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Late Late Toy Show 2020: The one that ‘nearly didn’t happen’
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 26, 2020, 06:00
It will be a Late Late Toy Show like no other in a year like no other. So many fixtures of the Irish calendar, the St Patrick’s Day parades, the Dubl(...)

Bosses act as their favourite fictional leaders, whether they realise or not
- Work
- November 6, 2020, 05:30
If you’ve often thought your boss was like a cross between the ruthless Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians and the icy Don Draper from Mad Men, you co(...)

Paul Flynn: A wonderfully easy and logical way to feed your family
- Food & Drink
- September 19, 2020, 06:00
We managed to get a two-night break in a Dublin hotel recently. It was especially lovely to be on the receiving end of a bit of TLC. The city was eeri(...)

November Masters plans show Augusta National is out of touch
- Golf
- July 9, 2020, 22:30
Augusta is one venue where silence can never be mistaken for inaction. As the US remains in the grip of Covid-19 – and its sporting calendar is altere(...)

Shopping locally: what difference does it make?
- Consumer
- June 22, 2020, 00:00
There was no sign of much change in consumer behaviour as folk lined up in their hundreds to buy cheap clothes from Penneys when its flagship shop on (...)

Patrick Freyne: Who knew Eamonn Holmes' unknowable desires could be sated by craftwork?
- Culture
- May 15, 2020, 05:00
If you’d told me that at the height of a pandemic there’d be a factory of people toiling to make gewgaws for the television presenter Eamonn Holmes, I(...)

(One of) my favourite sporting moments: On the pitch as Cork ladies win the big one
- Gaelic Games
- April 23, 2020, 06:00
We have been absolutely blessed down in Cork with our plethora of sporting stars and sporting moments that so naturally follow. From gallant footballe(...)

Line between transport and tech blurred at CES as dash for data fuels innovation
- Technology
- January 9, 2020, 04:35
Artificial humans, robot taxis and 8K TVs are grabbing the headlines at CES, as the show tries to stay ahead of trends and remain relevant in a fast-m(...)

CES 2020: Carmakers move from cars to building cities
- Technology
- January 7, 2020, 21:22
The chief executive of Toyota was on familiar ground when he told CES, the world’s largest electronics show in Las Vegas, that “no one wants a crystal(...)

Return to form of key Ireland players augurs well for Japan
- International
- September 7, 2019, 21:30
The occasion demanded a positive result, the last match at the Aviva stadium for Ireland captain Rory Best and head coach Joe Schmidt and the home sid(...)