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In Conversation: Entrepreneur David McCourt lives in The Merrion Hotel in Dublin, where Peter McCann is the general manager

Extraordinary Emigrants: Fermanagh woman gathered intelligence on the Nazis for Britain

Interior designer Sara Cosgrove keeps things pale in her commercial work, but her Dún Laoghaire home features antique pieces and atmospheric shades

Paris Letter: After months of political wrangling, Michel Déon is finally to be buried at Montparnasse

Two raiders still at large as questions raised about security in luxury hotels

Doctors say yes. The sunbed lobby says not necessarily. So who do you believe?

This very special collection is the face of feminine power

Seasonal perfumes can be flowery and fragrant and there is a multitude to choose from

Fine chateaus, abbeys, vineyards and tapestries put Catherine Cleary under their spell