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  • Gaelic gourmet

    A farmer's daughter from Co Antrim has become a culinary sensation in France, where her 'sensual style' is bringing Nigella Lawson-like notoriety. Lara Marlowe meets Trish Deseine. p

  • Hogg in the limelight

    Jonathan Rhys-Meyers with Chow Yun Fat Jonathan Rhys Meyers has played his share of villains. Now the Emmy-winning actor is a good guy: George Hogg, who led orphans across war-ravaged China. Clifford Coonan goes on set in Hengdian p

  • Fit for anything

    Trainer Karl Henry (second from left) with Boston-bound marathon runners with asthma, Allison Drummond, Darren McCarthy and Gareth Dixon. Asthma needn't be a limiting factor when it comes to sport, as five Irish runners taking on the Boston marathon next month are keen to prove. Fitness can actually help control symptoms of the condition, writes Claire O'Connell . p
Magazine Features

  • You'll never bowl alone

    In between preparing a delegation for the World Special Olympics, and chairing the St Patrick's Festival, Mary Davis has been travelling the country chairing the Taskforce on Active Citizenship. Kathy Sheridan meets her at home in Sutton. p

  • Hold on to your plaits

    When Disney sends out invitations to meet the makers of Meet the Robinsons, its new animated film, it's a chance for Liam Stebbing to hop on the roller coaster with his daughters p

  • Wheels of fortune

    His 1970s round-the-world adventure made Ted Simon the envy of bikers everywhere, and inspired Ewan McGregor's journey. But aged 69, the same trip proved a bit more gruelling, he tells Rosita Boland p
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  • Opening lines

    Artists in the making: Encourage the kids to get creative this Easter at one of Artzone's camps. Activities include collage, drawing, painting, print, 3D and clay. p

  • What's going on this week

    The Galway Cycle started 20 years ago when a handful of students cycled from Maynooth to Galway and back in a weekend. More than 200 cyclists now take part in the charity event, with volunteers collecting in towns en route. p

  • My Big Week

    Catherine Leonard , preparing for a Musci Network tour. p

  • Our online life

    Kirstie & Aisling McDermott: beauty bloggers p

  • Spring fever

    Conor Powers says now is the time to visit the world's largest flowering garden p
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  • Blagging for the swag

    A few weeks ago I wrote about a pre-Oscars trip to Hollywood and my visit to a "gifting suite" on Sunset Boulevard. Gifting suites are places where celebrities congregate to be showered with free stuff, whether it's diamond-encrusted hair straighteners, hand-held vacuum cleaners or designer diaper bags. Journalists are also invited but, rather unfairly, have to work that bit harder for their Hollywood swag. p
Food and WineBack to Top

  • Greece lightning

    Eating in: Keep it simple for fast Mediterranean flavour p

  • Balzac, Dublin 2

    Eating out: Affluent Ireland is hardly a monument to good taste, so it is good to be able to report one significant step forward for the Celtic capital. La Stampa, a restaurant for the sort of people who put the words Graham Knuttel and Markey Robinson (and possibly Rolf Harris) in the same sentence as "art", is no more. p

  • Big cellars

    Wine: How are the 2005 Bordeaux shaping up? p

  • Bottles of the week

    Château Fage, 2004; Château Cadillac 2003 and Domaine de Courteillac 2001. p

  • Bitesize

    The perfect spud: Cooking roast potatoes in goose or duck fat is fashionable at the moment, but not many of us have access to a ready supply of either of these fats. p
Modern MomentBack to Top

  • Modern moment

    John Butler on burning ambitions at the start of the dotcom boom p
Fashion and BeautyBack to Top

  • Lewis woman

    A historic house originally built for the La Touche banking family was the perfect backdrop to the unveiling of Richard Lewis's new collection, writes Deirdre McQuillan p

  • About face

    Rocks have become a girl's best friend in more ways than one: now the cosmetics industry is tapping into the healing power of minerals, writes Phyl Clarke p
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  • Fee! Fie! Fo! Fido!

    Dogs and well-kept gardens don't sit easily together. Keep the dog well exercised and he's less likely to be destructive, says Michael Kelly p
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