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  • Women's aid

    Members of the district development group in Mavile, which represents 500 families. Women are to the fore in many such groups Most of its people live on less than €1.50 a day, and none lives much past 40. But the outlook for Mozambique isn't entirely bleak. The country has one of Africa's most progressive attitudes to women, who are hopeful about tackling domestic violence, sexual abuse and, above all, HIV-Aids. Ruadhán Mac Cormaic sees how an Irish charity is helping. p

  • Racing certainty

    'Rough Diamond', the RTÉ/BBC co-production set in a racing stable, stars Conor Mullen, Lorraine Pilkington and Stanley Townsend. A new RTÉ/BBC co-production set in the world of Irish racing has chosen to ignore the adage, 'never work with children or animals'. B ut will Rough Diamond be a winner, asks Gemma Tipton p

  • Liberté, égalité, sororité

    The refectory, which uses the original tables It was founded by Napoleon to look after his soldiers' orphans. Two centuries later, France's most prestigious girls' school seems barely to have changed, writes Lara Marlowe p
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  • Male (23) seeks GSOH and spare room . . .

    Listening to each other's MP3 files is just one of the ways potential flatmates size each other up online. Bryan Coll finds a flatshare in Paris, with a little help from the web p

  • History repeating

    Her contribution to the New Ross tapestries has highlighted Ann Griffin Bernstorff's paintings, which are inspired by Irish myths and legends, writes Deirdre McQuillan p

  • Honest indian

    Corinna Hardgrave gets an informal cookery lesson from Suman Varadaraj, an Indian woman living in Ireland, whose culinary knowledge would make Madhur Jaffrey sit up and take notice p
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  • Opening lines

    Wild Strawberries is a monthly film club for older people at the IFI on Eustace Street, Dublin 2. Anyone over 50 can attend, free of charge, but you must ring to reserve a place (01-6795744), e-mail your booking to wildstrawberries@irishfilm.ie or register online at www.irishfilm.ie   Eleanor Fitzsimons p

  • My big week

    Shelly Corkery, preparing for the Brown Thomas Fashion Show p

  • What's on

    A guide to what's going on this week  p

  • Sales talk

    Where to bag bargain buys and cut-price goods p

  • My Place

    Name: Sean de Paor Address: Kildare Dwelling: Detached house Here since: Birth p

  • Planet matters

    Jane Powers on our wonderful world p
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  • C'mere with my phone

    Just to recap some of the ways I have parted company with mobile phones over the years. p
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  • Sleep easy

    Bin your lumpy pillow or skimpy duvet for some top-notch bed linen from the sales, writes Eoin Lyons p
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  • Eating out

    Tom Doorley reviews Eatzen, Co Meath p

  • Wine

    Organic wines are gaining in popularity, writes Joe Breen p

  • Bottles of the week

    De Martino Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2005; La Busattina, San Martino 210; Château La Grolet: Côtes de Bourg, 2002; Château Maris 2004, Minervois; Errazuriz Organic Cabernet Sauvignon 2003; Natio Chianti, Cecchi, Tuscany, 2004 p

  • Cooking in

    A great starter is among many uses for Parma ham, writes Hugo Arnold p

  • Recipes

    Parma ham, wilted spinach and toasted pine nuts; ham and bean bruschetta and chicken saltimbocca. All recipes serve 4 p

  • It's time to: make marmalade

    It's orange season, and a great time for a few jars, writes Mick Kelly p
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  • Chill out

    The fragile petals of many winter bloomers release exquisite fragrances into the crisp air, writes Jane Powers p
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  • Clothes lines

    lemon dressing Look out for Dubliner Lucy Moller's spring/summer 2007 designs for River Island, which go on sale nationwide at the end of this month. p

  • About Face

    Phyl Clarke reveals her antidotes to the January blues p
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  • Modern moment

    Who's learning from whom when John Butler logs on with his father? p

  • Blogging on

    Luke O'Neill 's week on the web p
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