The Simplex crossword at 75: a complex business of thrilling and annoying readers
Mary O’Brien estimates she has compiled about 12,000 of the crosswords, and her 15th book will appear in August to mark the anniversary
A look at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Foxrock: ‘Our Irish friends are not only very kind, but very open’
A mix of Japanese culture and Irish crafts, the ambassador’s residence offers a home away from home for newly appointed Manabu Miyagawa and his wife Noriko
The Irish photographer who put Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier at ease in early courtship
Edward Quinn also helped make Audrey Hepburn famous and took thousands of pictures of Pablo Picasso over a 20-year span
Shape-shifting alien known as ‘The Thing’ traumatised a generation of Irish children
The Bowl of Light was filled with coloured plastic flames and had a short tenure on O’Connell Bridge
Grace Kelly’s Mayo holiday hideaway: ‘Maybe her dream will come true some day’
Late Hollywood star and Monégasque princess visited her ancestral home in 1961, later buying the plot, with a view to transforming it into a holiday home
Running through the theory that a person’s name can determine what they do
Athletics really does seem to attract people whose names suggest they are destined for great things
‘I just hope more people do the same thing’: The Dublin homeowner splitting her house in two
Failing to find a suitable home in their coastal Sandycove neighbourhood, this enterprising interior designer and her family opted instead to turn their original home into two
How to create a garden room of your own: ‘It’s somewhere to go without going anywhere’
From a garden pub filled with memorabilia to a stained-glass porch, these inventive homeowners have put their own stamp on their space outside
‘Let’s go a bit funky. This is Camden Street after all’: Building homes over the shop
Converting a 200-year old property into three apartments while retaining a business on the ground floor was not easy challenge for Jas Rait and Tanya Comber
How a group of coastguard cottages in Dún Laoghaire became cosy social housing
This sympathetic restoration of a historical cluster of ‘mouldy and damp’ cottages is bringing new life and new families to the south Dublin port
‘The only way we could keep the house in family ownership was to make it pay for itself’
Robert Jocelyn, the 10th Earl of Roden, and his wife, writer Ann Henning Jocelyn, are throwing open the doors of their historic literary-linked Connemara property for short-term lets
My AI chatbot tried to gaslight me into thinking Pope Francis is still alive
What started out as a fun photo-editing endeavour quickly turned very confusing
‘Some of the rooms are 23 degrees with no heating on’: the joys of living in an energy efficient house
Just 70 passive houses and buildings have been certified in Ireland to date - something this Cork pioneer wants to change
An airship-inspired home overlooking the Shannon estuary
Embracing the area’s aviation history was a key part of this stunning home, overlooking the Shannon estuary
‘We never went back’: How a Covid-19 retreat from Kildare turned into a new life in Kinsale
Emma O’Dowd’s brief to her architect was to design a discreet family home; she wanted stunning water views to be the story