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The Devlin: room rates start at €120 for a ModPod

First Look: Inside the Devlin hotel in Ranelagh

Ireland
Marie Claire Digby
October 20, 2018, 06:00

Dublin's newest hotel has small €120 ModPods, a €180 room with bunk beds, and a rooftop restaurant

‘My son says he feels of no value in secondary school’

‘My son says he feels of no value in secondary school’

Parenting
John Sharry
October 21, 2018, 16:01

Ask the expert: ‘He told me he hides in the locker room in school for some breaks’

Welcome to my place ... Lyon

Welcome to my place ... Lyon

Abroad
Susannah Butler
October 21, 2018, 08:00

Escape the tourists and get a wonderful bird’s eye view of Lyon from the Jardin des Curiosités

‘My ex was a terrible person but I can’t stop looking at his social media’

‘My ex was a terrible person but I can’t stop looking at his social media’

Health & Family
Roe McDermott
October 21, 2018, 07:00

Ask Roe: He’s with a beautiful woman, and I torture myself by looking at their profiles

Rewiring a traumatised brain: ‘You’re safe – I’m here for you now’

Rewiring a traumatised brain: ‘You’re safe – I’m here for you now’

Health & Family
Concepción De León
October 21, 2018, 03:01

The more I discussed my childhood experiences, the more I realised that being inappropriately touched had ruined me

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Dublin institution Nico’s to close after more than 50 years

Dublin institution Nico’s to close after more than 50 years

Food & Drink
Conor Pope
October 20, 2018, 17:32

Well-known Italian restaurant on Dame Street to close doors for last time next month

Fancy a nightcap?

Fancy a nightcap?

Drink
Robert Simonson
October 20, 2018, 17:01

A nightcap isn’t so much a category as an occasion

Living abroad? Have your say on who you want to be President

Living abroad? Have your say on who you want to be President

Abroad
Ciara Kenny
October 20, 2018, 13:45

Irish Times Abroad is conducting a ‘virtual vote’ for emigrants. Here’s how to participate

Get crafty with Kilkenny's makers and creators

Get crafty with Kilkenny's makers and creators

Ireland
Gemma Tipton
October 20, 2018, 06:00

From bashing gold to slipping and scoring, you can pack a lot into 48 hours in the craft capital of Ireland

City break? Czech out Prague

City break? Czech out Prague

Europe
Sylvia Thompson
October 20, 2018, 06:00

Engrossing and beguiling, the Czech capital offers visitors a glimpse of its rich and glorious past

Baking: Tarting up a classic pear dessert

Baking: Tarting up a classic pear dessert

Food & Drink
Vanessa Greenwood
October 20, 2018, 06:00

Vanessa Greenwood: Add wow factor to pear and almond tart with a salted caramel layer

No deal is highly unlikely in this Border-straddling ‘Brexit auction’

No deal is highly unlikely in this Border-straddling ‘Brexit auction’

Fine Art & Antiques
Arminta Wallace
October 20, 2018, 06:00

Items include Rolls-Royce, Lambeg drum, and U2 and Michael Schumaker jackets

Auctions and fairs: what’s coming up in art and antiques

Auctions and fairs: what’s coming up in art and antiques

Fine Art & Antiques
Arminta Wallace
October 20, 2018, 06:00

Collections from two large private houses up for auction at Hegarty’s of Bandon

Red hot rubies to feature in Dublin jewellery sale

Red hot rubies to feature in Dublin jewellery sale

Fine Art & Antiques
Arminta Wallace
October 20, 2018, 06:00

Romans believed rubies inspired courage and protected the wearer from harm

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Architect Dermot Bannon helps launch Vodafone Ireland’s Vodafone Gigabit Broadband campaign. Photograph: Naoise Culhane

Dermot Bannon: ‘I’d love a hoover that works via wifi’

The architect and self-confessed luddite looks to the future home

Health and Family

You want to see some form of justice is being doled out to this person who hurt you so deeply, so deliberately – but you’ll never see that on social media

‘My ex was a terrible person but I can’t stop looking at his social media’

Health & Family
Roe McDermott

Ask Roe: He’s with a beautiful woman, and I torture myself by looking at their profiles

Food & Drink

Dame Street Italian restaurant Nicos is set to close next month. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times

Dublin institution Nico’s to close after more than 50 years

Well-known Italian restaurant on Dame Street to close doors for last time next month

People

“Don’t forget about your local bookshop because the day might come when it’s gone forever.” Photograph: Getty Images

‘Bookstores are one of the most important elements of any high street’

People
John Keane

Sound Off: Bookselling Ireland chair on importance of bookshops, both big and small

Fashion

Step into style this winter with these new leather boots

Style File: Dublin-based Brazilian artist offers workshops on how to tie headscarves

Travel

The Devlin: room rates start at €120 for a ModPod

First Look: Inside the Devlin hotel in Ranelagh

Dublin's newest hotel has small €120 ModPods, a €180 room with bunk beds, and a rooftop restaurant

Abroad

Susannah Butler (third from right) enjoying a day trip to the medieval village of Pérouges, close to Lyon, with friends Karen, Vaia and Heather

Welcome to my place ... Lyon

Susannah Butler

Escape the tourists and get a wonderful bird’s eye view of Lyon from the Jardin des Curiosités

Motors

Most recently, Volvo launched the new XC40 with a “pop-up” shop on Dublin’s busy Grafton Street .

Can the traditional car dealership survive?

Will the current ‘plate-glass’ model be superseded by shopping centre outlets?

Outdoors

Stranded baby grey seal. Painting: Michael Viney

Seals and struggle: the changing fortunes of Ireland’s offshore islands

Michael Viney

It’s feared that the western islands could come to be peopled only in brighter months

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‘You grew up in south Dublin, but it’s like you arrived from space an hour ago’

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
October 20, 2018

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m about to get a horsh lesson on how Mount Anville moms’ WhatsApp groups really work

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The woman bringing the Gate Theatre into the 21st century

The woman bringing the Gate Theatre into the 21st century

Selina Cartmell, chief executive of the Gate Theatre: ‘I was given the support to be fearless’

Healthy Town: Women need to understand their heart health

Healthy Town: Women need to understand their heart health

About one third of all women in Ireland will die of cardiovascular disease

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