Paul Smyth
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Bloom to Zoom: garden fest is online with chats and tips
- Gardens
- May 30, 2020, 00:00
The pandemic has upturned this year’s gardening calendar, forcing the cancellation of festivals, talks, plant fairs, workshops and other green-fingere(...)

Dig in, it’s bare-root planting season
- Gardens
- February 8, 2020, 00:00
Like shiny-haired, doe-eyed contestants in a reality TV show, it’s the prettiest plants in fullest leaf and bonniest bloom – those exhibiting what the(...)

Finding magic in the February garden
- Gardens
- February 1, 2020, 00:00
It’s funny how the arrival of spring so often takes us by surprise. Each day a few more precious minutes of daylight until nature’s pendulum silently (...)

‘If I see a queue for food, I’m joining it, no matter what’
- Food & Drink
- January 30, 2020, 07:00
Have you ever taken a last-minute flight to another city just to eat in a restaurant? What about emptying your bank account to eat a Michelin-starred (...)

Plant the seed: How to grow a career in gardening
- Gardens
- January 19, 2019, 00:00
What does it take to make a career as a professional horticulturist? A strong back? Green fingers? A love of nature and of working alone outdoors? A w(...)

Almost heaven in one-off Virginia (Cavan) woodhouse for €475k
- New to Market
- June 27, 2018, 06:00
“I knew when I saw the site here I wanted to do something really special,” says former town planner Paul Smyth, of the six acres of woodland that surr(...)

No garden of your own? Join a community and get growing
- Gardens
- June 9, 2018, 06:00
What do you do when you love to garden but don’t have a garden of your own? That’s the conundrum facing an increasing number of Irish people as apartm(...)

Cheat’s guide to getting your garden ready for summer
- Gardens
- June 2, 2018, 06:00
Few things remind us more forcefully of the fleeting, quicksand nature of time than a garden, especially the last few months where spring lasted(...)

Paul Smyth makes instant impression on Northern Ireland debut
- International
- March 24, 2018, 16:34
Northern Ireland 2 South Korea 1 Debutant Paul Smyth needed just four minutes to deliver on Michael O’Neill’s assertion that “the future starts today(...)

Michael O’Neill says his comments were misunderstood
- Soccer
- March 12, 2018, 15:14
Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has suggested that his Republic of Ireland counterpart, Martin, misunderstood the point that he was attemptin(...)