Don mimiTHE woman raving about Don Mimi, a new Italian deli and pizzeria in North Strand, Dublin 3, had a story about this young local…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
UpfrontBC (BEFORE CHILDREN) I got most of my kicks late at night, in a windowless room, with the help of a close friend, two microphones…Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
Stitch it out, sistersThe innocent embroidery sampler has developed a serious attitude in recent years. One website – subversivecrossstitchSat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
UpfrontI DONT HAVE A Dundalk accent. I haven’t toured the world as part of a pop groupSat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
'I encourage everyone to dream big. Everyone has their Everest'THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: PAT FALVEY: His drive and ambition have taken the mountaineer from Cork to the top of the world, but…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Burger restaurants get a grilling about serving rare meatOrdering a burger used to be a simple affair, but it got more complicated when ‘gourmet burgers’ started to appear on menus. …Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Cheer up! Blue Monday is comingSMALL PRINT: SIX years ago, a PR company paid Welsh psychologist Cliff Arnall to come up with an equation to calculate the most…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
UpfrontTHIS IS MY first column of the year 2011. Time for yet another thorough life assessmentSat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
Who got what? The presents postmortemThere were iPod Touches and personal touches, useless hankies and useful vouchers – and of course the packaging that kids found…Mon Dec 27 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontMARVELLOUS MADGE BOLGER sits drinking sparkling water in the bar of a Dublin hotelFri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
Family funAt the very first Peas and Pods Family Market in Dublin last Halloween, our two girls rambled around the heated indoor venue …Sat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontBEING, AS IT IS, the ultimate beautiful distraction, Christmas timed its arrival perfectly this yearSat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontI WAS CRUNCHING ALONG the path, thinking how it takes the aftermath of a snow storm to get me out exercising, when I saw herSat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
The greater spotted penguinA DECREASE in employee productivity across the country last week was being blamed on the snowMon Dec 06 2010 - 00:00
Upfront‘LOOK AROUND,” says the woman standing under the twinkling chandeliers on Grafton Street. “The world hasn’t endedSat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
'Elections are like a candy shop'With another election inching ever closer, political junkies are in a state of high excitementWed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Christmas parties with a twistWith lots of companies feeling the pinch this year, many are sidelining the annual Christmas partyMon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontI’M IN A TAXI. For budgetary reasons, I’m supposed to be reducing the number of taxis I take by roughly 100 per centSat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
Warning to all office staff: don't try this at workCompanies need strong guidelines on workplace behaviour, but those at PricewaterhouseCoopers were roundly ignored by the young…Sat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
Once worn twice livedFASHION: Síona Ryan has swapped London for Dublin - now she wants you to swap like for like, at a fashion fund-raiser tomorrow…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontIT’S 9.30PM ON a Friday night. I should be at home falling asleep on the sofa into a plate of sweet and sour porkSat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT’S NOT AS though my friend thought he was The One, but at least The Spark was thereSat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI AM KNEELING on a round purple cushion – all the better to rinse the hair of the wriggliest human beings aliveSat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontBLACK THURSDAY WAS a day for thinking about things we’d rather not think about. Our own part in the country’s downfallSat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
What's the difference between the debs and gay prom?SMALL PRINT: THE LIMOS are purring, the fake tan is streaking and the gúnas are hanging on wardrobe doors all over the country…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI HAVE A FRIEND who is pretty much the font of all knowledge when it comes to the blue and yellow place in Ballymun, DublinSat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00
When disobeying the boss is a good career moveIs your workplace tied up in silly rules and inefficient procedures? A new book shows you how to ‘hack’ work and make life easier…Sat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00
Clap your hands, say yeahYou don't have to love the lord to get down in the aisles with Ireland's growing gospel music choirs - but it helpsThu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontMY BOOK SHELVES are groaning with what I like to call EverythingHappensForAReason LitSat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI HAVE A CRICK in my neck. Hang on, is crick even a word? Apparently, yesSat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Ballymun gets a new local heroIF THERE was an award for the most democratic piece of public art in Ireland, a magnificent new sculpture due to be unveiled …Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Standing up for our gay parentsAn Irish report into the experiences of children of gay parents reveals the closeness of such families, but also the anguish …Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontBACK FROM THE holidays, and I am feeling like I desperately need another oneSat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI’M OFF FOREIGN now but it feels like my holidays started when I got the train out west recently for workSat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI’VE BEEN READING a lot about hipster parents lately. Yet another thing to worry about in this parenting adventureSat Jul 31 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT’S THE MORNING of the wedding of my little sister to her man. Hair appointment. Make-up appointmentSat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Milking the momentSurprising as it seems, Ireland has never had a gay music festivalThu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
'I was considering becoming a grill-to-hire to earn a few extra quid over the rest of the summer'I AM STANDING IN a flowery apron behind a smouldering barbecue, master of all I surveySat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontTEN YEARS AGO this morning I woke up in a hotel in Portadown, Co Armagh, dreading the day aheadSat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Where the revolving door stopsSix out of 10 former prisoners are likely to reoffend within a year of their release, but a back-to-work course for ex-convicts…Sat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT APPEARS THE authorities might have caught the person who stole my phoneSat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontSHEILA SAID SHE was going to Lourdes. She wanted to know had I ever beenSat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontWITH A CRUSHING inevitability, slow-burning scandal has begun to threaten the very existence of a hitherto infallible institution…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI AM STANDING on the sand at Burrow Beach in Sutton on the north side of DublinSat May 29 2010 - 01:00
