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'Nerd birds' blaze trail as in-flight Wi-Fi takes off

AIRLINE TECHNOLOGY: WHERE THERE’S A wallet there’s a way, it seems, even at 30,000ft

Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00

A flavour, from fish to Figaro

ZOMBIES in CORK Unleash your inner zombie at the Cork Vision Centre, on North Main Street, Cork, with a dance to Michael Jackson…

Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00

Grounded by a love of teaching

NEW LIFE: Claire Redmond gave up an exciting career with Aer Lingus to pursue her love of teaching and has now turned her hand…

Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00

The astonishing rise of gambling

Around €3.6 billion was gambled in betting shops in Ireland last year, up €300 million on the previous year

Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00

British soldiers on the Republic's shopping streets

British armed forces action figures are on our toyshop shelves. Are they fundraisers for foreign wars or just harmless fun?

Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00

What's On Today And Tomorrow

Plug your event on www.irishtimes.com/ festivalsandevents

Tue Aug 25 2009 - 01:00

What's On Today And Tomorrow

Plug your event on www.irishtimes.com/ festivalsandevents

Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00

A fairytale in New York

A rare Dublin-made harp – one of only 70 of its type left in existence – has been saved from a cruel end in a New York skip…

Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00

What's On Today And Tomorrow

FESTIVALS AND EVENTS: Plug your event on www.irishtimes.com/ festivalsandevents

Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00

What's on this weekend

Our pick of weekend events

Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00

What's On Today And Tomorrow

A round-up of summer living events around Ireland

Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00

Genuine illness or sick joke?

An ISME study found that 83 per cent of sick days off work are due to fake illness

Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00

What's on today and tomorrow

Plug your event at www.irishtimes.com/festivalsandevents

Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00

Cultivating a new career

A NEW LIFE: Ritche Whelan always loved gardening but went into economics until the call of the wild got too strong

Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00

A guided tour of the ghost train

On the train journey from Limerick Junction to Waterford, the (very few) passengers say the service is good and the value even…

Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00

'We all swapped pet stories over coffee and biscuits'

WHEN I WAS given the task of staying a night in a B & B for research purposes, I thought “oh no”

Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00

Midleton Farmers’ Market, Co Cork

Market devotees will tell you that Midleton’s Saturday market is the original of the species, having led the renaissance of Ireland…

Sat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00

Lovin' it? Irish professionals join the McJob queue

Jobs in the service industry are suddenly in demand – and the volume of applications isn’t making life any easier for managers…

Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00

Keeping the record straight

There is a growing problem for archivists in deciding how to account for the diminishing paper trail and the growing electronic…

Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00

Recovery, in broad strokes

Julie Cleary believes it was physical activity which enabled her to make an almost complete recovery from a stroke

Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00

How to lose friends and alienate people

Your gestures and gesticulations could be angering entire countries and cultures without you even realising it

Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00

In a window wonderland

This year's Christmas window displays vary between nostalgic traditional seasonal themes and colours, and the more modern, showcasing…

Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00

Court action over woman's year-long forced hospitalisation

A SOUTH African woman, who has been detained in a Cork hospital for almost a year with a suspected strain of drug-resistant Tuberculosis…

Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00

How to be a model modern gentleman

Debrett's 'Guide for the Modern Gentleman' is not for the faint-hearted,

Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00

Ill-prepared for the deluge

The flooding early-warning system in Dublin will help to prepare us for the climatic challenges which lie ahead

Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00

Leaving court for a softer focus

Larry McMahon flew the coup as a legal eagle to become a fully-fledged professional photographer

Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00

Getting in the mood

A NEW LIFE: A teacher for many years, Shane Martin made a radical career change to psychology

Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00

Where the usual is very unusual

After a snag with its licence, a Donegal hotel decided to offer something different - a booze-free bar

Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00

ON THE MOVE

BRIAN O'CONNELL'S ROUND-UP OF TRAVEL BLOGS

Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00

Catering in style for a new life

A NEW LIFE: Nell Murphy left the world of acting and started a new career in cooking

Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00

US airlines charging overweight passengers for extra seats

AIRLINE CHARGES: COULD AIRLINE passengers soon face the same penalties for being overweight as baggage?

Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00

Evolution of a force for peace

In the half-century since the Army's pioneering overseas peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, the Defence Forces have changed out…

Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00

Taking note of life's real lessons

A NEW LIFE - Gerry Nulty decided to follow his heart and make music the focus of his life after recovering from cancer.

Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00

A final saving grace

After their son died, Martina and Denis Goggin agreed to donate his organs

Tue Apr 01 2008 - 01:00

A coffee king in Cork

A NEW LIFE: John Gowan gave up fishing in the deadly waters of Alaska for a more settled life in the coffee business

Tue Apr 01 2008 - 01:00

'At the heart of the Irish experience, there is a need to filter the way we experience the world. We're in danger of drinking ourselves into a national stupor'

Ireland is a hard society in which to be sober

Sat Mar 22 2008 - 00:00

Welcome to the worst airports in the world

SO YOU think Irish airline passengers have it bad? A new survey by Foreign Policy magazine lists the world's five worst airports…

Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00

Violinist looking for investors

A young Cork musician is trying to raise funds to pay for a 300-year-old violin, she has developed a strong attachment to.

Tue Sept 18 2007 - 01:00

Concerns raised over continued sponsorship of Puck Fair

With record numbers anticipated at this year's Puck Fair in Killorglin, concerns have been raised about continued sponsorship…

Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00

Salt seeding Whiter clouds for a cooler earth

Every day, marine stratocumulus clouds cover about one-third of the world's oceans, mostly around the tropics.

Sat Feb 03 2007 - 00:00

An Irishman's Diary

Some years back, members of the Washington DC-based Hoban Society visited a small rural village in southern Ireland, determined…

Mon Sept 04 2006 - 01:00

Merriman school to take daytrip to historic GAA site

The Merriman Summer School in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare, decamps today to the site of Michael Cusack's cottage at Carron, in the…

Wed Aug 23 2006 - 01:00

Concertina effort for Kilrush

The 12th annual Éigse Mrs Crotty traditional music festival saw upwards of 10,000 visitors dancing on the streets of Kilrush, …

Mon Aug 21 2006 - 01:00

A family steeped in the history of Puck

Pagan custom will be alive and well and living in Killorglin, when the annual Puck Fair Festival begins today

Thu Aug 10 2006 - 01:00

Splendour of Spraoi attracts big crowds despite hurling game

Numbers for the Spraoi Festival in Waterford were expected to reach almost 100,000 over the course of the weekend, but organisers…

Mon Aug 07 2006 - 01:00
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