• Quotes of the year

  The revelation of the naked body, the thrill of performing, the excitement of working on the edge. Artists, writers and performers revealed the inner secrets of their art to Irish Times writers throughout the year. Here are some of their most entertaining quotes of 2006 p
  

• 'I wanted to give, but I got so much back'

  Donating money to charity is vital, but increasingly people want to give their time. Rosita Boland looks at one new way of doing this p
  

• Duais Nobel agus leabhar éadrom

  Tá an duais litríochta Nobel buaite ag ceathrar Éireannach agus is é díreach an scéal céanna é maidir le Polannaigh. Bronnadh an duais seo ar Henryk Sienkiewicz, údar Quo Vadis, i 1905 agus ba é an Polannach Wladyslaw Reymont a fuair an Nobel sa bhliain 1924, bliain i ndiaidh do W.B. Yeats é a fháil agus bliain roimh bhronnadh na duaise ar George Bernard Shaw. p
  

• Rattling the bars on New Year's Eve

   It's a Dad's Life/Adam Brophy: New Year's Eve is an adult celebration. We give the kids everything else: Easter, Christmas, Halloween, but there's nothing in New Year's Eve that appeals to the young ones. p
  

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