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  • Queen of the Green

    The Horseshoe bar in the Shelbourne Hotel The hotel boom has peaked and the competition is mighty. Can the Shelbourne win back its exalted place among Dublin's five-star establishments? Orna Mulcahy , Property Editor, takes a tour of the renovated landmark. p

  • Factory girls

    A silk hose linker at work With their high heels and bouffant hair, the women of the Sunbeam plant, in Cork, caught the public imagination. Now a group of them have turned their stories into a play, writes Mary Leland p

  • A boy's best friend

    Sorcha and Murray with Clive the goldendoodle. Claire O'Connell meets a family whose lives have been transformed by a dog that helps their son cope with his autism p
Magazine Features

  • Monument of a gilded age

    James Liddy recalls the old Shelbourne, and a 'nearly invisible parade of intrigue' p

  • It all happened at the Shelbourne

    • The Shelbourne will employ 300 people from all over the world. Marriott had 10,000 applicants for the jobs at modern-day "hiring fairs". p

  • The famous five

    The Shelbourne is owned by Kantaka Enterprises, a consortium of five businessmen who bought the hotel in 2004 for €120 million and have spent a further €83 million refurbishing it. p

  • Songs from the Sahara

    Go to Timbuktu, then keep travelling, and, in the middle of the desert, you might stumble across the world's most remote music festival, complete with bodhráns and uilleann pipes. The photographers Yvette Monahan and Sean Breithaupt were there p

  • The making of Macken

    He's a model, film maker and photographer on a mission. Deirdre McQuillan meets the young Eoin Macken p

  • The people's pallas

    Are you an up-and-coming artist? Emma Cullinan knows two people who might put your work on show p
Up FrontBack to Top

  • Opening lines

    FLOWER POWER Long after the roses have wilted, you'll still be able to fill the Bloom Bar's stylish glass handbag  with your favourite flowers. p

  • My big week

    Steve Conlon, preparing for the Allianz Boat 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: Adam Kostrzewa Address:   Jamas's Street, Dublin Dwelling: Flat Here since: 1992 p

  • Planet matters

    Jane Powers on cooking p
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  • Faith of our pop stars

    The news has reached us that Tom Cruise is being talked about as the new Christ figure of Scientology. p
Food and WineBack to Top

  • Eating out

    Tom Doorley reviews Brownes, Dublin 2 p

  • Cooking in

    Bring back elevenses . . . and sticky treats, too, writes Hugo Arnold p

  • Recipes

    Chocolate chip cookies, lemon curd tartlets, drunken prune and chocolate torte p

  • Eat, drink and be healthy

     Red wine, in moderation, can be good for you, so drink up,writes Joe Breen p

  • Bottles of the week

    Château Montus 2002, Madiran, Château Peyros 1999, Madiran, Domaine de Monte de Luz Tannat, Uruguay p
GardensBack to Top

  • We say potato

    They're easy to grow, and if you plant them early, you'll be eating new potatoes by midsummer, writes Jane Powers p
Modern MomentBack to Top

  • Modern moment

    Being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease isn't all bad, writes Melosina Lenox-Conyngham p

  • Blogging on

    Larry Ryan 's election watch p
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  • About face

    Natural beauty products are kinder to our skin, as well as the environment. Phyl Clarke goes green p
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