Extended estate cottage with potential and 105ft gardenDUBLIN 6 €1.1M: DODDER WALK in Dublin 6 is made up of a terrace of five houses, once estate cottages for a long-gone Dartry …Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Grat proportions and lots of room on leesonDUBLIN 6: €4.85M This large house holds its own on grand Leeson Park but is in need of some refurbishment, writes Bernice Harrison…Thu May 22 2008 - 01:00
All en suite and luxury fittings in smart schemeDUBLIN 4: €1.65M The owner of this terraced house in the upmarket Edward Square development off Bloomfield Avenue in Donnybrook…Thu May 15 2008 - 01:00
Immaculate conversionDUBLIN 6: €1.45M The largest penthouse in a former convent building is a conversion like none other: it has high pitched ceilings…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Devotion to design at TempleDUBLIN 6: €10M This fine six-bedroom house at Temple Villas, on Palmerston Road, has been extended, renovated and smartly modernised…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Lowest prices yet - from €199,000 in TallaghtPark Developments' Michael Cotter is putting it up to the market with the launch of a smartly fitted out low-priced scheme in…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Revamped Ranelagh two-bed near villageDUBLIN 6: €795,000 The owner bought the two-bed redbrick six years ago and completely renovated two years later, extending the…Thu May 01 2008 - 01:00
College house sees the light from restorationHOWTH: €1.25m IT'S RARE that a national monument comes up for sale - and the buyers of this 600-year-old building on Abbey Street…Thu May 01 2008 - 01:00
Good layout and simple style in former council homeDUBLIN 12 €400,000: WHAT A RELIEF to walk into a young architect's fully refurbished home and not find a chilly glass box extension…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
New build in Victorian style on leafy Orwell ParkDUBLIN 6W - €7.5M: ALTHOUGH THE builders have just moved out, the three new houses on Orwell Park in Rathgar already blend in…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Wrap your house up - from top to bottom - and watch your heating bills plummetHOME IMPROVEMENT Many houses are poorly insulated but retro-fitting is a viable optionThu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
Smart makeover near ParkDONNYBROOK €785,000 HOUSES ON Home Villas tend to go for prices well in excess of what their square footage might indicate…Thu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
A sinking feelingFiction: Submarine By Joe Dunthorne Hamish Hamilton, 289pp. £16Sat Feb 23 2008 - 00:00
€100,000 off spacious family five-bedCarrickmines/€1.9m: A detached five-bedroom house at 9 The Dales in Carrickmines Wood is for sale by private treaty through …Thu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Renovated redbrick turns on styleHarolds Cross/ €1.2m: A renovated and extended period house at 1 Casimir Avenue, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W is for sale by private…Thu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Redbrick in flats needs makeoverBallsbridge €3.9m: It's a sign of how prestigious, posh and downright sought-after Wellington Road is that Colliers Jackson…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Spacious family four-bed with a high-specFoxrock: €2.2m: The owners of 12 Kelston Park in Foxrock were one of the first residents in this major development off Leopardstown…Thu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
The damage after the delugeCrime: The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke Orion, 384pp. £12Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
The last word - and it's goodbyeRadio Review Friends asked whether there was a tipping point, a moment when the radio was hurled out the window and the letter…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Shopping with the ScroogesRadio Review: Just when you think you've heard every possible angle on Christmas shopping - Pat Kenny's (Tuesday) producers…Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:00
Looking for a bit of common decencyRadio Review: Didn't get to hear any radio this week? Lucky youSat Dec 01 2007 - 00:00
Masterful bluster-busterRadio Review: There must have been a point - say about two minutes into the interview - when Kevin Dawson wished he too was …Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
The Minister is on the lineRadio Review: Despite the acres of coverage and general brouhaha over the Late Late Show's ditching of Dr John Crown, one of…Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
A live arts show without enough lifeRadio Review: It wasn't exactly an outcry - that'd be a bit on the dramatic side - but, when Rattlebag was cancelled two years…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Scaling the food mountainRadio Review: Butter mountains beside wine lakes, grain mountains towering over milk lakes - no one talks about them now (and…Sat Oct 20 2007 - 01:00
A terrible conclusionRadio Review: The radio was blaring in a taxi I took on Saturday, and when the news came on with updates of the "gang-related…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
From flats to a comfortable family home with pizzazzDublin 6: €1.25m Killeen Road off Dunville Avenue in Dublin 6 is a cul-de-sac lined with redbrick terraces of modest-sized houses…Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
Former Florence nursing home restored with careBray: €1.8m: The last time 6 Florence Terrace in Bray, Co Wicklow, was on the market it was a very different proposition than…Thu Sept 27 2007 - 01:00
Balanced on the RockRadioReview: Northern Rock customers gnawing their fingers to the knuckle might not have appreciated the bouncy musical intro…Sat Sept 22 2007 - 01:00
Classic redbrick with add-onsDublin 8: €885,000 It's the extras that buyers in this market are looking for and this terraced redbrick, off Dublin's South…Thu Sept 20 2007 - 01:00
Missing voicesRadio Review: Why aren't the tribunals broadcast? A radio broadcast would, in the scheme of the overall costs, be as cheap as…Sat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00
The Lowe down on the high notesRadio Review: Going purely on the "what's rare is wonderful" theory, I had high hopes for a new comedy show, The Eamon Lowe …Sat Sept 08 2007 - 01:00
Now summer has finished, radio can beginRadio Review Was it really necessary for radio this summer to be so in tune with the weather? Dreary, enervating and, for the…Sat Sept 01 2007 - 01:00
Well-presented off WhitworthDrumcondra: €950,000 In this market, presentation is going to be key for people putting their house on the market and that's…Thu Jul 26 2007 - 01:00
Saying it with flowers can leave a bad tasteRadioReview: On Thursday, One Planet: Flower Power (BBC World Service) was another programme to make you pause in the aisle …Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00
Taking a little licence with our credulityRadioReview: Heartfelt protestations of personal conviction usually come across on air as something to be admiredSat Jun 30 2007 - 01:00
From rolling greens to dull dens of iniquityRadioReview: On Drivetime Sport (RTÉ Radio 1, Wednesday), Des Cahill sounded awestruck by the greensSat Jun 16 2007 - 01:00
House of Scudding Clouds designer has heavenly touchesDublin 14: €560,000 It's always interesting to see what an interior designer does with her own place - especially a young designer…Thu Jun 14 2007 - 01:00
Are you ready for your history grind?Radio Review In the spirit of solidarity with all those stressed-out teens sitting the Leaving, I went for a bit of educational…Sat Jun 09 2007 - 01:00
Wincing over the water coolerFiction Joshua Ferris's glittering debut novel is a brilliant, tragicomic view of office life with a sharply satirical sideswipe…Sat May 19 2007 - 01:00
House of writer and artist offers perfect canvas for novel makeoverDundrum: €850,000 The home of the late writer Francis Stuart, at 2 Highfield Park, Dundrum, is for sale because his wife, artist…Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
A drenched de Valera takes the big prizeRadioReview: Small-island syndrome has a habit of smothering some interview shows, but at least Sian O'Gorman, for her new series…Sat Apr 28 2007 - 01:00
Election coverage falls at first hurdleRadio Review: There was an item about the challenge of covering an election and of keeping the electorate engaged on The Tubridy…Sat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
Galway's water mess can't be dilutedRadio Review : The group of Galway business people funding the "fáilte romhait to Galway" radio advertisements should save their…Sat Apr 07 2007 - 01:00
What of the man in the Northern street?RadioReview: Coverage of the Northern Ireland Assembly agreement filled the news and current affairs programmes at the start…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
The phone-in show as a court of last resortRadio Review: Often, listening to phone-in radio shows, you'd have to wonder what comes over a person that they feel the need…Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
Spam or ham? It's just a matter of tasteRadio Review: One man's Spam is another man's ham explained the techie guy, and as reasonable as his tone was (Click On, BBC…Sat Mar 10 2007 - 00:00
Driving away RTÉ's teatime listenersRadio Review: A difference of 3,000 listeners doesn't at first appear to be something to get overly excited about, but Matt …Sat Feb 24 2007 - 00:00
Walk-in condition on foot of renovationDublin 6/€2.75m: A two-storey over garden level period house at the Rathgar end of Terenure Road East is for auction through…Thu Feb 22 2007 - 00:00
Daddy Tubridy tut-tuts for IrelandRadioReview: You'd have to pity the Scottish playwright David Harrower (The Tubridy Show, RTÉ Radio 1, Monday)Sat Feb 17 2007 - 00:00
