Cold day, warm welcomeIt was a week of Nordic associations, what with the bitingly cold weather, and all the Scandinavian parties going onSat Jan 16 1999 - 00:00
Praise for Moore's lasting impact on Irish fiction"You always hesitate to say that an author's first book is their best but The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is such a triumph…Wed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Cork's publishing houses second to noneDublin is the first city, but when it comes to book publishing, Cork city and county have as impressive a list of publishing …Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Replica of `Normandie' liner sets sail againThe original Normandie sailed on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic from Le Havre to New York in 1935Mon Jan 11 1999 - 00:00
Diva into JanuaryWell, the season of cloistered excess has come and gone for another yearSat Jan 09 1999 - 00:00
EU and local council combine to breathe new life into Big House on top of the hillIn the picturesque village of Inistioge, Co Kilkenny, with its famous bridge that lies like a stone drawbridge across the river…Wed Dec 30 1998 - 00:00
Racing JordanOn Tuesday night, there was a champagne reception at Vicar Street for the book launch of Against the Odds: Jordan's Drive to …Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
The mane eventIt's backstage at the Gaiety and Bill and Ben are in their little pen, snuffling away and stocking up on hay to sustain themselves…Tue Dec 08 1998 - 00:00
Elsewhere on the shelves . . .So, apart from Furby and Dustin ag caint, what other toys are going to be grabbed off the shelf this year? At Nimble Fingers …Mon Nov 30 1998 - 00:00
Widespread shock at death of Ted Hughes, a poet with a `savage gift'Like a great tree felled, the English poet Ted Hughes has died peacefully at home aged 68Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
The return of the VikingsOn Mondays, the doors of our National Museum are usually shut tight, and the treasures that lie within are unlitSat Oct 24 1998 - 01:00
Fishing houses that lure the angler`It's like sitting in front of an open fire. You can just sit there for hours, watching and being drawn inMon Oct 19 1998 - 01:00
Opera lovers enjoy a sound journeyThose waiting for a homeward DART at Pearse Station in Dublin yesterday were transfixed by the surreal sight of scores of people…Fri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
Stirring up memoriesThere is a disadvantage to having such a famous name as Bewley's of Grafton Street, with all the responsibilities it holds for…Sat Sept 26 1998 - 01:00
Building boom in hotels spreads southWhat do an old furniture warehouse, two period family residences, an outdoor swimming pool and a Victorian nursing home have …Tue Sept 08 1998 - 01:00
Giving fashion a platformRural railway platforms were really the original catwalks of fashion - all that careful preening before you alighted from the…Sat Aug 15 1998 - 01:00
Hector's BoathouseOpening today in Castletownsend's Boathouse Gallery is an exhibition entitled Journeys by sculptor and painter, Hector McDonnell…Sat Aug 08 1998 - 01:00
Partying in the oasisOn Wednesday, the sun came out at last, on the long-overdue first day of summerSat Aug 08 1998 - 01:00
Fetlocks flyingThere's not a bike nor a pair of Lycra shorts to be sighted anywhere in the country these days, all having departed these shores…Sat Aug 08 1998 - 01:00
Portlaoise switch caused heartbreakThe fear of the changeling child is as strong in Irish legend as in any other folkloric tradition, but could swapping of children…Sat Aug 08 1998 - 01:00
Winter entertainmentsOn Friday, the autumn/winter season at the Cork Opera House was launched in the Halfmoon TheatreSat Aug 08 1998 - 01:00
200 years up in the Gap waiting for a bicycle pumpFor centuries, no historical event in this country has gone uncommented, whether orally or in the written formWed Jun 24 1998 - 01:00
Green goes the globe - SavannahMy first warning was a fountain turning green, then green horses pulling green carriages down a painted green streetSat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - StockholmThis will be my first Paddy's Day in ScandinaviaSat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - AlbertaPaddy's Day is not as big a deal here as it is in other parts of the world, since there's only a small Irish community in Edmonton…Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - OxfordFour years ago, when I was living in London, I spent part of Paddy's Day with one of my housemates, working out with a calculator…Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - SydneyWith Australia home to all of the top 10 most venomous snakes in the world, even St Patrick would have his work cut out hereSat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - Los AngelesIt has been said that "Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city"Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - PragueFor some reason, St Patrick's Day hasn't caught on in Prague as it has in other parts of the worldSat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Green goes the globe - MoscowThe only annual street parade in Moscow is the one organised by Aer Rianta for Paddy's DaySat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Met on the Net`In an age when sex is deadly and we spend more time on our computers that we do with people, how can we not make online communication…Sat Feb 14 1998 - 00:00
Sugans, Slovakian candlesticks and Sam MaguireRoses. And Sam. You can't spend an afternoon in Tralee without being reminded of those transient citizens of the countyThu Dec 11 1997 - 00:00
Where the music never stopsOn a billboard in the centre of Ennis are the words "Ennis and Telecom Eireann - Together we can connect people with information…Wed Dec 10 1997 - 00:00
Breaking up is hard to doDespite the subtitle, there's not a heck of a lot of love in these storiesTue Dec 09 1997 - 00:00
River of life carries away the deadAS a small child one rainy day in my aunt and uncle's Dublin house, I ran out of drawing paperSat Aug 10 1996 - 01:00
