After a promising start, Love/Hate loses itRTÉ says finale of fourth season had average audience of more than 1 million peopleMon Nov 11 2013 - 14:29
Television: Two faces of composure – one defying cancer, the other denying the pastThe ‘Morning Ireland’ presenter Áine Lawlor kept cool in ‘Facing Cancer’, but ‘The Disappeared’, about victims of the IRA, had some genuinely chilling momentsSat Nov 09 2013 - 01:00
Take the Highfield Road in Rathgar for €1.95mA considerable amount of work, extending and modernising, carried out by the current owners has stood the test of time at this large Stringer-built family homeThu Nov 07 2013 - 00:00
Television: The bloodsucker, the barrister and the boil-encrusted bodiesThere’s good reason to revamp the vampire story, and a barrister has plenty of bloodcurdling momentsSat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00
Five-star rental in Glenageary for €2.65mLimasol, a five-bedroom house asking €2.65m, has been a high-end rental commanding over €7,000 a month. Its interiors are a masterclass in transforming a Victorian house into a sunny, comfortable homeThu Oct 31 2013 - 00:00
Television: You’d do a reddener watching these parish pumped-up politicians at workA documentary on TDs in their contituencies highlighted a waste of resources, while a programme on redheads saw so-called gingers snap snap back at stereotypesSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Pickering classic in Cowper, Dublin 6, for €1.295 millionFive-bed 1930s semi-d with internal garage and located near the LuasThu Oct 24 2013 - 09:10
The Tunnel: Scandi noir takes on an Anglo-French aspect‘The Tunnel’, a remake of Danish-Swedish murder drama ‘The Bridge’, begins with a dead body being found half in England, half in FranceMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Television: Bigotry in homophobia hotspots, and philosophy in the back seats of taxisStephen Fry got personal with zealots, and a timely fly-on-the-dashboard documentary ticked a lot of boxesSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Arts and crafts charm in Killiney for €2.45 millionThis pretty house, built in 1898, has well-proportioned, light-filled rooms, sea views at all levels, a large, attractive conservatory and mature gardens. It is in walk-in condition.Thu Oct 17 2013 - 00:00
Large house that grew at Little Oaks in Blackrock for €1.75 millionBordered by trees in a small, quiet estate, this family home has bright, open-plan living areas, a country-style kitchen with Aga, converted attic and a large, mature back gardenThu Oct 17 2013 - 00:00
Television: Drop the dead cat. Nidge’s nine lives keep us watching ‘Love/Hate’The fourth series of Stuart Carolan’s drama is darker, grimmer and even more addictive, but ‘Homeland’ has lost the plotSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Family homes to go under hammerApartments and investment properties have been the norm at Allsop’s auctions but family homes in need of renovation are starting to make an appearanceThu Oct 10 2013 - 00:00
Embassy style in Churchtown for €3.6mThis fully refurbished six-bed Georgian house on an acre of landscaped gardens feels like an upmarket country house hotel, but in a very suburban setting. Formerly the Dutch embassy residence it comes with a home gym, bar and its own generatorThu Oct 10 2013 - 00:00
Love/Hate review: A taut, emotionally draining hour that lived up to the hypeThe return of RTÉ’s gangland drama belonged to the brilliant Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as NidgeMon Oct 07 2013 - 09:34
Television: Carrie on crying in ‘Homeland’, and a visit to the house with wombs to rentThe third series of the spy thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis is a touch humdrum, but the documentary ‘House of Surrogates’ hits its targetSat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
A buyer’s-eye view at €1.1m property in SandymountAt a viewing of this five-bed modern townhouse last Saturday, there’s was no shortage of interested parties, but opinions were varied about the prospect of buying via the auction processThu Oct 03 2013 - 09:32
Television: Straight from the big craic handbook of cliches‘London Irish’ and ‘Damo & Ivor’ scraped the barrel of laughs – but ‘The IT Crowd’ finale rebooted the genreSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Belles of St Mary’s ready for conversionUntil recently these two large houses formed a conjoined convent for the Holy Faith Sisters on St Mary’s Road in Dublin 4. They have now been returned to standalone use, and with a lot of work will make expansive family homesThu Sept 26 2013 - 00:00
Bigger, better, brighter: four great extensions in DublinSpace, light and storage are some of the benefits the owners of these four houses reaped when they added rooms to the back of the houses, linked into gardens and made the ground floors more open-planThu Sept 26 2013 - 00:00
Television: From panache to ganache, with not a soggy bottom in sight‘Cutting Edge’ was on to a winner with its fabulous fashionistas – as is TV3 with ‘The Great Irish Bake Off’Sat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Third time and still a charm on Herbert ParkBuilt to showcase the talents of some of the finest builders of the day, Milverton, with an AMV of €2.75 million, has seen plenty of drama on the market and could use another brush with flair but this house is about as stately and refined as they comeThu Sept 19 2013 - 00:00
Blue-sky design at knockdown price of €2m in KillineyBuilt in 2007 for Payzone founder John Nagle, no expense was spared in the design of this hilltop house, which has since seen a dramatic turn in its fortunesThu Sept 19 2013 - 00:00
Television: Razor-edge acting from Cillian Murphy in ‘Peaky Blinders’, and razor-sharp sports chat from the Second CaptainsThe Irish actor shines as a 1920s gangster in a complex British cousin of Boardwalk Empire, but it’s surprisingly easy to follow the blokey banter in Second Captains LiveThu Sept 12 2013 - 18:21
Get into the garden in Blackrock for €1.2mThis comfortable, bright family home, just a short stroll from Blackrock village, has all the charm and atmosphere that comes with a period house, not to mention an enormous back gardenThu Sept 12 2013 - 00:00
Second home selling on Highfield Road for €1.7 millionA five-bedroom family home in Rathgar with good garden and off-street parkingThu Sept 12 2013 - 00:00
Television: Belvedere, Ballymaloe and Brian Cowen’s hard-neck lifeDocumentaries on boys’ schools and a cookery school, and an examination of a former taoiseachSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
Irish advertising industry takes a good look at itselfThe top problem identified by agency bosses is ‘time pressure’ where everyone at every level is working longer hoursThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Action stations for radio applicationsThe Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is seeking applications for two 'sound broadcasting services'Thu Sept 05 2013 - 00:03
Don’t judge a book by its cover on Waltham TerraceBookseller Derek Hughes’s house may have a modest facade, but don’t be deceived – this beautifully renovated five-bedroom Georgian house has spacious reception rooms, light and airy halls and an expansive, family friendly, kitchenThu Sept 05 2013 - 00:00
Detached on Palmerston RoadOne of only four detached houses on this upmarket Rathmines is for saleThu Sept 05 2013 - 00:00
TV review: Jesuitical roots and cop-out crime dramasAlan Sugar’s sidekick reveals his Clongowes past, a show about female entrepreneurs falls flat and three new police series get under waySat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Three-storey house on seaside terrace in MonkstownProperty includes a two-bedroom apartmentThu Aug 29 2013 - 01:00
Four-bedroom house on one of Monkstown’s top terracesOngoing upkeep and multiple improvements keeps De Vesci Terrace property in walk-in conditionThu Aug 29 2013 - 00:00
TV review: Homebaked hugs, Dubai desserts and the annual Dome fandangoReality shows, steeped in confection, appear to have taken a turn for the touchy-feelySat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
TV Review: Browne challenges God – and bores his viewers. Meanwhile, Southcliffe is chillingly on targetVincent Browne lorded it over his hapless guests in a self-aggrandising panel show, and the writers of Southcliffe mercilessly played with the viewers’ emotionsSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
TV review: A story woven in shades of grey through the first run of ‘The Mill’In a dire week for TV, a new drama lacks plot and an old one, while bidding adieu, looks likely to returnSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
TV review: Reliving the time when Burton and Taylor put their private lives onstageDominic West and Helena Bonham Carter are superb as Hollywood’s fiery couple in BBC Four’s drama, but there was more real-life drama in a new RTÉ series about struggling businessesSat Jul 27 2013 - 13:00
TV Review: Gary Cooke got the wooden spoon but he served up some top-notch humourBy insisting it’s all about the food, ‘Celebrity Masterchef’ judges have starved us of the funniest contestantSun Jul 21 2013 - 06:00
Style that stands the test of time in Rathmines for €1.8mThe pricey elements of style that were all the rage at the height of the boom are everywhere there to be seen in this period house, which was extended and modernised by Fiona HealyThu Jul 18 2013 - 00:00
TV review: Time to let Luas after two hours of a gripping, real-life murder trialA courtroom documentary about a man appealing his conviction for killing his wife was compelling viewingSat Jul 13 2013 - 06:00
Strand designs: sea views in Sandymount for €1.2m AMVThis fine three-bedroomed period house, part of a smart terrace in Dublin 4, needs just a little improvement to bring it back to its stunning bestThu Jul 11 2013 - 00:00
TV review: Luther up to his Elba in glossy gore but life under the Taliban is truly terrifyingThe week’s most shocking programme told the true story of the girls in Pakistan being shot for going to schoolSat Jul 06 2013 - 06:00
Bringing UK real life courtroom drama to TV screensTwo-hour documentary ‘The Murder Trial’ will be shown on Channel 4Thu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
