Murphia pack the South Bank showTHE opening night of wunderkind Martin McDonagh's play, The Cripple of Inishmaan, at the National Theatre on London's South Bank…Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
Survival of a streetTO fully appreciate just how much of an achievement the preservation of North Great Georges Street in inner city Dublin is it…Tue Jan 07 1997 - 00:00
That's entertainers!THE biggest problem facing hungry award winners after the National Entertainment Awards was where to find a decent restaurant…Sat Jan 04 1997 - 00:00
Ex-pat exuberanceHOME for Christmas and getting all festive in Trinity's dining hall was an interesting mix of graduates swapping ex-pat tales…Sat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
And if you had it in 96, boy you could blow itTHE waiting list for the ultra sporty Mercedes SLK is growingSat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
Rocking around the clockHAS there ever been so many grey cells on any dance floor? The party thrown by Lilliput Press in the Temple on Monday night brought…Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
`Evita' stars appear on a 20-foot screenSOMEHOW even in this technosmart age, whenever the word satellite is followed by the words link-up, you can only marvel at the…Fri Dec 20 1996 - 00:00
Having the last danceTHE Last Nurses' Dance in the Red Box on Monday night had absolutely nothing to do with Donie Cassidy, Barry's Hotel or even …Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Right ingredients, but the pot boils too slowlyFOR her first novel, communications expert Terry Prone has written a great doorstop of a book that falls firmly into the mass…Fri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
TDs on the townBY far the smartest party of the week was Image magazine's coming of age party in La Stampa on WednesdaySat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
Ladies who know how to lunchYESTERDAY, Mary Kavanagh's inspired fund raising idea of getting together a group of women every December for a ladies' choice…Sat Nov 30 1996 - 00:00
Spice Girls set the toneJUST about everybody at the Savoy on Wednesday night for the premiere of The Van was the wrong side of 20 - otherwise there would…Sat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Fish 'n' chips kick off for "The Van"BIMBO'S slightly clapped out red and white chip van pulled up outside the Savoy cinema in Dublin last night for the Irish premiere…Thu Nov 21 1996 - 00:00
Getting into a bit of a latherMAYBE it's bad mindedness but there was something decidedly unusual aboutSat Nov 16 1996 - 00:00
Premiere insecurityUNFORTUNATELY, the people organising the Dublin premiere for Michael Collins on Wednesday night came over all Cannes-ishSat Nov 09 1996 - 00:00
Plenty of celebrities and style at Dublin premiereKITTY Kiernan would have loved itThu Nov 07 1996 - 00:00
Chainstore gangMOST amusing sight of the week was watching the Brown Thomas crew examine virtually every inch and seam at the opening party - …Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
The Van is heading this wayDUBLIN release dates for Roddy Doyle's new movie The Van have finally been announcedSat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Bring on the caped crusadersTHE woman fell out of the train and onto the bus, fur coat slipping off her shoulder, glasses askew and treated her fellow passengers…Sat Oct 19 1996 - 01:00
Opera train is a sponsored treatTHE people waiting for the DART at Westland Row yesterday afternoon looked slightly bemusedFri Oct 18 1996 - 01:00
Festival first night frenzyTHE Dublin Theatre Festival started this week and with so much on and so many opening nights clashing with each other it threw…Sat Oct 12 1996 - 01:00
Going home presents!IT was the first party I've been to (well, since my student days) at which guests arrived empty handed and left with a sofaSat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
`Lord Sieff is in the kitchen tonight'IN Debrett's predictably pompous New Guide to Etiquette & Modern Manners published this week, the author John Morgan rather…Sat Sept 28 1996 - 01:00
Putting manners on the modern worldJOHN MORGAN must be blushing to the tips of his perfectly manicured fingertips.Tue Sept 24 1996 - 01:00
Gala start to the charity seasonFROM now until Christmas is a busy time for charity events and the first one of the season takes place tomorrow night with an…Sat Sept 21 1996 - 01:00
A tale of two Temple BarsEVERY part of any city looks and feels one way during the day and an entirely different way in the evening but in no other part…Wed Sept 18 1996 - 01:00
It's Ireland's answer to Macauley CulkinEVEN though it wasn't a major charity do, there was certainly a feeling in the Savoy on Thursday night that the Irish premiere…Sat Sept 14 1996 - 01:00
A wolf in angelic clothesTHE first two weeks of September is traditionally when Irish designers unveil their autumn/winter collections, and long established…Sat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00
Buttying up fashion folkIN this libel-conscious age it's not often that you can safely report hat you spent an entire fashion show surrounded by queens…Sat Aug 31 1996 - 01:00
Ladies shrug off dung-coloured cardiesACCORDING to this month's Vogue, cardigans are in for autumn/winterSat Aug 10 1996 - 01:00
Keys to the Castle"WE'VE rented a castle", has to be one of the grandest, most romantic answers to the "where will you be staying on your holidays…Thu Aug 08 1996 - 01:00
Helicopters an power tools at the Galway RacesGALWAY hardly has time to draw breath between festivalsSat Aug 03 1996 - 01:00
Gallery openings and gaucho barbecuesTHIS time of the year is a nervous time for gallery ownersSat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
Nautical but niceCROSSHAVEN is the perfect place for an event as social as Ford Cork Week a regatta fast becoming a major highlight of the world…Sat Jul 20 1996 - 01:00
It's a feast and a famineLAST week was such a whirl of July 4th celebrations it's a wonder the American Ambassador has any energy left.Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
Mayday, Mayday, ship to shoreALL day long the choppy weather on Thursday meant that it was touch and go whether the American ambassador's Fourth of July party…Tue Jul 09 1996 - 01:00
Mayday, Mayday, ship to shoreALL day long the choppy weather on Thursday meant that it was touch and go whether the American ambassador's Fourth of July party…Sat Jul 06 1996 - 01:00
Flatley's new show moves further form the crossroadsIT was leaner sexier Michael Flatley who leapt onto the Point's stage for the open in g night performance of Lord of The Dance…Wed Jul 03 1996 - 01:00
Hot DanishSINCE they decided to set up a Danish Design Shop - which opens in Monkstown, Co Dublin, this afternoon - Per Ploug and Lene …Sat Jun 29 1996 - 01:00
Elephants in pinkTHERE is a life-sized, very pink baby elephant covered entirely in pink silk roses on the second floor of the Red on Green Gallery…Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
More than two for tea"WE'LL be live on the 24th," says chef Michael Martin - using the sort of rock `n' roll language that seems appropriate given…Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Awards with IMPACTHE IMPAC award is one of the world's biggest literary prizes and presumably the organisers have countless heavy duty writers…Sat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00
A novel kind of book launchA BOOK launch without the author is a fairly unusual event understandably enough, death is just about the only thing that keeps…Sat Jun 08 1996 - 01:00
Irish food opens a new doorFROM borscht to boxty is quite a culinary leap but this week the long established Grey Door restaurant in Dublin changed its …Sat May 25 1996 - 01:00
Sale awayBIDDING at Threshold's charity auction on Wednesday was fast and very good humoured with Brian Coyle whipping up wallet opening…Sat May 04 1996 - 01:00
Arts and soulsTHERE were eight major art openings in Dublin this week, but by far the biggest was the RHA's 166th annual exhibition on Monday…Sat Apr 27 1996 - 01:00
Supremely sexy sixtiesTHE regularity with which Sean Connery comes first in all those (admittedly American) Sexiest Man In The World lists is a little…Sat Apr 20 1996 - 01:00
Best frocks and jocksBEST dressed competitions at horse shows and race meetings are now such lucrative events that organisers have to be on their …Sat Apr 13 1996 - 01:00
