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Homes & Property

Take Five for about €300,000

Flynn Associates is seeking €300,000 for this three-bed semi at 53 Pinebrook Rise, Artane, Dublin 5

Thomas Berney of Berney Bros Saddlery & Riding Wear Kilcullen Co Kildare. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons What’s rare about Kildare?

The beauty of Kildare is that huge swathes of the countryside are just verdant grassland, yet it has all the advantages of being near to Dublin

Food & Drink

JP McMahon is running cookery classes in the kitchens of Aniar restaurant in Galway Food File: the weekly food news round-up

Best of Burgundy

The Mâconnais is a wonderful, picturesque part of France that is teeming with interesting white wines

People

British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson When it comes to domestic abuse, we’re each just a raised fist away from being the typical victim

The pictures of Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson were disturbing. But so too was the public rush to judgment

The Kennedy Torch being lit by Lt Col Brendan Delaney of the Irish Defence Forces at the grave of John F Kennedy in Arlington cemetery, Washington on Tuesday. Photograph: Bill Auth Flame transfer celebrates ‘transformational’ John F Kennedy

Kennedy Torch will arrive in Dublin on Thursday on to Wexford by Naval ship for Saturday’s ceremony on the quay front in New Ross

Travel

Ask Joan

Safari, sun and city fun

Tour de Corsica

Get on your bike for the best views of the rugged coastlines and fragrant forests of Corsica, but you’ll have to be fairly fit

161745269_WEB Here comes summer - are you ready?
  • June 15, 2013, 01:03

I Can’t Live Without...
  • June 15, 2013, 01:00

Carolanne Leyden, Director, Cadesign.ie

Above, left to right. Green dress (€176), by Mary Portas, green fine-knit jumper (£60, houseoffraser.co.uk), by St Martins ; gold pouchette (€129), by Biba. Yellow twist-detail dress (€129). Oversized printed shirt (€129), paisley-print skinny jeans (€116), by Mary Portas. All at House of Fraser Roaring 40s style that sets the bar
  • June 10, 2013, 01:00

Mary Portas has created a collection for women in their 40s that appeals to all ages

CIARAHIGGINS3-_WEB I can’t live without:
  • June 8, 2013, 01:00

Ciara Higgins, Artistic Director of KBC Great Music in Irish Houses.

They love Lucy
  • June 8, 2013, 01:00

Straight A skincare
  • June 8, 2013, 01:00

BEAUTYARDEN_WEB Lip Service
  • June 8, 2013, 01:00

A hothouse of ideas
  • June 8, 2013, 01:00

An historic garment factory in Dublin is enjoying a new lease of life as a production house for young and established fashion designers, writes Deirdre McQuillan

Try these travelling tips for a stylish holiday Fashion: Lighten up for the holidays
  • June 3, 2013, 01:00

A case for self-control: save those shoulders and slim down your summer packing

LC27STYLEMAINNEXT_WEB A wardrobe fit for all our seasons
  • May 28, 2013, 02:00

If we learn to layer, our changeable weather needn’t mean four changes of clothes a day

I Can’t live Without...
  • May 25, 2013, 01:00

Marissa Carter, Carter Beauty Blackrock

Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton at their wedding in 1950. Photographs: Getty Images and Christie's images ltd, 2013 Elizabeth Taylor’s first wedding dress goes under the hammer
  • May 24, 2013, 16:08

The actress was only 18 when she wore the dress in her marriage to Nicky Hilton in 1950

125981168-_WEB Cantillon: New plan to restart motor trade
  • June 20, 2013, 01:00

The motor trade is pitching a scheme whereby the Government would offer a tax reduction on a new car bought as part of a trade-in

Mercedes-Benz CLA The motoring class of 2013: how are they doing so far?
  • June 19, 2013, 08:00

Six months into the 131 registrations, the VW Golf remains, predictably, on top, but what has the car industry in store for us for 132?

A route that reads like a tour guide for Italian villages and cities: Michael Taylor and Greg Kable in their 1954 Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva Not quite la dolce vita, but it’s hard to resist 1,000 chaotic miles in a rare Alfa
  • June 19, 2013, 01:00

Italy’s Mille Miglia is a badly managed exercise in sleep and food deprivation, but when you get a chance like this you have to let your heart rule your head

Motor trade seeks €2,000 ‘swappage’ tax incentive to boost sales
  • June 19, 2013, 01:00

Dealers and distributors will ask Government to give new-car buyers VRT rebates when they trade in their old vehicles

Detection: three-quarters of drivers believe fewer gardaí are on traffic-enforcement duties. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Road safety disputed as penalty notices drop 37%
  • June 19, 2013, 01:00

Garda says fall in fixed-penalty notices is down to better driving and effective enforcement. Road Safety Authority concerned about number of patrols and warns against complacency

Satisfied customers: Jaguar tops the manufacturers’ poll, and its XF saloon tops the individual-model list Who’s topping the list?
  • June 19, 2013, 01:00

There are some surprises in the 2013 JD Power Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Survey

MURPHYLEMANS1_WEB Irish team lines up for Le Mans 24 Hours endurance test
  • June 19, 2013, 01:00

As the classic race turns 90, Murphy Prototypes is entering for the second time

Second-hand Peugeot cars on display<NO1> at an auto dealership in Berlin, Germany, last month<NO>. Next months registration change may affect how second-hand cars are priced. Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Getty Customers may benefit from dealers’ depreciation woes
  • June 18, 2013, 17:54

Changes to registration are sure to introduce complexity and ambiguity that should work in the buyers’ favour

Older wiser: For the most of us who use cars for a commute, for shopping, for the daily grind, we can make our money go much farther by buying a slightly used car Yes, you can buy the cheapest car but you will pay for it in other ways
  • June 18, 2013, 17:34

Do the sums: only if the figures add up do you go for diesel and there’s great value to be had second hand

MOT19JAPANRELIABLE_WEB Is the Japanese crown of reliability slipping?
  • June 18, 2013, 17:15

Toyota and Nissan are weathering well despite recent recall issues

Gary Walker, Dr Gregory Frazier, Richard Livermore, fan and Geoff Hill on the latest leg of re-creating the journey made by Carl Stearns Clancy CS Clancy Centenary Ride: The rocky road to sleepy Sacramento
  • June 18, 2013, 17:08

Setting off from San Francisco, Clancy rode dirt tracks that made Tunisian highways seem like silk

Computers at the wheel in driverless market
  • June 18, 2013, 17:03

Car makers have been working hard on systems in anticipation of technology getting the green light

HS14PARENTING_WEB What’s ‘good enough’ parenting?
  • May 14, 2013, 01:00

Stop beating yourself up about not doing it right. There are no gold medals to win.

A woman should contact her GP if she has persistent bloating almost daily within a three-week period Early detection vital to reducing deaths from ovarian cancer
  • May 8, 2013, 08:28

Some 80 per cent of women present at a late stage for diagnosis and treatment

Maire Dundon, from Stepaside, Co Dublin, with her 10-week-old baby Tomás. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times ‘The tears welled up and I started to ask questions’
  • May 7, 2013, 01:00

How one woman’s unlucky brush with a deadly disease reached a happy ending

HS30PARENTING_WEB Clubbing together to get the homework done
  • April 30, 2013, 06:00

Homework clubs operate in different forms and benefit parents as well as children

Children who walk to school ‘are ahead of the rest’
  • April 30, 2013, 06:00

Lyn Sharkey: the author of The Baby Wait had to learn the difference between being ‘ready’ to start a family and being ‘able’ to. Photograph: Dave Meehan 'If I don't have a baby, who am I?'
  • April 23, 2013, 06:00

The wait is not over for Lyn Sharkey but she wants to help others on the same journey

It’s size that matters, not what’s written on the hanger
  • April 23, 2013, 06:00

The average 11-year-old’s waistline has grown 10cm in the past three decades, and in response, major UK retailers – many operating in Ireland – are changing their clothes’ sizing and labelling

A Dad’s Life: Calling time on the showreel of our family’s daily life
  • April 16, 2013, 07:00

My youngest has gone all clingy on me
  • April 16, 2013, 06:00

A_F_WEB A special need for nourishing advice
  • April 16, 2013, 06:00

Nourish Children Week aims to highlight how a good diet can aid a child’s development, particularly those with special needs

The Brennan-O’Shea family near their home in Faithlegg, Co Waterford. Carmel and John with their children, Éabha (12), James (11) and Méadh (5). Photographs: Dylan Vaughan Balancing travelling for work with family life
  • April 16, 2013, 06:00

What are the different challenges for the parent at home and the one working abroad?

Ask the expert: Overdoing study for Leaving Cert
  • April 9, 2013, 06:00

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London will make history if they beat Leitrim in the Connacht SFC semi-final on Sunday. Monaghan man Packie Hughes was involved the first and last time they won a championship game in 1977

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As her contract in Spain comes to an end, Eimear Scott can no longer ignore the reality of the recession at home

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Fit for a Beastie Boy: Mike D’s Brooklyn home

Megastar rapper Mike D has the Brooklyn townhouse dreams are made of, with beautiful interiors and décor

Fantasy shopping: the Net-a-Porter.com sale

The Net-a-Porter sale is back - and it's taking the internet with it

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