Advertisers out to lunchThe Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland’s annual meeting this lunchtime should be lively, with guest speaker David…Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
The man with the spray gun is back with a bangA teaser television campaign for a £5 million Britain and Ireland spend by Reckitt Benckiser began this week with the announcement…Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
Criminals, comedy and alcohol - all without leaving the houseTELEVISION: When ‘Love/Hate’ first hit the screens it was too cutesy and tame. Now it requires viewer helplinesSat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
Even women of a certain age can spot a good actor when they see oneOf course Gabriel Byrne is just a stud muffin for us ladies to lust after between hoiking up our support tights and lathering…Sat Nov 10 2012 - 00:00
Sandymount stunner a perfect parcelDUBLIN 4 €1.1 MILLION : One of a pair built in the 1850s, this four-bedroom home is in walk-in condition with a bright, roomy…Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00
Hearts of darkness uncovered in the classroom and the CongoTV REVIEW: THE TRAGIC DEATH last weekend of Erin Gallagher, the Co Donegal teenager whose suicide has been attributed in part…Sat Nov 03 2012 - 00:00
A voice of a generation? 'Girls' might be on to something . . .TV REVIEW: THE GREAT THING about Girls (Sky Atlantic, Monday) finally starting on this side of the Atlantic is that it put a…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Parkland feel to protected Victorian propertyDUNDRUM €2.2 MILLION: ANNEFIELD, A detached house in Dundrum is a reminder that at one time the Dublin suburb was in the country…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
It's a cakewalk for the BBC and a bunfight on RTÉTV REVIEW : WHO WOULD HAVE thought the most nail-biting drama of the week would be about cakes and the best dialogue would come…Sat Oct 20 2012 - 01:00
Recycled plots and dowdy frocks: what's up at Downton?TV REVIEW: COME BACK Shirley MacLaine – although, come to think of it, where did she go? Downton Abbey (UTV, Sunday; TV3, Wednesday…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
A rare sight in Herbert ParkDUBLIN 4 €3.5 MILLION: A fine Victorian redbrick is on sale in one of Dublin’s loveliest open spaces – and should attract interest…Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Rooms with a view off Sorrento RoadDALKEY €885,000: SHENANDOAH, a three-storey house in the heart of Dalkey, isn’t actually on Sorrento Road as the agents have…Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
A Rolls-Royce, a red couch and a reputation buriedIF YOU GREW up, as I did, glued to Jim’ll Fix It, you wanted so badly to be any one of the incredibly lucky children on Jimmy…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
In the market . . .AN ON-TREND jumper for €8, a pair of dayglo tights and the latest warbling by Rihanna (below) – Penneys has started selling CDs…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Social media clicks with TV audiencesTELEVISION NEWS is under increasing threat from social media, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center for the People…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
More clouds at the Ryder CupBOOKMAKER PADDY Power, known for its cheeky and opportunistic advertising campaigns, pulled off a clever stunt at last weekend…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Marketeers get all loved up to win customer affectionMEDIA & MARKETING: THERE’S BEEN an outbreak of loved-up lingo among marketeersThu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Clouds gather for Guinness campaign“MADE OF MORE” – it’s a strapline that we’ll be seeing a lot of soon, and only time will tell whether it becomes a Guinness classic…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Levels of elegance in D6DUBLIN 6: €1.6M A three-storey rear extension has given this refurbished Rathmines redbrick lots of extra spaceThu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Cheesy dog food and Nutella pie: is Nigella having a laugh?NIGELLA – SO FAMOUS she doesn’t need a surname – is back with a new cookery seriesSat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Downturned Downton? Shirley you can't be seriousTV REVIEW: LOSING A FORTUNE on shares, unemployment, the house at risk, a shouty Sinn Féin bloke arguing his listeners into …Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
How 'New York Times' pictures IrelandCO LAOIS: €1.3 MILLION: When the US newspaper wanted to illustrate a feature on the Irish property market it opted for this …Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Westminster Road landmark returns to marketFOXROCK €1.65 MILLION: IT’S A safe bet that Grasmere, an impressive and completely refurbished Victorian house on Westminster…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Grand home facing private parkRATHGAR: €2 MILLION: Much was spent on the refurbishment of this Victorian redbrick when it last changed hands but now it could…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
A hilarious, surreal and nostalgic ride into 1980s RoscommonTV REVIEW : IT HAS TAKEN UNTIL September for my comedy of the year to come alongSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Cut and thrust: won't someone please think of the politicians?TV REVIEW: MINISTER FOR Education Ruairí Quinn has rather a lot of people around him: two secretaries, two political advisers…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
From the studio to the morgue and back againTHREE OF the Benjamin Black crime novels are to be adapted for television for the BBC, and Gabriel Byrne is to play the central…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Sedate exterior hides interesting interiorMONKSTOWN: €1.85 MILLION This interior of this mid-Victorian house feels a little more rambling than first looks might suggest…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Buns in the oven and bodies on the slabRESTAURANT CRITICS don’t book tables on opening night, theatre critics don’t sneak into rehearsals and I feel pretty much the…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Crowning glories and crackling dialogue on the cusp of changeTV REVIEW: YOU THINK YOU’D be safe watching the nine o’clock News (RTÉ One) on Monday night, that you could zap in and zap out…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Back to the real business of telly: sex, drugs, drama and murderTV REVIEW: THIS WEEK’S FEAST of TV drama was just the thing for telly watchers coming down from all that real-life Olympic drama…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
To bring the Olympics closer to home, RTÉ's your only man Get stuck into ...TV REVIEW: ‘I’VE SEEN very hard men crying in this studio,” said Tracy Piggott in the RTÉ studios on Monday after Katie Taylor…Sat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Advertisers go with the fast flow campaignsTELEPRINTER: USAIN BOLT’S 100m Olympic win on Sunday inspired Visa Europe to turn around a TV ad featuring the race on the same…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Rothco retains account with NUI MaynoothTELEPRINTER: NEW BUSINESS pitches are thin on the ground but Rothco has pitched for and retained its NUI Maynooth advertising…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Stations move in for the kill from TV merchandising salesTELEPRINTER: PALE FACES, blood red nails, smoky eyes, and vampire obsessed teenage girls with fistfuls of pocket money – it …Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
RTÉ after a rich harvest with Format FarmMEDIA & MARKETING: IF THINGS go to plan, five programmes in RTÉ’s autumn schedule, which was announced yesterday, will end…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Tesco trials virtual shop at airportTELEPRINTER: WE’VE ALL BEEN there – coming home from holidays and realising as you turn the key in the door that there’s nothing…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Taylor a knockout for RTÉTELEPRINTER: IT’S NOT quite the staggering 20 million people who tuned into the BBC for the Olympic 100 metres final and were…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
From Kilimanjaro to Limerick, it takes your breath awayTV REVIEW: IN LONDON CALLING (RTÉ One, Tuesday) the Olympic-bound race walker Robert Heffernan was on a massage table in his…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Loose LeavesEnglander stories collect Frank O’Connor prize: Nathan Englander has won this year’s Frank O’Connor International Short Story…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Faster, higher, stronger . . . or slower, lower, duller?TV REVIEW: The gymnastics programme was one to watch for the pure nostalgia of seeing Olga Korbut grown upSat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Putting the spook into suburbiaBroken Harbour By Tana French. Hachette Books Ireland, 534pp. £13.99Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Coulter's classic tranquillity in BrayJust a short walk from Bray, Phil Coulter and Geraldine Brannigan’s period home has provided a serene setting to pursue their…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
Just what our current affairs shows need: more hugsTV REVIEW: IN THEIR PROGRAMMES on the economic wreckage, George Lee didn’t do hugs; nor did Richard Curran ever say, “Oh, don…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Broadcasting charge puts licence fee debate back on agendaMEDIA & MARKETING: SINCE INDEPENDENT commercial radio was licensed 23 years ago, stations throughout the State have been…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
A lodge in all but position and sizeBRAY €725,000: St Paul’s, Herbert Road, Bray, Co WicklowThu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
Washington's new monument to smart writing and comic timingTV REVIEW: THE FIRST EPISODE of a comedy series is always trickySat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Twitter gets serious about advertising, but who can put a value on a tweet?TWITTER chief executive Dick Costolo’s standing-room only talk at the Cannes advertising festival last week came with the warm…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
