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
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
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
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 - 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
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 - 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
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
