An advertisement for Clarks from a bygone era

“Keeping it in the family” doesn’t conjure up the image of dynamic and innovative enterprises and nor do the figures on family- run companies. (...)

Fiontán Ó Curraoin and team-mates  in action against Kildare  in the All-Ireland Under-21 semi-final. Photograph: Inpho

Most people wear flat canvas shoes as a fashion statement, or else to make their height more indistinguishable – and Fiontán Ó Curraoin is sure(...)

Ruth Chipperfield is not a happy camper. The cause of her unhappiness? It’s Pricewatch. Last week we ran a story about a man who was sold some (...)

Customers walk around cars of German premium carmaker BMW at the headquarters in Munich. Photograph: Michael Dalder/Reuters

Car firms have overtaken food and technology firms as the most trusted and reputable organisations in Ireland, a new survey has shown. B(...)

During Easter Week Liam Gavin's local Tesco in Rush, Co Dublin had a special offer on Cadbury's Crème Chocolate Egg Easter Eggs. “At just € 1.5(...)

Fair brews: Coffee generally has a good fairtrade reputation, but what of our other daily household foodstuffs? Photograph: getty images
Ethical shopping on the cheap

If you throw a bunch of Fairtrade bananas in your shopping trolley, can you save the world? Sadly, being a truly ethical shopper – concerned fo(...)

On St Patrick’s Day last year, I sat in a bar in Liverpool and watched through its windows as the city descended rapidly into a revelry of gree(...)

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