Mary and Anne Boleyn: ‘Their story has been written by men. This sets it straight after five centuries’Author Ann Henning Jocelyn says a lot of accounts about the Boleyn women ‘have been written by men and they all had their own hidden agendas’Sat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Inside an interior designer’s home: ‘The day I stop being creative in my own home is the day I die’Colour takes centre stage at the north Dublin home of fashion journalist turned interior designer Alannah MonksSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
What time do you call this? Alison Healy on punctuality The Just Missed It ClubMon May 15 2023 - 19:00
Alison Healy: What I learned from judging a bonny baby competition If you ever become a judge on the bonny baby circuit, never wait around for feedbackSun May 07 2023 - 18:59
It’s a steal – Alison Healy on hotels and pilferers A little extra something from their stayFri Apr 28 2023 - 19:00
Today FM’s Dave Moore on home renovation: ‘I can’t believe it’s our house. I genuinely still feel that way’The radio and podcast host discovered a love for DIY and took careful guidance from his wife, artist Tracy Sheridan, when they transformed their north Dublin homeSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Oscar Wilde’s false teeth were kept by a hotelier – but the family didn’t want them backAn Irishwoman’s diary: Oscar Wilde’s false teeth were kept by a hotelier who later tried to return them to the family – but they declinedSun Apr 16 2023 - 00:00
Small home renovation: ‘There’s no point in adding floor area for the sake of it’Garden designer Ingrid Smyth brought a skilled touch when renovating the family home in Dublin’s LibertiesSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
‘The bills are very manageable’: A suburban renovation with a colourful touch in south DublinCarefully considered storage is at the heart of this Dún Laoghaire revampSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Home renovation: ‘You do your budget then realise it is a work of fiction’Renovating this Victorian sea-side home was not without challenges, but today the owners have no regretsSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
The Flying Irishman – Alison Healy on US aviation hero Douglas ‘Wrong Way’ Corrigan“Just got in from New York. Where am I?”Fri Jan 06 2023 - 19:00
National treasure – Alison Healy on RTÉ's online archivesAn Aladdin’s cave of news reports on quirky events from a long-gone IrelandThu Jan 05 2023 - 19:00
Acquired tastes – Alison Healy on unexpected menu items An unfortunate habit of eating things without thinkingTue Jan 03 2023 - 19:00
Hopes and dreams – Alison Healy on New Year resolutions of the famous “Keep looking around me – only much more so”Fri Dec 30 2022 - 19:23
Passing the soup test – Alison Healy on strange interview challenges Any good with a sweeping brush?Thu Dec 29 2022 - 19:00
Staying power – Alison Healy on why Charles Dickens regretted asking Hans Christian Andersen to drop over His host’s teenage daughter Katey declared him to be a “bony bore” who “stayed on and on”Tue Dec 27 2022 - 19:00
Snake and ladders – Alison Healy on the perils of minding someone else’s pet It’s really so hard to get a good snake charmer in north Kildare these daysMon Dec 26 2022 - 19:00
Chrimbo Limbo – Alison Healy on surviving Twixmas Assume that Christmas pudding contributes generously to your five-a-day fruit intakeMon Dec 26 2022 - 00:01
Step inside an award-winning energy efficient home in DartryBuilding up, rather than out, helped this homeowner reduce energy use by more than two-thirdsSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
Cool customers – Alison Healy on one way to boost a business Battered sausage? Step this way, Colin FarrellThu Nov 24 2022 - 19:00
What this game needs is a rooster – Alison Healy on World Cup mishaps It’s all in the gameWed Nov 23 2022 - 19:00
Many happy returns – Alison Healy on wandering pets These paws were made for walkingMon Oct 03 2022 - 19:00
Masal Bugduv: Alison Healy on the trail of the mysterious Moldovan soccer aceThe clue is in the nameTue Aug 02 2022 - 12:07
Plaque attack: Alison Healy on the Father Pat Noise memorialA hero of our timeMon Jul 25 2022 - 19:01
The messages: Alison Healy on great shopping lists of historyFrom Michelangelo to Darwin, the list enduresWed Jul 20 2022 - 19:01
An abundance of caution: Alison Healy on taking risks Risk-taker or naturally cautious citizen? A series of simple tests to help you decideSun Jul 10 2022 - 19:01
History’s bold scam artists – Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? The Eiffel Tower?Long before the internet made it easy, fraudsters profited from audacious plansMon Mar 21 2022 - 01:23
24 Hours from Termonfeckin – Alison Healy on places and songsAn Irishwoman’s DiaryThu Jan 06 2022 - 19:17
The future isn’t what it used to be – Alison Healy on predictionsAn Irishwoman’s DiaryWed Jan 05 2022 - 19:34
Snail farming in Ireland: An ideal climate with a product in high demandUmbrella group representing 25 snail farms, says that supporting sector is ‘a no-brainer’Sat Jan 01 2022 - 04:00
State papers: New York mayor’s reflections on NI spark outrage‘Not particularly well-informed’ Ed Koch lauded ‘good attitude’ of British on peace tripFri Dec 31 2021 - 15:44
State papers: Compensation paid to some families of Bloody Sunday victims revealedNewly released files show mother of boy shot dead in attack by British forces received £50Fri Dec 31 2021 - 03:47
State papers: Father sentenced to death freed after three yearsOnly case since 1922 in which man was convicted of murder of an illegitimate childFri Dec 31 2021 - 02:56
President Hillery was asked for help over princess’s insurance claim after jewel theftUnusual request following Dalkey armed robbery revealed in newly released State papersThu Dec 30 2021 - 12:20
State papers: Otter hunting beyond the pale for Charles Haughey‘I agree that there should be no licences issued and this decision should be announced’Thu Dec 30 2021 - 12:15
State papers: Curious case of Daniel O’Connell’s ‘missing’ death bedDifficult end for Liberator, but he ‘died as an infant sinks upon his mother’s breast to sleep’Thu Dec 30 2021 - 04:53
GAA director urged Charlie Haughey to abolish VAT on hurleysLiam Mulvihill said cost of hurleys was making it almost prohibitive to take up sportThu Dec 30 2021 - 02:44
Discovery of export of Casement pistols to US caused alarm in 1991Department of the Taoiseach and National Museum notified after letter from gun collectorThu Dec 30 2021 - 01:28
State papers: My Left Foot’s star turn absent for Haughey receptionDaniel Day-Lewis unable to attend dinner in lead up to Academy Awards as in GreeceThu Dec 30 2021 - 00:48
Messiah hits the right notes for John Major in DublinThat night ‘was once of the most treasured memories of my years in office’ says former British prime ministerWed Dec 29 2021 - 03:26
Wind farms, turbines and landslides: the fears of localsProposed sites trigger terror in residents over home and environmental damageWed Dec 29 2021 - 01:00
Official called Bob Geldof ‘fairly has-been’ when considering Nobel nominationGovernment considered putting singer’s name forward for the peace prize a second timeWed Dec 29 2021 - 00:05
