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With more and more people now owning a pod coffee machine, “craft coffee” has now appeared on the radar. Coffee pods: ‘better than instant’ but they’re not the real thing
  • Food & Drink
  • Brian Boyd
  • September 27, 2016, 06:30

It can’t be long before offering a guest a Nespresso will be tantamount to offering him/her a bottle of Smithwicks or a glass of Liebfraumilch

Are you eligible to give blood? Are you eligible to give blood?
  • Health & Family
  • Sylvia Thompson
  • September 27, 2016, 06:00

Here are the 10 principal reasons why you might not be allowed to donate

Blood donations drop by a quarter in last decade Blood donations drop by a quarter in last decade
  • Health & Family
  • Sylvia Thompson
  • September 27, 2016, 06:00

International #missingtype campaign highlights the need for more donors

Health tip of the day: eat avocados to improve skin Health tip of the day: eat avocados to improve skin
  • Fitness
  • September 27, 2016, 06:00

A rich source in monounsaturated fat and vitamin E

Why babies in Finland sleep in cardboard boxes Why babies in Finland sleep in cardboard boxes
  • Health & Family
  • Sheila Wayman
  • September 27, 2016, 06:00

The baby box and high level of health care aims to give every child an equal start in life

Skincare regimes: three women, three ages, three plans Skincare regimes: three women, three ages, three plans
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‘Women often forget that men are people too. We are much more than our bodies’ ‘Women often forget that men are people too. We are much more than our bodies’
  • People
  • The Man Who Has It All
  • September 27, 2016, 06:00

How to be a Man: Popular tweeter and author @manwhohasitall answers some important questions

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Brian Boyd Brian Boyd -

Coffee pods: ‘better than instant’ but they’re not the real thing

Des O'Neill Des O'Neill -

We need plain speaking from medical leaders about centres of critical mass

Muiris Houston Muiris Houston -

The sound men dread the most? The snapping of a doctor’s latex gloves

Emma Cullinan Emma Cullinan -

Emma Cullinan: ‘North inner city’ neighbourhoods have identity too

How to be a Man

“No, unfortunately men can’t have it all – it’s all about striking that elusive balance and sometimes that means saying no to things.” ‘Women often forget that men are people too. We are much more than our bodies’

How to be a Man: Popular tweeter and author @manwhohasitall answers some important questions

In a recent study, men in bespoke, made-to-measure suits rated more positively than men in regular off-the-peg suits in all but one key trait: trustworthiness. Photograph: CJ Burton via Getty Irish men’s fashion sense: a contradiction in terms?
Photograph: iStock Manly moisturiser is ‘a personal trainer for the skin’
  • Health survey: Men tell us the truth about getting check-ups
  • I want my daughters to understand men – not fear them

Food & Drink

With more and more people now owning a pod coffee machine, “craft coffee” has now appeared on the radar. Coffee pods: ‘better than instant’ but they’re not the real thing
  • Food & Drink
  • Brian Boyd

It can’t be long before offering a guest a Nespresso will be tantamount to offering him/her a bottle of Smithwicks or a glass of Liebfraumilch

Gary’s way... kale and ham hock terrine with cornichons and salad cream Kale and hearty: Two ways to prepare kale
Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry outside The Dead Rabbit: Muldoon says of Ox, ‘It was honestly one of the best dining experiences I’ve had this year’ The Ox meets the Rabbit in New York
  • Beerista: From pewter tankards to plastic glasses
  • Staying in: Hungary’s famous dessert wine

Health and Family

Check if you can give blood by doing the eligibility quize on giveblood.ie Are you eligible to give blood?
  • Health & Family
  • Sylvia Thompson

Here are the 10 principal reasons why you might not be allowed to donate

‘It’s a renewable resource: I don’t need all I have and other people need it urgently.’ Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto Blood donations drop by a quarter in last decade
Heikki Tiittanen is father of three and CEO of a company that produces commercial versions of the baby box for export Why babies in Finland sleep in cardboard boxes
  • Health survey: Men tell us the truth about getting check-ups
  • Children with Down syndrome: mother tells of her experience

Homes and Property

Doing up the house: it may take the builder longer to complete renovation with you in the house, and he will cover that in his price too. It could be worth asking him how much you would save off the contract price if you give him “zero occupancy”. How to survive the bomb zone of home renovation
  • Interiors
  • Kevin Moran

A dust-covered, kitchenless building site has replaced your home. Solution? Move out!

Peg-boards and pestles: Julia Moskin, a food writer for the ‘New York Times’ in Julia Child’s kitchen at La Pitchoune, Chateauneuf-Grasse, France. Photograph: France Keyser/New York Times My Airbnb experience in Julia Child’s Provençal kitchen
Cookbooks: the print version of gym membership. Photograph: Getty Images/fStop Cookbooks: the print version of gym membership. Photograph: Getty Images/fStop Too many cookbooks and not enough cooking?
  • Emma Cullinan: ‘North inner city’ neighbourhoods have identity too
  • The elaborate, enduring beauty of Morris & Co textile designs

People

“No, unfortunately men can’t have it all – it’s all about striking that elusive balance and sometimes that means saying no to things.” ‘Women often forget that men are people too. We are much more than our bodies’
  • People
  • The Man Who Has It All

How to be a Man: Popular tweeter and author @manwhohasitall answers some important questions

In a recent study, men in bespoke, made-to-measure suits rated more positively than men in regular off-the-peg suits in all but one key trait: trustworthiness. Photograph: CJ Burton via Getty Irish men’s fashion sense: a contradiction in terms?
Matt Cooper: It became obvious to me that there was no difference between men and women when you’re working with good talented people Matt Cooper: I hated that you proved yourself as a man by your ability to be violent
  • I want my daughters to understand men – not fear them
  • Mark Paul: Men feel alienated from the feminist debate

Travel

Central Park for great for free walks and celebrity spotting and, if you time it right, check out the performances at the Summer Stage Festival at Rumsey Playfield Land of the free: frugal ways to enjoy New York
  • Long Haul
  • Gemma Tipton

Forget the price tags – there are lots of ways to enjoy NYC without breaking the bank

London: A new “hopper” bus ticket is to be rolled out across the English capital Check in: Glorious gardens, budget flights to Miami, and there’s an App for that
View towards Wrights Peak in the Adirondack Mountains, upstate New York. Photograph: Getty Discovering New York’s green core
  • Walk for the weekend: Donegal’s ancient byway
  • The Irish Times travel writing competition

Fashion

Photograph: iStock Manly moisturiser is ‘a personal trainer for the skin’
  • Beauty

How to Be a Man: Warren Dowdall, personal beauty stylist, Brown Thomas Dublin, divulges the secrets of men’s beauty and grooming

The magnificent seven Seven of the most popular beauty products for men
COS x Agnes Martin at the Guggenheim A high street fashion collection for art lovers
  • Wear it out: High street reliables for a chilled-out comfortable look
  • Beauty Report: Extra coverage for autumn

Generation Emigration

Philip Lynch and his daughter Molly in Tasmania: ‘When our daughter was born I was able to negotiate a day off every week to share some of the parenting. My part-time work status raised no eyebrows.’ Being an Irish man in Australia: ‘It’s a macho society’
  • Generation Emigration
  • Philip Lynch

How to be a Man: I wasn’t the only bloke pushing a stroller through our local shopping centre, but Australia is still a macho society

Derry Connolly: “This election is a terrible choice” Trump’s Irish voters: ‘I support him with my nose held’
Irish abroad: What does ‘being a man’ mean to you?
  • Poll: Who would you vote for in the US presidential election?
  • Irish diplomat’s home in Tokyo costing €46,000 a month

Motors

First drive: Opel’s new Mokka X crossover hits the spot
  • Motors
  • Michael Sheridan

Revamped crossover impresses on all fronts

Volkswagen’s all-battery electric car is set to go on sale as a Golf-sized EV hatch in 2019. First sketches of VW’s crucial new electric concept car shown
Citroën’s striking CXPERIENCE concept will be shown at the 2016 Paris motor show Paris auto show promises panache - though ‘star car’ difficult to predict
  • First drive: Mercedes E-Class 350 d Estate
  • Volvo V90CC: Swedes take luxury cross country

More Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

‘Don’t set the bor too high for yourself early on – and I mean that in every area of your life – because that’s what people will expect of you all the time.’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘No one goes to lectures before Christmas’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • September 24, 2016

‘Matter of fact, I never went to a single lecture the entire time I was here’

Cillian was her rock during those troubled times. He’s one of those men who actually listen to women – and not as, like, a seduction tactic Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘The only Cillian I know is her ex, who worked as a risk assessor for an insurance company. I call him Love Actuary’
I’m there, “Can I just point out, Ronan – again, not trying to sway you either way – but Hennessy here is basically a gangster.” Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Did you hear that, Shadden? George Clooney is one of Hennessy’s neighbours!’
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Honor is pacing in front of the cage, glowering at 200 terrified kids’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: 'You can’t even figure out lineout codes without moving your lips'

Shoptalk

Shoptalk: niche food outlets
  • Fashion
  • Manchán Magan

On the trawl for Mayo vinegars, Iberian tinned seafood, win shops selling organic charcuterie, and the best gelato in Ireland

Shoptalk: Greystones, Co Wicklow
Gibney’s of Malahide: “Chardonnay is back in fashion” Shoptalk: Malahide
  • Shoptalk: Cooley Peninsula
  • Shoptalk: shopping in the ‘other’ Dundrum

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Perhaps the most profound shift is that, while women continue to earn less than men, they are already far less economically dependent on them; as a consequence, the definition of a man as provider and protector is already hopelessly out of date. Illustration: Kevin O’Hare/Irish Times Premedia/Getty
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1 Philip Lynch and his daughter Molly in Tasmania: ‘When our daughter was born I was able to negotiate a day off every week to share some of the parenting. My part-time work status raised no eyebrows.’ Being an Irish man in Australia: ‘It’s a macho society’
2 Photograph: iStock I want my daughters to understand men – not fear them
3 “No, unfortunately men can’t have it all – it’s all about striking that elusive balance and sometimes that means saying no to things.” ‘Women often forget that men are people too. We are much more than our bodies’
4 Hillary or The Donald: Who has your vote for president? Poll: Who would you vote for in the US presidential election?
5 Rory McIlroy at Crooked Stick Golf Club on September 8th, 2016 in Carmel, Indiana. Photograph Andy Lyons/Getty Images How much should you be working out?
6 Derry Connolly: “This election is a terrible choice” Trump’s Irish voters: ‘I support him with my nose held’
7 Heikki Tiittanen is father of three and CEO of a company that produces commercial versions of the baby box for export Why babies in Finland sleep in cardboard boxes
8 Check if you can give blood by doing the eligibility quize on giveblood.ie Are you eligible to give blood?
9 It’s time for men to switch on to their health. Men talk about health, but not mental, sexual or ‘private’ health
10 Comedian Al Porter at his home in Tallaght, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Al Porter: ‘The most manly thing I’ve done lately? Sleeping with a woman’
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