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Myrtle Allen, chef, hotelier and tireless campaigner on Irish food issues Myrtle Allen, ‘the formidable trailblazer for Irish food’
  • Food & Drink
  • Marie Claire Digby
  • June 13, 2018, 15:36

Myrtle Allen’s path from farmer’s wife to internationally recognised chef and hotelier

The 100 best restaurants, cafes and places to eat in Ireland The 100 best restaurants, cafes and places to eat in Ireland
  • Food & Drink
  • June 1, 2018, 06:00

The Irish Times’s 2018 guide to the best foodie destinations across Ireland

New man in charge at Kinsale’s Man Friday New man in charge at Kinsale’s Man Friday
  • Food & Drink
  • Marie Claire Digby
  • June 19, 2018, 16:40

Daniel Horgan takes over from his father Philip at the Kinsale restaurant which is celebrating 40 years in business

Time running out for savings on five-seat commercial SUVs Time running out for savings on five-seat commercial SUVs
  • Motors
  • Michael McAleer
  • June 19, 2018, 14:20

New tax regime comes into force from July 31st

Horse power: the benefits of equine therapy Horse power: the benefits of equine therapy
  • Health & Family
  • Sylvia Thompson
  • June 19, 2018, 14:01

A Dublin conference will hear how interaction with horses can help people with a variety of problems

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Ed Sheeran: ‘My Irish heritage is something I’ve always been proud of’ Ed Sheeran: ‘My Irish heritage is something I’ve always been proud of’
  • Abroad
  • Anthea McTeirnan
  • June 19, 2018, 11:55

London’s Irish community get ready for a blast of Ed Sheeran

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit Dublin Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit Dublin
  • People
  • June 19, 2018, 11:07

Duke and duchess of Sussex to have Dublin mini-moon on July 10th and 11th

Irish tourists among the grumpiest in the world Irish tourists among the grumpiest in the world
  • Travel
  • Conor Pope
  • June 19, 2018, 09:46

Report finds Irish holidaymakers most likely to leave one-star hotel reviews

Tiger-era D4 penthouse back with facelift and €300,000 price hike Tiger-era D4 penthouse back with facelift and €300,000 price hike
  • New to Market
  • Alanna Gallagher
  • June 19, 2018, 09:30

Reconfigured and refurbished Embassy Court apartment seeking €2.1m

Our Columnists

Bernice Harrison Bernice Harrison -

Design Moment: Antelope Chair, 1951

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We need to tackle women’s death by despair

People

Harry and Meghan to visit Ireland: the duke and duchess of Sussex are looking forward to “experiencing its rich culture”, Kensington Palace said. Photograph: Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit Dublin
  • People

Duke and duchess of Sussex to have Dublin mini-moon on July 10th and 11th

Tony Farmar: publisher, social historian, teacher, author and active member of professional associations Tony Farmar – An Appreciation
Last-minute Father’s Day gifts
  • Seán Moncrieff: ‘Irish hotels are all the same. In a good way’
  • Jennifer O’Connell: ‘No second date’ rule a sign of a society afraid of its citizens

Health and Family

Mairéad Sparkes enjoying a riding session with Anna Nowicka, therapeutic riding coach at Festina Lente Equestrian Centre in Bray, Co Wicklow. Clara O’Donnell is leading the horse, with Emma Fitzgerald on Mairéad’s right. Horse power: the benefits of equine therapy
  • Health & Family
  • Sylvia Thompson

A Dublin conference will hear how interaction with horses can help people with a variety of problems

Timi Nicholson with daughter Lana, son Max and husband Michael with reusable drinker, reusable lunchbox and wooden toys. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Natural parenting: Reduce the impact having children has on the planet
Mavis Ubuntu, originally from South Africa, has lived here for two years. “I think connections between people and strong, supportive communities are very important,” she says ‘Cooking was a right that was taken away from us’
  • Health Board: Upcoming conferences, talks, campaigns and events
  • ‘I’ve met a really kind, attractive man but I’ve noticed he used to be skinnier’

Homes and Property

Antelope Chair, 1951: Light and elegant with an enduring design Design Moment: Antelope Chair, 1951
  • Interiors
  • Bernice Harrison

It has the look of mid-century US lawn chair but Antelope was designed for rainy Britain

It would appear that the council has some issues if the planning file says the developer needs a completely separate drain. Photograph: iStock Can a developer plug in to our private drain scheme for his new build?
Brian and Eileen Burns. Trump’s early pick for US ambassador to Ireland, Brian Burns, is selling his Irish art
  • Design Moment: Vespa, 1946
  • A house, seven friends and a baby: at home with Faye Dinsmore

Food & Drink

A new outdoor dining terrace has opened at Man Friday in Kinsale New man in charge at Kinsale’s Man Friday
  • Food & Drink
  • Marie Claire Digby

Daniel Horgan takes over from his father Philip at the Kinsale restaurant which is celebrating 40 years in business

Lamb skewers are the perfect food for outdoor get-togethers
Avocados: about 46 per cent of the world’s avocados are grown in Mexico. Photograph: iStock Eat in moderation: What’s under the skin of avocados?
  • Ultra-processed foods: beyond the global hype
  • Beer from the underworld: a little sip of ancient Ireland

Travel

Tourists from Ireland were found to be the most likely to leave one and two-star reviews of hotels abroad. Photograph: iStock Photos Irish tourists among the grumpiest in the world
  • Travel
  • Conor Pope

Report finds Irish holidaymakers most likely to leave one-star hotel reviews

Ryanair made the ‘booze ban’ call after a group of Irish-based holidaymakers forced an Ibiza-bound flight from Dublin to divert to Paris on Saturday morning. Photograph: Tony Gentile/ Reuters Dublin Airport dismisses Ryanair call for morning ‘booze ban’
One innovation "saves up to 15 minutes. It might not seem like much, but even a few minutes can be crucial for airlines, who might face delays of up to 25 minutes if they miss their time slot for take off". Photograph: Getty Images Courier your bags, and other ways to cut air travel time
  • White Nights season in the Baltic States
  • Travel Bag: A staycation in Co Galway

Fashion

(Clockwise from left): Shirt dress, €99, Arket; Blazer, €79.99; Dress, €68, Topshop; Sandals, €148, Bimba y Lola; Suit trousers, €69.99, Mango; Courts, €69, Marks & Spencer Hot desking: Summer workwear that will help you keep your cool in the office
  • Fashion
  • Corina Gaffey

Finding clothes that are stylish, office appropriate and heat resistant can get you hot under the collar

“Thanks to you, Hair, my nickname in national school was ‘Buffalo.’ ” Photograph: iStock Marian Keyes’s letter to her hair: ‘You’ve a wiry nature that makes you tricky’
Children try on the shoe that grows, The sandals are made of a compressed rubber sole and tough synthetic leather straps at the top. The shoes that grow with a child’s feet
  • What’s it like being an Irish male model? Three tell their stories
  • Could this be the most beautiful shop in the world?

Abroad

Pioneering computer programmer Kathleen ‘Kay’ McNulty Mauchly Antonelli Kay McNulty, the Irish ‘mother of computer programming’
  • Dr Angela Byrne

Call her a “refrigerator lady” and McNulty was entitled to give you a frosty reception

Ed Sheeran concert in the Phoenix Park, Dublin on May 16th. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Ed Sheeran: ‘My Irish heritage is something I’ve always been proud of’
Parent Matt Healy reading a story at the London Irish Playgroup in the London Irish Centre in Camden. Photograph: Malcolm McNally How children in London are learning the Irish language through play
  • An Irish woman in Argentina: Now, both my countries have voted for abortion
  • 300 Irish doctors got visas for Australia this year. Why?

Motors

Volkswagen’s Touareg N1 commercial model is a five-seat SUV that fits the criteria for commercial tax, meaning a saving of a whopping €23,400 on the equivalent passenger version. Time running out for savings on five-seat commercial SUVs
  • Motors
  • Michael McAleer

New tax regime comes into force from July 31st

Toyota takes Le Mans win at last after years of pain
Best Buys Eco-Cars: Plug-in Kia offers a bridge to an electric future
  • Best Buys MPVs: Ford’s spacious people carrier sees off the Franco-German challenge
  • Best Buys Premium SUVs: Merc comes out on top in tight race

Outdoors

The Killarney fern – Trichomanes speciosum – is a filmy fern of finely cut, translucent tracery. Drawing: Michael Viney Michael Viney: As hedges and trees have grown, the acre is amassing quite a fernery
  • Michael Viney

Apart from its rarity and ethereal beauty, the botanical fascination of the fern includes a quirk of lifestyle largely peculiar to Ireland

Cabbage white: many offspring are hatched by July. Illustration: Michael Viney Butterfly beauty, sexy scents and solar-powered wings
A hoverfly at tomato flowers: drawing by Michael Viney In praise of aphid-eating pollinators
  • Is this guy I saw on the Burren a lizard or a snake? Readers’ nature queries
  • The great decline of Ireland’s angel shark

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Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: “I know you’re trying to make me feel better, but I know I’m a terrible father” Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Unless it’s escaped your attention, I’m a terrible father’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • June 16, 2018

Sorcha’s decided to go back to work, and wants me to stay home to look after the kids

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: “Sorcha, please. I genuinely don’t think I can do this. I’ll find another job. I could give the Leinster Branch a ring” ‘Are you saying you want me to be one of those stay-in-bed fathers?’
'Can I just stop you, Dave? There’s no point in trying to teach me stuff, because I’m as thick as that wall there. It’s 10 seconds of your life that you’re never going to get back.' ‘I’m the best estate agent you have – and that’s not me being big-headed’
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  • ‘Johnny Sexton was basically saying I’m Leinster and Ireland’s unsung hero’

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Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn in Management: “Boy Wants Girl, Girl Doesn’t Want Boy, Boy Harasses Girl, Boy Gets Girl” Jennifer O'Connell: Creepy, Actually: Romcoms mistake harassment for romance
Agnieszka Tyghe and her husband, Dane. Photograph: Patrick Browne ‘The sparks flew. He became more than a driving instructor’
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1 Tourists from Ireland were found to be the most likely to leave one and two-star reviews of hotels abroad. Photograph: iStock Photos Irish tourists among the grumpiest in the world
2 Avocados: about 46 per cent of the world’s avocados are grown in Mexico. Photograph: iStock Eat in moderation: What’s under the skin of avocados?
3 Volkswagen’s Touareg N1 commercial model is a five-seat SUV that fits the criteria for commercial tax, meaning a saving of a whopping €23,400 on the equivalent passenger version. Time running out for savings on five-seat commercial SUVs
4 (Clockwise from left): Shirt dress, €99, Arket; Blazer, €79.99; Dress, €68, Topshop; Sandals, €148, Bimba y Lola; Suit trousers, €69.99, Mango; Courts, €69, Marks & Spencer Hot desking: Summer workwear that will help you keep your cool in the office
5 Timi Nicholson with daughter Lana, son Max and husband Michael with reusable drinker, reusable lunchbox and wooden toys. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Natural parenting: Reduce the impact having children has on the planet
6 Dr Niamh Humphries is seeking to interview Irish doctors working across Australia for a research project on retention and emigration in the Irish health service. 300 Irish doctors got visas for Australia this year. Why?
7 Harry and Meghan to visit Ireland: the duke and duchess of Sussex are looking forward to “experiencing its rich culture”, Kensington Palace said. Photograph: Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit Dublin
8 A new outdoor dining terrace has opened at Man Friday in Kinsale New man in charge at Kinsale’s Man Friday
9 Louise Bruton: “Instead of finding the best price online, I have to phone and email and pester until I find a room in the area that will suit and I never really believe them until I arrive and examine the room myself.” Photograph: Dave Meehan The ‘wheelchair-friendly’ rooms that are far from accommodating
10 Parent Matt Healy reading a story at the London Irish Playgroup in the London Irish Centre in Camden. Photograph: Malcolm McNally How children in London are learning the Irish language through play
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