Playing the hits, pleasing the crowdWHEN YOU’RE a mediocre busker, existentially challenged by the apathy of passers-by, any attention feels like good attention. …Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Cookery, comedy and (of course) Craig in storeWhereas last year RTÉ celebrated its past, now it looks to the future – and it’s not all badThu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in . . . the Curiosity Mars LandingWhat’s all the fuss about? The Mars science laboratory rover, Curiosity, left Earth in November 2011 and at 6Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Would you believe it? Sky hits us with another act of GodTV REVIEW: WHO CAN FORGET those classic editions of the Late Late Show? The one where that bishop wore a nightie, the one where…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Historical rumpy pumpy in the Wacky Races of the RenaissanceTV REVIEW: AS INSIDERS KNOW, The Borgias (Sky Atlantic, Saturday) has long been a pet project for Neil JordanSat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Learning the ropes of change-ringing‘DON’T LOOK up! Look straight ahead!” says Martin Hough, who is trying to teach me how to be a change-ringerMon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
'Just two naked dudes lying in a bush, shooting the breeze'HOLIDAY DISASTERS: IN JUNE 1995, when I had no common sense, I was holidaying with two friends in tents in bushes on the grounds…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Mother's little shoppersSHOPPING: TWENTY YEARS ago the idea of Irish school children listing “shopping” as one of their hobbies would have been unthinkable…Mon Apr 18 2011 - 01:00
The heart of Saturday nightThe streets of Dublin may be known to come alive at night, but it takes 12 hours in a taxi to understand the racism, rage and…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
The psychology of sellingPSYCHOLOGY: CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS think of the average consumer as an inherently rational being who weighs up all the options…Mon Mar 14 2011 - 00:00
Paying bills on the dripPERSONAL FINANCE: DESPITE THE rhetoric from some at the top rungs of Irish business and politics, “living within your means” …Mon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
The emotional cost of debtPERSONAL FINANCE: Money problems can quickly impact on mental health – with devastating results – so protecting it should take…Mon Sept 27 2010 - 01:00
Going for bankruptcy is not an option for mostPERSONAL FINANCE: IN 2008 THERE were only eight bankruptcies declared in Ireland and, despite a huge rise in indebtedness, this…Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
