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Two wines from the southern end of the Burgundy region Two great, all-purpose wines from Burgundy for under €10
  • Food & Drink
  • John Wilson
  • October 23, 2020, 11:00

Wines for the weekend: A red and a white from the region’s south in Aldi this week

Lonely in lockdown? Get yourself a bottom-sniffer Lonely in lockdown? Get yourself a bottom-sniffer
  • People
  • Hilary Fannin
  • October 23, 2020, 06:30

Hilary Fannin: I’m tempted to house a Covid puppy, but a dog is for life, not just for lockdown

Restaurant turns shuttered €16,000 outdoor dining area into farm shop Restaurant turns shuttered €16,000 outdoor dining area into farm shop
  • Food & Drink
  • Marie Claire Digby
  • October 23, 2020, 06:02

Food business owners are coming up with inventive ways to stay in business, including a pizza ’n’ pints drive-thru in Dundrum

Falls and the elderly: How to avoid accidents at home Falls and the elderly: How to avoid accidents at home
  • Fitness
  • Sylvia Thompson
  • October 23, 2020, 06:01

Covid-19 restrictions and frailty combine to reduce mobility of older people

What will €750k buy in Morocco, Italy, South Africa, Portugal and Dublin 14? What will €750k buy in Morocco, Italy, South Africa, Portugal and Dublin 14?
  • Take 5
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • October 23, 2020, 06:00

Take 5: Private golf resort in Morocco, Tuscan farmhouse, Portuguese villa or a South African lodge

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Let there be light: how to create the perfect ambience in your home Let there be light: how to create the perfect ambience in your home
  • Interiors
  • Denise O’Connor
  • October 23, 2020, 06:00

How we light rooms can have a powerful effect on how we feel in our homes

‘You guys are amazing’: Matt Damon’s message of support to Temple Street children, families and staff ‘You guys are amazing’: Matt Damon’s message of support to Temple Street children, families and staff
  • Health & Family
  • Damian Cullen
  • October 22, 2020, 14:22

‘These last months have been brutal, but you are incredibly brave to keep going,’ says movie star

My Irish passport has calmed tempers at borders and airports My Irish passport has calmed tempers at borders and airports
  • Abroad
  • Dave McInerney
  • October 22, 2020, 11:00

Helicopter pilot Dave McInerney has flown heads of state, royalty and rock stars

Lockdown meals: 50 great Irish restaurant food boxes to go Lockdown meals: 50 great Irish restaurant food boxes to go
  • Food & Drink
  • October 22, 2020, 07:40

From Michelin star meals that test your cooking skills to barbecue feasts ready to eat

Developer’s impeccably restored Fitzwilliam Square Georgian for €3.5m Developer’s impeccably restored Fitzwilliam Square Georgian for €3.5m
  • New to Market
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • October 22, 2020, 06:04

Patrick Kelly spent four years refurbishing this beautiful Georgian in the heart of the city

No doctor, no pharmacy, no supermarket: I’m moving to an island No doctor, no pharmacy, no supermarket: I’m moving to an island
  • Health & Family
  • Brigid O'Dea
  • October 22, 2020, 06:01

I will be living in a draughty cottage on Cape Clear with books and a lot of thinking for company

Ringsend terrace with garden drama for €425k Ringsend terrace with garden drama for €425k
  • New to Market
  • Alanna Gallagher
  • October 22, 2020, 06:00

All the heavy work on this Dublin 4 house has been done by the previous owners

What will €250,000 buy in Dublin 7 and Co Clare? What will €250,000 buy in Dublin 7 and Co Clare?
  • Homes & Property
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle
  • October 22, 2020, 15:27

Town&Country: A two-bed in Smithfield requiring renovation or a mixed-use property in Kilshanny

Shop conversion and government buildings win Irish architecture awards Shop conversion and government buildings win Irish architecture awards
  • Homes & Property
  • Alanna Gallagher
  • October 22, 2020, 06:00

Conservation, conversion and creative thinking themes in RIAI Architecture Awards

Our Columnists

Hilary Fannin Hilary Fannin -

Lonely in lockdown? Get yourself a bottom-sniffer

Michael Harding Michael Harding -

Michael Harding: The tree that broke my heart will be born again

Laura Kennedy Laura Kennedy -

Can’t get your beauty sleep? Here’s how to get a good night’s rest

Róisín Ingle Róisín Ingle -

Róisín Ingle: After seven months of this headwreck, what needs to be done feels harder than ever

Homes and Property

Colonial-style lodge with jaw-dropping views on Table Mountain in South Africa What will €750k buy in Morocco, Italy, South Africa, Portugal and Dublin 14?
  • Take 5
  • Elizabeth Birdthistle

Take 5: Private golf resort in Morocco, Tuscan farmhouse, Portuguese villa or a South African lodge

Colour is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about lighting, but the colour temperature of the bulbs is vital Let there be light: how to create the perfect ambience in your home
Town: 23 Lurgan Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7 What will €250,000 buy in Dublin 7 and Co Clare?
  • What is the going rate for a home in . . . Co Westmeath?
  • A surgery attached to a house is adding €27k to the stamp duty, what can we do?

Food & Drink

Two wines from the southern end of the Burgundy region Two great, all-purpose wines from Burgundy for under €10
  • Food & Drink
  • John Wilson

Wines for the weekend: A red and a white from the region’s south in Aldi this week

Gaz Smith at his pop-up farm shop which opens today at his Michael’s restaurant in Mount Merrion. Photographs: Fran Veale Restaurant turns shuttered €16,000 outdoor dining area into farm shop
Fresh, locally sourced food and incredible bakes delivered to your door from Cork’s Good Day Deli Lockdown meals: 50 great Irish restaurant food boxes to go
  • Irish whiskey is the toast of National Organic Awards
  • Brett beer from Ballymahon: Wide Street brewery gets funky

Health and Family

Due to cocooning some people have a greater fear of falling because they haven’t been moving much. Falls and the elderly: How to avoid accidents at home
  • Fitness
  • Sylvia Thompson

Covid-19 restrictions and frailty combine to reduce mobility of older people

‘You guys are amazing’: Matt Damon’s message of support to Temple Street children, families and staff
Brigid O’Dea: Being a city slicker, I’ve always dreamed of living rural. Photograph: Alan Betson No doctor, no pharmacy, no supermarket: I’m moving to an island
  • UL study shows young people may have fared better than feared during lockdown
  • Men over 45 years encouraged to exercise for 30 minutes a day

Abroad

Paul Lynch from Ballybough in Dublin moved to France in 1994 where he works for Eurocontrol. ‘French people are pretty relaxed. They don’t pander to scaremongering or hysteria’
  • Barbara McCarthy

Wild Geese: Paul Lynch works in air-traffic control and fundraising for Irish charities in Paris

Helicopter pilot Dave McInerney gets ready to start work My Irish passport has calmed tempers at borders and airports
Sarah Jane Bennett works at the Irish Embassy in Singapore ‘It’s fantastic living here – in the gateway to Asia’
  • ‘I teach in a school with 1,400 little superspreaders’
  • ‘The strutting farmer gripped my hand. I could smell alcohol on his breath’

One Change

Does ‘being more green’ just add to the already huge list of household duties? Photograph: Getty Who has time to make their own eco-friendly anti-bacterial cleaner?
  • Life & Style
  • Sorcha Hamilton

One Change: Why does making your home greener so often fall to women?

Need for speed? Since lockdown, the Dutch government reduced national motorway speeds to 100km/h during the day, while Luxembourg cut itsmaximum motorway speed from 130km/h to 90km/h. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd One Change: The growing case for an 80km/h motorway limit
Green for go. Across Europe, there has been the growing movement of ‘mini-forests’, often planted alongside roads or in public, urban spaces For a sustainable recovery, green is the only way forward
  • Space as a giant bin? The problem with orbital debris
  • Time to ditch our single-use mindset

Fashion

Few of us are getting enough deep, untroubled sleep at the moment. Photograph: iStock Can’t get your beauty sleep? Here’s how to get a good night’s rest
  • Beauty
  • Laura Kennedy

Add a fragrant product or two to your sleep routine and relax

Ryan Zaman in the short film If You Can’t See You Can’t Be Now you see me: How a Dublin photographer is changing fashion from within
This week’s beauty column is a love letter to oil products and textures as the weather digs its heels in and we anticipate the cold slap of the first frost on our faces. Photograph: iStock Oils are your winter skin saviour, and there's one for everything
  • Thanks, Spanx: New clothing range the shape of things to come
  • The best beauty masks for every skin type

Travel

A Liffey trip with City Kayaking, Dublin The safe way to staycation in Dublin this mid-term
  • Ireland
  • Gemma Tipton

From family hotel breaks to grown-up treats, outdoor activities to socially distanced culture

Chief executive of the Irish Travel Agents Association Pat Dawson said Ryanair was refusing to pay money back to travel agents Airlines operated ‘ghost flights’ to avoid refunds, hearing told
The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru, a popular tourist destination in the South American country Peru opens Machu Picchu ruins for one tourist
  • I spent €7,000 on a life-changing voyage to Antarctica
  • And then there were none: Travel green list down to zero

Motors

The Land Rover Defender: “Finished on the stunt course, I plod back to base. I think I’ve covered myself more in mud than glory, and Commander Bond remains elusively un-caught.” Pulling stunts with the Land Rover 007 team
  • Motors
  • Neil Briscoe

The first new Defenders off the production line were shipped straight to the set of the new James Bond film

The Honda e has its sights firmly set on targeting the recently launched all-electric Mini Honda e targets young urban commuters as it arrives in Irish showrooms
Karting remains a relatively Covid-friendly activity, and one that you can have great fun with Go karting and remind yourself why you love driving
  • Action to close loophole allowing learners drive for years without sitting test shelved
  • Volkswagen tops its Golf range with a new GTI Clubsport

Outdoors

Caterpillar of the pale tussock moth seen in Co Meath. Could you identify this extraordinary caterpillar? Readers’ nature queries
  • Ethna Viney

Ethna Viney on the lesser octopus, musk beetles and sheep ticks

Coastal lake in Connemara. Illustration: Michael Viney Dutch botanists drawn to Ireland’s landscapes of special beauty
John Dory Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries
  • How can a blackbird be white? It’s actually not that uncommon
  • I found this beautiful spider on my tomato plant; what is it? Readers’ nature queries

More Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

‘So why the fock are you buying presents if Santa focking brings them?’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Johnny actual Sexton is at the front door’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • October 17, 2020

I throw back the duvet, hop out of bed and step into my chinos, all in one fluid movement

‘Ross,’ the old man goes, ‘I’m afraid I’ve made a dreadful mistake!’
Ross and Sorcha. Illustration Alan Clarke Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Oh, right – you’re one of these maskier-than-thou people’
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’ve never been much of a conversationalist, but I’m on fire with this woman’
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘They want us to vacate this place so they can use it as a love shack?’

People

The decision to share your life with a bottom-sniffer is not to be taken lightly. Photograph: iStock  Lonely in lockdown? Get yourself a bottom-sniffer
  • People
  • Hilary Fannin

Hilary Fannin: I’m tempted to house a Covid puppy, but a dog is for life, not just for lockdown

Fergus McCabe in 1996. Photograph: Peter Thursfield Fergus McCabe obituary: Inner city Dublin activist and youth worker
French writer, feminist activist and member of the Paris Council Alice Coffin. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images Should women erase men from their lives? This writer thinks so
  • Kim Kardashian West at 40: How the queen of social media changed the world
  • ‘I’m trying to find where I fit here in Ireland’

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Lives Lost The rich and full lives of the people behind the Covid-19 death statistics
 

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1 Gaz Smith at his pop-up farm shop which opens today at his Michael’s restaurant in Mount Merrion. Photographs: Fran Veale Restaurant turns shuttered €16,000 outdoor dining area into farm shop
2 Fresh, locally sourced food and incredible bakes delivered to your door from Cork’s Good Day Deli Lockdown meals: 50 great Irish restaurant food boxes to go
3 The decision to share your life with a bottom-sniffer is not to be taken lightly. Photograph: iStock  Lonely in lockdown? Get yourself a bottom-sniffer
4 Helicopter pilot Dave McInerney gets ready to start work My Irish passport has calmed tempers at borders and airports
5 People living alone with the support of a carer may form a support bubble with one other household. Photograph: iStock Covid-19 Level 5 support bubbles: Everything you need to know
6 44 Fitzwilliam Square Dublin 2 Developer’s impeccably restored Fitzwilliam Square Georgian for €3.5m
7 Colonial-style lodge with jaw-dropping views on Table Mountain in South Africa What will €750k buy in Morocco, Italy, South Africa, Portugal and Dublin 14?
8 The Whole Hog takeaway from barbecue specialist, Baste. Lockdown take-aways: Here's the pick of Dublin's restaurant meals to go
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