Emer McLysaght: No home improvement show is too bonkers for me to watch
Tinie Tempah’s Extraordinary Extensions? Healy Rae’s Cow Shed? I’m in
Reborn in a barn: A farm-fresh take on rural design
Want to shed the trappings of city life? A converted farm building could be the answer
€170k Westmeath church available for divine conversion
St Nicholas’s in Moyliskar offers 139sq m and would make a stunning home of character
Two businesses in Grand Designs Kevin McCloud's property empire go into liquidation
Move comes weeks after investors in TV presenter's property empire told they face huge losses
Kevin McCloud housing development like a ‘bomb site’, say homeowners
Grand Designs presenter’s company has yet to deliver on promises while investors are facing up to 97% losses
Kevin McCloud saga:‘I’d never have invested if I’d known he would bail out’
Presenter Kevin McCloud may come under pressure to use own money to fund investor losses in his company
Investors in Kevin McCloud's projects told they face huge losses
Many feel they have been fobbed off by Grand Designs presenter’s promised returns
Life after Grand Designs: ‘The house will never be finished’
Two years after Kevin McCloud left, the owners are still working out how to live in their Co Down long house
Liam Toland: Patient Saracens will outlast Clermont
Ireland can’t compete with these European heavyweights on money but we can on resources
Top notch escapism with the World’s Most Extraordinary Homes
A new big budget BBC show will have those obsessed with property in raptures - and there’s not a single grumpy Kevin McCloud on the horizon
Open House: through the keyhole of Dublin's most iconic buildings
Some Open House events book out almost immediately: here’s our pick of doors you can still get behind this weekend, from halls of justice to private homes
Television: Daniel and Majella having a lark in the great Irish B&B off
Review: Daniel and Majella’s B&B Road Trip; The Great Irish Bake-off; Jekyll and Hyde
Take me to church for divine conversion
Property: A church conversion looks like the perfect place for design fans to set up house. But will the experience land you in home heaven or financial hell?
Spring lecture series on how to preserve period properties
Talks will cover topics such as the maintenance of windows, doors and ironwork, making your home more energy efficient and dealing with protected structures legislation
Television: Blizzard of oddballs trapped in a cold climate
Review: ‘Fortitude’, starring Sophie Grabol, Stanley Tucci and Christopher Ecclestone; Room to Improve; Phil Spencer: Secret Agent; Touched By Auschwitz; and How to Get Way With Murder
Schoolhouse, synagogue or mill: the case for conversion
An old schoolhouse, a former synagogue and a disused mill are attractive propositions for those willing to transform them for residential use. But are conversions worth all the effort?
Follow that star
What better way to end the year in pop culture than with a Nativity play featuring all of our favourite stars?
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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