Plenty of celebrities and style at Dublin premiereKITTY Kiernan would have loved itThu Nov 7 1996 - 00:00
Chainstore gangMOST amusing sight of the week was watching the Brown Thomas crew examine virtually every inch and seam at the opening party - …Sat Nov 2 1996 - 00:00
The Van is heading this wayDUBLIN release dates for Roddy Doyle's new movie The Van have finally been announcedSat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Bring on the caped crusadersTHE woman fell out of the train and onto the bus, fur coat slipping off her shoulder, glasses askew and treated her fellow passengers…Sat Oct 19 1996 - 01:00
Opera train is a sponsored treatTHE people waiting for the DART at Westland Row yesterday afternoon looked slightly bemusedFri Oct 18 1996 - 01:00
Festival first night frenzyTHE Dublin Theatre Festival started this week and with so much on and so many opening nights clashing with each other it threw…Sat Oct 12 1996 - 01:00
Going home presents!IT was the first party I've been to (well, since my student days) at which guests arrived empty handed and left with a sofaSat Oct 5 1996 - 01:00
`Lord Sieff is in the kitchen tonight'IN Debrett's predictably pompous New Guide to Etiquette & Modern Manners published this week, the author John Morgan rather…Sat Sep 28 1996 - 01:00
Putting manners on the modern worldJOHN MORGAN must be blushing to the tips of his perfectly manicured fingertips.Tue Sep 24 1996 - 01:00
Gala start to the charity seasonFROM now until Christmas is a busy time for charity events and the first one of the season takes place tomorrow night with an…Sat Sep 21 1996 - 01:00
A tale of two Temple BarsEVERY part of any city looks and feels one way during the day and an entirely different way in the evening but in no other part…Wed Sep 18 1996 - 01:00
It's Ireland's answer to Macauley CulkinEVEN though it wasn't a major charity do, there was certainly a feeling in the Savoy on Thursday night that the Irish premiere…Sat Sep 14 1996 - 01:00
A wolf in angelic clothesTHE first two weeks of September is traditionally when Irish designers unveil their autumn/winter collections, and long established…Sat Sep 7 1996 - 01:00
Buttying up fashion folkIN this libel-conscious age it's not often that you can safely report hat you spent an entire fashion show surrounded by queens…Sat Aug 31 1996 - 01:00
Ladies shrug off dung-coloured cardiesACCORDING to this month's Vogue, cardigans are in for autumn/winterSat Aug 10 1996 - 01:00
Keys to the Castle"WE'VE rented a castle", has to be one of the grandest, most romantic answers to the "where will you be staying on your holidays…Thu Aug 8 1996 - 01:00
Helicopters an power tools at the Galway RacesGALWAY hardly has time to draw breath between festivalsSat Aug 3 1996 - 01:00
Gallery openings and gaucho barbecuesTHIS time of the year is a nervous time for gallery ownersSat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
Nautical but niceCROSSHAVEN is the perfect place for an event as social as Ford Cork Week a regatta fast becoming a major highlight of the world…Sat Jul 20 1996 - 01:00
It's a feast and a famineLAST week was such a whirl of July 4th celebrations it's a wonder the American Ambassador has any energy left.Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
Mayday, Mayday, ship to shoreALL day long the choppy weather on Thursday meant that it was touch and go whether the American ambassador's Fourth of July party…Tue Jul 9 1996 - 01:00
Mayday, Mayday, ship to shoreALL day long the choppy weather on Thursday meant that it was touch and go whether the American ambassador's Fourth of July party…Sat Jul 6 1996 - 01:00
Flatley's new show moves further form the crossroadsIT was leaner sexier Michael Flatley who leapt onto the Point's stage for the open in g night performance of Lord of The Dance…Wed Jul 3 1996 - 01:00
Hot DanishSINCE they decided to set up a Danish Design Shop - which opens in Monkstown, Co Dublin, this afternoon - Per Ploug and Lene …Sat Jun 29 1996 - 01:00
Elephants in pinkTHERE is a life-sized, very pink baby elephant covered entirely in pink silk roses on the second floor of the Red on Green Gallery…Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
More than two for tea"WE'LL be live on the 24th," says chef Michael Martin - using the sort of rock `n' roll language that seems appropriate given…Sat Jun 22 1996 - 01:00
Awards with IMPACTHE IMPAC award is one of the world's biggest literary prizes and presumably the organisers have countless heavy duty writers…Sat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00
A novel kind of book launchA BOOK launch without the author is a fairly unusual event understandably enough, death is just about the only thing that keeps…Sat Jun 8 1996 - 01:00
Irish food opens a new doorFROM borscht to boxty is quite a culinary leap but this week the long established Grey Door restaurant in Dublin changed its …Sat May 25 1996 - 01:00
Sale awayBIDDING at Threshold's charity auction on Wednesday was fast and very good humoured with Brian Coyle whipping up wallet opening…Sat May 4 1996 - 01:00
Arts and soulsTHERE were eight major art openings in Dublin this week, but by far the biggest was the RHA's 166th annual exhibition on Monday…Sat Apr 27 1996 - 01:00
Supremely sexy sixtiesTHE regularity with which Sean Connery comes first in all those (admittedly American) Sexiest Man In The World lists is a little…Sat Apr 20 1996 - 01:00
Best frocks and jocksBEST dressed competitions at horse shows and race meetings are now such lucrative events that organisers have to be on their …Sat Apr 13 1996 - 01:00
Five minutes with Pepsi personsYOU'D have to wonder exactly how much it costs to have Andre Agassi give his most winning smile and say with deep and startling…Sat Apr 6 1996 - 01:00
Going like the clappersSTANDING ovations are fairly rare in Irish theatres (unlike on Broadway, where every entrance gets a round of applause and every…Sat Mar 30 1996 - 00:00
Watching the clockWHAT is the collective term for a group of architects? "A jealousy of architects" was the kindest, most printable suggestion …Sat Mar 23 1996 - 00:00
A captive audience for BehanTHE opening night of Brendan Behan's The Hostage in the Abbey was one of the most lively, best humoured first nights in a long…Sat Mar 16 1996 - 00:00
Model night for students of fashionTHE must have accessory backstage during London fashion week was a personal spiritual healerSat Mar 9 1996 - 00:00