A guide to what's hot and what's not...
WHAT'S HOT
www.holidaysonline.ie All the Irish agents, one website. It's a no-brainer to choose a hollier this summer.
No homework For maths-challenged parents, it's the best thing about school holidays.
Slow drivers Used to be an annoyance, now help those of us without cruise control to slow down and avoid points.
Wexford strawberries Now that it's legal to buy them from the roadside stands.
Shrek 2 A kids' movie that we get a laugh outta too.
The Natural Confectionery Company Gummis, Jelly Babies and all our fizzy favourites. All the flavour with no artificial additives or colours. How do they do it?
Bo Selecta, Channel 4/E4, Fridays/Saturdays Our favourite, Avid Merrion, is back on screens this weekend. Shamon!
The Oak, Dame Street, Dublin 2 Fine venue for a bout of Sunday afternoon tippling.
The Killers Las Vegas foursome with two outstanding assets - a lead vocalist called Brandon Flowers and a cool début album in Hot Fuss.
WHAT'S COLD
Filthy streets The chewing gum, cigarette butts, the urinal smell ... Get the hoses out, all ye new councillors, and while you're at it take down those election posters - every last one of them.
Intellectual fashion Enough of the Margielas, the Commes and the Yohjis, we're bored with getting tied up in fastenings.
Salad bar onion Huge chunks of it are impossible to eat.
Flying ants Heavens to Murgatroyd - it's like a John Carpenter film.
Ostriching Ignoring unpleasantness by pretending it doesn't exist.
J-Lo's third marriage Hang on, three at 33 ... she's over quota.
Garden neglect This year's growth is extra prolific. Okay, we haven't weeded, watered or cut back in a while, but can't the green finger gods turn a blind eye?
Nude tights Wrinkly, plastic-looking limbs are most unfetching.
Compiled by: Melanie Morris, Claire O'Mahony and Lorraine Dwyer