lodge is quite a charmerHowth: €725,000: Period houses with character in Howth are always much sought after and The Old Lodge on Thormanby Road should…Thu Apr 22 2004 - 01:00
Get three to a nunneryRadio Review: You didn't have to be a psychologist to figure out early in the programme which of the three women interviewed…Sat Apr 17 2004 - 01:00
Large redbrick with commanding viewsMonkstown: €1.8m: Since the mid-1970s Ardvarna at 13 The Hill, Monkstown has been a congregation house and the nuns are now …Thu Apr 15 2004 - 01:00
Stylish redbrick with wonderful gardenDublin 8: €575,000 The last time I saw this house on 12 Dolphin Avenue off the South Circular Road in Dublin 8 it was when I…Thu Apr 15 2004 - 01:00
Modern two-storey mews in a country styleBlackrock: €1m The mews house at 7a Anglesea Avenue in Blackrock, Co Dublin is very different in style from the period houses…Thu Apr 15 2004 - 01:00
Spotlight on superbugsRadio Scope Case Notes BBC Radio 4, Tuesday During the course of his lifetime, the average British man will take 50 courses …Tue Apr 13 2004 - 01:00
