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Toile de Jouy: Famous artists including Fragonard were commissioned to create designs and thousands of different ones were produced at the Jouy factory. Design Moments: Toile de Jouy, c 1760
  • Interiors
  • Bernice Harrison
  • June 24, 2017, 00:00

The fabric with pastoral scene designs has roots in the banning of cotton in France

Garden tools worth their weight in bronze and copper Garden tools worth their weight in bronze and copper
  • Gardens
  • Fionnuala Fallon
  • June 24, 2017, 00:00

Time to clear out those rusty old tools and invest in these top-notch implements

Mary Mallon, the Irish woman who brought typhoid to New York Mary Mallon, the Irish woman who brought typhoid to New York
  • Abroad
  • Arminta Wallace
  • June 24, 2017, 00:00

Irish Connections: In the early 1900s, a cook from Co Tyrone unwittingly spread the disease

Homes in Kimmage: why demand in the area is surging Homes in Kimmage: why demand in the area is surging
  • Homes & Property
  • Tadhg Peavoy
  • June 24, 2017, 00:00

South Dublin suburb is at forefront of housing market when it comes to value and location

Boys wear skirts to school in protest over shorts ban Boys wear skirts to school in protest over shorts ban
  • Fashion
  • June 23, 2017, 15:57

Over 30 pupils protest after Exeter school insists they wear trousers despite heatwave

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Burning out at work in Dublin, I quit and moved to Lisbon Burning out at work in Dublin, I quit and moved to Lisbon
  • Abroad
  • Roisin Agnew
  • June 23, 2017, 13:24

Productivity has become a cultural obsession, and it’s making us sick. Portugal has saved me

Get thee to the cinema for Robin Wright, the real wonder woman Get thee to the cinema for Robin Wright, the real wonder woman
  • Life & Style
  • Una Mullally
  • June 23, 2017, 12:00

What’s hot, what’s not: Loudly painted doors are in but slick houses are out

Australian senator makes breastfeeding history while addressing parliament Australian senator makes breastfeeding history while addressing parliament
  • People
  • June 23, 2017, 11:30

Reaction to Greens senator Larissa Waters feeding her daughter has been mixed

Urban Decay opens in Dublin: what's worth queuing for? Urban Decay opens in Dublin: what's worth queuing for?
  • Beauty
  • Laura Kennedy
  • June 23, 2017, 10:00

Laura Kennedy on the beauty booty that's exclusive to the popular make-up brand's first standalone shop which has opened on Grafton Street

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Design Moments: Toile de Jouy, c 1760

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Get thee to the cinema for Robin Wright, the real wonder woman

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My fascination with Gwyneth Paltrow's squeaky-clean colon is over

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Say cheers to Irish cherries

People

Dick Warner: the environmentalist and broadcaster at home in Donadea, Co Kildare, in 1995. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh Champion of the natural world who helped save Ireland’s waterways
  • People

Obituary: Dick Warner made more than 90 television documentaries

Fred Cogley: He had a love and deep knowledge of all sports but it was his television and radio rugby broadcasts for RTÉ that he will be best remembered for. RTÉ broadcaster and voice of Irish rugby
Des Hanafin: as a Fianna Fáil senator he was a strong supporter of the eighth amendment to the Constitution banning abortion. Political mastermind behind several referendum campaigns
  • Gentle radical who fought for a more just Irish society
  • Australian senator makes breastfeeding history while addressing parliament

Health and Family

The ‘Headbomz’ video encourages children to express their feelings to a parent, a teacher or other trusted adult Is Childline’s video for under-10s catchy or scary?
  • Parenting
  • Sheila Wayman

Some fear the Headbomz video, aimed at geting kids talking, could upset them

Estimates put the proportion of Irish women who suffer with at least some leakage at more than 50 per cent Incontinence: not such a wee problem for women
What have you done today to make you feel good? Love, sex, nature: The simple things that make us feel good
  • Should teenagers be allowed to drink after exams?
  • Why do we have so much trouble swallowing this pill?

Homes and Property

Toile de Jouy: Famous artists including Fragonard were commissioned to create designs and thousands of different ones were produced at the Jouy factory. Design Moments: Toile de Jouy, c 1760
  • Interiors
  • Bernice Harrison

The fabric with pastoral scene designs has roots in the banning of cotton in France

Garden tools worth their weight in bronze and copper
Shops on Kimmage Road Lower. The area has plenty of shops, including chemists, hairdressers, pharmacists and jewellers. Photo: David Sleator Homes in Kimmage: why demand in the area is surging
  • Brian Dempsey appointed president of IPAV
  • We’ve lost house deeds – will they really take three years to replace?

Food & Drink

David and Padraig Hanley are offering a €30 package which includes 500g each of cod, mackerel, prawns and whiting, and 250g of plaice No catch: fresh fish on your doorstep in 48 hours
  • Food & Drink
  • Marie Claire Digby

Food File: spice masterclass; Grainne O’Keefe’s pasta bar; chef swap at Aniar

Founder of GIY, Michael Kelly: a garlic moment led to Kelly founding GIY Ireland, an acronym for grow it yourself GIY? The joys of growing your own
Cherries, like any fruit, need heat and warmth to produce sugars Say cheers to Irish cherries
  • Who makes Ireland’s best street food?
  • Peak doughnut: When will the craving end?

Travel

Côa engravings. Photograph: Staffan Widstrand/Rewilding Europe Ancient stories written in stone in north Portugal
  • Travel
  • Margaret Ward

In Portugal’s Côa Valley, the river shimmers gold, the port wine is ruby red and the ancient cave drawings are silvery in the moonlight

Rajveer Johal: ‘Frame your shot to capture vibrant colours. Whether it’s beach towels, umbrellas or the buildings/landscape, take advantage of the colours on offer.’ Photograph: Getty images How to take great summer photos
Mayfield Eatery on Terenure Road North: an old butcher shop that was turned it into ‘a tiny neighbourhood restaurant with real personality’. Photograph: Alan Betson Rip-off Dublin? We find the best places to eat for under €15
  • Be aware of cultural differences
  • Havana: a city of colour and surprises

Fashion

Teenage boys turned up at school on Thursday morning dressed in skirts in protest at strict uniform codes. Photograph: BBC/Apex Boys wear skirts to school in protest over shorts ban
  • Fashion

Over 30 pupils protest after Exeter school insists they wear trousers despite heatwave

Twenty-five complimentary places at a future Urban Decay masterclass is up for grabs. Photograph: Brian McEvoy Urban Decay opens in Dublin: what's worth queuing for?
Sarah Swan and Peter Homan scarf New high-end fashion label takes cues from Co Louth
  • Easy summer beauty for pasty Irish skin
  • What is ‘period face’ and what beauty products can help?

Abroad

‘Lisbon saved me by being a place that is not governed by a need to keep up or to maximise your productivity.’ Burning out at work in Dublin, I quit and moved to Lisbon
  • Roisin Agnew

Productivity has become a cultural obsession, and it’s making us sick. Portugal has saved me

Jean Scales who lives in Luton: “We did not get the right information when we were voting. They should have told us what would happen.” Photograph: Joanne O’Brien The ageing Irish in London: confusion over Brexit remains
Light up my life: Saoirse Fitzgerald’s first foray into home ownership is a lighthouse in Claddagh, Co Cork Ten things I wish I had known about buying a home in Ireland from abroad
  • ‘The Dutch have tremendous confidence in their own ability’
  • Young Irish artists exhibit in Brooklyn – for one night only

Motors

Inside the 308’s cabin is well laid out, comfortable and free of clutter. The 308’s impressive i-Cockpit dash layout is the star attraction. It places the speedometer and rev counter close to the base of the windscreen within easy glance Peugeot 308 breathes new life into hatchback segment
  • Motors
  • Michael Sheridan

Irish buyers are fixated on SUVs and crossovers but the 308 should not be overlooked

Polestar, bought by Volvo in 2015, will produce own-brand vehicles while continuing to deliver high-performance upgrades to the Volvo range Volvo to take on Tesla with new high-end electric car brand
Hyundai i10: it bestrides the small car class like a Colossus Best buys: City Cars
  • Best buys: Premium hatchbacks
  • Best buys: Family Hatchbacks

More Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

I give her one of my looks. I’m like, “You know, you’re a very attractive woman, Malicious.” She’s not, by the way. ‘We’re southsiders ... We’re nice to your face, then say stuff about you behind your back’
  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
  • June 17, 2017

Cleaning up the mess from Ronan’s latest fling means putting my body on the line

“Sorry, who put this obvious lunatic in charge of the country?” Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: ‘Leo went to a second-tier private school’
“Being able to look people in the eye while lying to them is the first skill that I wrote down on my LinkedIn profile” ‘Look me in the eye, Rosser. Did you hab sex with my wife that neet?’
  • Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Try not to sleep with gangland killers’ wives’
  • ‘The recession was a fluke. No one knows why it happened’

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1 ‘Lisbon saved me by being a place that is not governed by a need to keep up or to maximise your productivity.’ Burning out at work in Dublin, I quit and moved to Lisbon
2 Australian Senator Larissa Waters of the Greens Party breastfeeds her daughter Alia Joy as she speaks in the Australian Senate at Parliament House in Canberra. Photograph: Lukas Coch/via Reuters Australian senator makes breastfeeding history while addressing parliament
3 Shops on Kimmage Road Lower. The area has plenty of shops, including chemists, hairdressers, pharmacists and jewellers. Photo: David Sleator Homes in Kimmage: why demand in the area is surging
4 Fred Cogley: He had a love and deep knowledge of all sports but it was his television and radio rugby broadcasts for RTÉ that he will be best remembered for. RTÉ broadcaster and voice of Irish rugby
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6 Robin Wright: amazing in Wonder Woman Get thee to the cinema for Robin Wright, the real wonder woman
7 ‘The majority of Irish I know here are going home and are looking at properties.’ Working in mines in Oz, I saved enough for a home in Ireland
8 Worshippers wearing the Montserrat national dress of 'Irish tartan' attend mass in the town of Lookout. Customs officers stamp shamrocks in the passports of visitors to this tiny West Indies island. Photograph:Frank Miller The Caribbean Irish: the other Emerald Isle
9 Mary Mallon, aka “Typhoid Mary”, pictred after being institutionalised on Brother Island in New York. She was the first person identified as a carrier of typhoid bacilli in the US. Herself immune to the disease, she spread typhoid while working as a cook in the New York City area. Photograph: Getty Images Mary Mallon, the Irish woman who brought typhoid to New York
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Galleries

Forget draping fringed scarves over side lamps to create a bohemian look at home – the latest way to create this ambiance is the artful layering of patterned wallpapers on patterned furniture and furnishings as per Designers Guild’s new Au Theatre collection by Christian Lacroix. Launched last week at London Design Week, Dún Laoghaire-based Brian S Nolan (briansnolan.ie) expects to have sample books in early April. Talisman Arlequin, the fabric on the sofa and chair costs €266 per linear metre. Fetiche Arlequin, the wallpaper panels, to the right and left of shot, cost €371 per metre and Paseo Canetille, the fabric on the foot cushions to the front of shot, costs €245 per metre. House Proud: Hippy chic
Mc Donnell Properties is seeking €950,000 for four-five-bedroom Ballard Lodge on 4.5 acres with paddocks and stables in Ashford, Co Wicklow Take five for €950,000
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