What's going up and what's going down this week?
GOING UP
Bandage dressesMade famous by Hervé Légér in the 1980s – remember them? – the horizontal swatches celebrate curves and give skinny girls new twists of their own.
Current.comThe cracking website of the youth-oriented cable TV company led by Al Gore has high-quality videos with news, documentaries and infotainment.
Gay Community NewsIt's been going for 21 years and has been tirelessly fighting the good fight with flair on a shoestring budget. Happy birthday, babycakes.
Kristen WiigThe American Catherine Tate, her characters are even funnier than those of her fellow Saturday Night Livecomic Tina Fey.
Lemonstreet GallerySadly, it's closing down on February 28th after nine years. Check out the last-ever exhibition on City Quay in Dublin 2.
Sale of the centuryWe just met a happy camper just back from Century 21 in New York who bought a Valentino gown for $298 (€234), reduced from $15,000 (€11,773).
GOING DOWN
StarchitectureNow that Seán Dunne didn't get planning permission, it's time to look at plans for sci-fi bridges and out-of-place buildings that look dated in only 10 years.
Money mannersWhy do shops in London refuse sterling from Northern Ireland? "It is part of the UK, you know," we told them. It did not go down well.
Family feudsKids running all over the restaurant or climbing over seats in trains and loud parents running around after them. Is this lax discipline or a public performance?
Ben DunneHe does radio voice-overs for his gyms and is now plodding through another ad for the Nora Dunne Gallery too? Ah, c'mon.