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Movers and shakers
Almost half of managers in the workforce will be women by 2012,
yet there is a scarcity of role models for female entrepreneurs.
This is one impetus for the Women Mean Business Awards, which will
be announced next week.
Michael Kelly talks to five of the nominees p
Heartfelt
Made in Mongolia is a new range of clothing spurred on by Irish
designer Pat McCarthy and supported by Avoca Handweavers.
Deirdre McQuillan admires the initiative. p
Face to face
Who would ever think a mouth ulcer would be a sign of cancer?
The novelist Lia Mills has written an acute and insightful memoir
of her passage through the cancer ward. She talks to
Kate Holmquist . p
Magazine Features
Showing his metal
Ed Walsh, formidable former president of Limerick University, has hung up his mortarboard and become a silversmith instead. Deirdre McQuillan meets him in his Tipperary studio pHard to stomach
Enough about celebrity and tantrums. Tom Doorley wants to see food programmes that are actually about, well, food p
Opening lines
Thirsty work There must be an awful lot of thirsty people out there, going by the increasing number of off-licences. O'Briens continued its impressive development with the opening last night of a superstore at Beacon South Quarter, in Sandyford, Dublin 18. The 750sq m (8,000sq ft) shop, which uses the Enomatic system to have 70 wines available for tasting each day, has the "largest range of wines, beer and spirit in the country", according to David Whelehan, the company's marketing director. Joe Breen pMy big week
Andrew Byrne , welcoming 3,500 freshers to Trinity College in Dublin pPlanet Matters
Vegetarianism: Imagine all the billions of animals living on the surface of this planet. Imagine their combined volume. Now divide that mass of flesh by five. That is the amount of animal bulk that human beings rear for meat and dairy. In other words, 20 per cent of the world's terrestrial flesh and blood is there to service our eating habits. pWhat's going on
Sept 29th - Oct 5th p
Lots of bother
Possibly as a result of watching too much Cash in the Attic, Antiques Roadshow and Bargain Hunt I've convinced myself that somewhere inside me is an expert on antiquity. I don't have any knowledge per se, but, as any collector will tell you, this game is all about instinct. Like I said to that chancer on Portobello Road last year, if that's Clarice Cliff then I'm a toby jug. I bought a genuine 1970s party receptacle instead. Genuinely horrible, genuinely unusable, but as genuinely 1970s as cheese-and-pineapple canapes. Those were the days. p
Market Lane, Cork
Eating out: Like many Irish people, I felt a pang of sympathy when I heard Gay Mitchell whingeing about the German ambassador recently. I was convinced that his excellency would be on the receiving end of a barrage of denial and invective, just as I was, in a much smaller way, when I pointed out that a certain Irish city had a disgraceful paucity of decent places to eat. pGerman Class
The country's red producers have been doing their homework, writes Joe Breen pHot and steamy
Eating in: Why not warm up with a pudding? Hugo Arnold serves up some recipes pBitesize
Tart with a heart You won't find medlars in the supermarket, but good garden centres sell medlar trees, and they can be remarkably easy to grow, producing fruit in the first year, preceded by white blossoms. In France they used to be called culs de chiens, which is best not translated in a family paper. Let's just say it's an indication of appearance. p
Modern moment
John Butler finds there's no escaping the chat with an Irishman p
About face
A few simple tricks will give you a fresher look, writes Phyl Clarke p
Slick as a parrot
Tulips come in every colour now except blue - but they're working on it, writes Jane Powers p
Colour play
Transforming a 1950s house into a modern home has involved opening up the space and flowing colours from one room to another. Interior designer Angela O'Connor's clients said: 'No beige please.' p
The Irish Times Index
A guide to what's hot and what's not. p
