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  • Stay of execution

    Joan Cheever says the electric chair is 'the most premeditated kind of murder that exists' Can convicted killers be rehabilitated? Will they kill again inside or outside prison? In a new book, US lawyer Joan Cheever follows up the 589 prisoners reprieved from death row in the 1970s. Anna Mundow hears her story p

  • What wicket women

    Twin sisters Isobel (left) and Cecelia Joyce photographed at Merrion Cricket Club As Ireland's women's cricket squad get ready to take on India in Dublin today, twins Isobel and Cecelia Joyce, the youngest members of Ireland's foremost cricketing clan, explain their lifelong love of the sport to James Fitzgerald . p

  • No parties. Just politics

    Sally Ann Flanagan, photographed in Tuam by Joe O'Shaughnessy She's the first woman mayor of Tuam, and at 22, is probably the youngest person to hold a mayorality in Ireland. Davin O'Dwyer meets Sally Ann Flanagan p
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  • If I kept running I'd crash into a wall...

    ... if I slowed down I'd lose so I ran into a wall and cut both knees open but it was ok I had won. Derval O'Rourke, aka 'the new Sonia', tells Mary Hannigan about the demands of training, celebrity and living a drug-free life. p

  • The old country

    Tadhg Devlin - an Irish photographer who left his homeland in the early 1990s - shares the images that define modern Ireland for him: Croagh Patrick, the Blarney Stone, Maureen O'Hara lookalikes, and Ratoath housing estates p

  • Modern moment

    Claire Kilroy was enjoying a civilised evening of classical music until rudely disturbed by a gang of elderly delinquents p
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  • Opening Lines

    WHERE NOT  TO SHOP If you're off on a shopping spree to any of the world's fashion capitals, check out the annually updated Where to Wear guides written by fashion journalists. p

  • My place

    Name: Jessica Cooke Address: Annaghdown, Co Galway  Dwelling: Castle  Here Since: this summer  p

  • My big week

    Anthony Ryan - sponsoring Ladies' Day at the Galway Races p

  • Planet matters

    Low-impact living by Jane Powers p

  • Sales talk

    GO WEST  The Leenane Hotel in Connemara is perfectly situated overlooking stunning Killary Harbour, yet room rates start at just €69 per person sharing per night. p
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  • Don't get lost

    It's brown, it's old, and it's made of real leather. It's the purse that won't stay lost. A small brown money and credit-card holding receptacle, it was given to me when I mislaid the last one. p
Food and WineBack to Top

  • Pampered and champered

    When a bevy of champagne producers asks you to a birthday party, it seems rude to say no p

  • Bottles of the week

    Pol Roger, Brut Reserve; Berry Brother & Rudd's UKC Champagne; Cattier, NV, premier cru, Chigny-Les - Rose. p

  • Eating out

    Ciarans Cafe, Drumroe Village, University of Limerick, 061-338787 p

  • The dinner party returns

    Rumour has it the dinner party is back, albeit at the moment held in the garden, writes Hugo Arnold p

  • Recipes

    ... and can even have some fun with this easy-to-prepare menu. All recipes serve 4. p
Fashion and BeautyBack to Top

  • The heeler

    Undeniably sexy, incredibly well made and €400 a whack, Gina shoes tread red carpets worldwide. Meet their maker p

  • About face

    Phyl Clarke on keeping the body beautiful on holiday p
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  • Pull up a pew

    A refurbished Dalkey period house is also a showroom for an impressive collection of 20th-century design classics - all for sale. p
GardensBack to Top

  • The go-slow garden

    You don't have to spend a lot of money on pots, pergolas and pebble ponds. A traditional cottage garden is both beautiful and cheap p

  • Cottage gardens

    THE BONES   Make arches and other plant supports from rustic poles rather than planed and finished wood. Wigwams for beans and sweet peas can be made from hazel rods or woven willow. p
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