The new approach is laidback but stylish in an effortless way

Whether you’re doing a new build or a refurb, draw up plans to visit the RDS

After years of casual kitchen suppers, the dedicated dining room is making a comeback

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Minister addresses him in the language of her forebears and Francis replies in English

Property in need of an update boasts views of Dublin Bay and south-facing garden

Who's talking at the Home&Design Theatre at the permanent tsb Ideal Home Show at the RDS this weekend

Dominique McMullan and Deirdre McQuillan round up this week's style tips and fashion news

Before you pick up a paintbrush or seek out a swatch, read what some of Ireland’s leading interior creatives are forecasting for the season ahead

Quality and simplicity are the most important things for fashion designer Helen McAlinden, and her Co Dublin home reflects her love of simple but well-made objects. ‘I prefer to pare things back, not bling them up,’ she says

For the next week a range of homegrown talent will be showcased in Arnotts. Enter Orla Kiely, Peter O’Brien and Helen McAlinden, Natalie B Coleman, Niamh O’Neill, Emma Manley, Ale Walsh and more

From gift stores to adventure-sport emporiums, inexpensive beauty salons to outlets for Irish-designed jewellery, this is a town that knows how to make shoppers welcome

Planning policy appears to be hardening in Dublin’s southside retail core

Sabina Higgins’s wardrobe for the visit was nearly all bought from about a dozen Irish designers

President and his wife driven away from Heathrow in a maroon coloured Bentley flying an Irish tricolour