Honey pot or money pit? The refurb riskThese two period houses in Rathmines, Dublin 6 are ready for transformation to former glory. But such ambitious projects require lots of patience, as well as deep pockets, in order to stay the course – and stay saneThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
In the bag: Brown Bag picks up three Emmys for ‘Peter Rabbit’The show is in its second series and is broadcast on NickolodeonThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Highland licence renewedThe BAI will now enter into contract negotiations with Highland to fine tune the licence agreementThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
Television: In a flap about flippers? Take a leaf from Maureen Gaffney’s bookThe psychologist’s self-help series is as sincere as teaching extras from ‘Flipper’ to talk is barmySat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Cannes features rise of the nerdsAdvertising’s shift to digital means not just audience accuracy for advertisers, it needs a different response from creativesThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:15
Ouch! HBO chief takes sideswipe at Belfast‘Game of Thrones’ is HBO’s most watched show with an average gross audience of 18.4mThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:10
Television scores best for watching World Cup soccer68% said in survey they would be prepared to pay for World Cup video contentThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:05
Forty campaigns make it onto ADFX awards shortlistUnusually for an industry awards, the judges never feel obliged to hand out every gong if the entries aren’t up to scratchThu Jun 19 2014 - 01:03
Golfer Shane Lowry signs sponsorship deal with Bank of IrelandThree-year contract with Pádraig Harrington ended in 2010Thu Jun 19 2014 - 01:00
Restored Rathgar redbrick for €2.595mThis early-Victorian end-of-terrace house has been extensively renovated but retains its period features and grand proportionsThu Jun 19 2014 - 00:00
Television: Beckham’s on target, but breadline film-makers move the goalpostsThe ex-footballer’s celebrity outlook is seemlier than the way children are asked to talk about living in food povertySat Jun 14 2014 - 01:00
Landmark on Orwell Road converted into luxury apartmentsFive large units in a former hotel, converted just before the crash, have finally hit the marketThu Jun 12 2014 - 00:00
1960s dream home for €1.6mWhen it was built, in 1962, this house was the last word in suburban style but new owners may be more interested in its potentialThu Jun 12 2014 - 00:00
Architect Thomas Deane’s seaside home for €2.6mThe 19th-century architect Thomas Newenham Deane lived in – and extended – this 18th-century house which is now a charming rambling five-bedroom family home with sea viewsThu Jun 12 2014 - 00:00
Television: Dead passengers? Whatever you do, don’t put them in the toilet‘A Very British Airline’ ends up feeling corporate. That’s not a problem ‘Orange Is the New Black’ has ever hadSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Updated Stringer home with scope in Terenure for €1.695mFive-bed family home in a quiet-cul-de sac has been renovated and extendedThu Jun 05 2014 - 00:00
Bolt-hole into the blue in BrittasWith the sand dunes a leisurely walk away from Sallymount Cottage, and its fresh Hamptons-style interiors, you could imagine yourself anywhere in this €375,000 coastal retreat located just 45 minutes from DublinThu Jun 05 2014 - 00:00
Television: ‘Mad Men’ back on song, and hard times in ‘Happy Valley’A peak performance by Peggy Olson, Bafta beckons for Sarah Lancashire, and John Lonergan shows his mettle as a mentorSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Park life in Dalkey for €2mProby Park House is a beautifully maintained, detached period propertyThu May 29 2014 - 00:00
Rathgar Riversdale: the sequelThe sale of Riversdale House at auction last week for €2.15 million has prompted the owner to put the adjoining property on the market with a guide price of €1.25 millionThu May 29 2014 - 00:00
Ranelagh redbrick for €1.1mThree-bedroom house with attic conversion and contemporary extensionThu May 29 2014 - 00:00
Television: Oozing and schmoozing their way through the week‘Penny Dreadful’, starring Timothy Dalton and Eva Green, is giddy with layers of melodrama. The same can’t be said of our politiciansSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Redbrick in Killiney for €2.9mSix-bedroom family house set on beautiful groundsThu May 22 2014 - 00:00
Modern home on Eglinton for €2.75mDetached four-bed house in Dublin 4 with south-facing rear gardenThu May 22 2014 - 00:00
Greencore chief’s Rathmines townhouse on market for €1.3mThis spacious, Victorian period home has been stylishly decoratedThu May 22 2014 - 00:00
Television: A two-star hotel documentary, while politicians get the third degree‘Copacabana Palace’ is a poor man’s ‘Inside Claridges’; ‘Episodes’ comes good; TV3’s election debate is a turn-offMon May 19 2014 - 16:35
A stepping stone for €700,000A Victorian two-storey redbrick in Ranelagh in need of renovationThu May 15 2014 - 00:00
Stately Victorian in Sandycove for €1.525mThe interior of this house has been reconfigured to give more light and spaceThu May 15 2014 - 00:00
Gate lodge with a history for €1.15mThis once-dilapidated house in Clonskeagh has been fully renovated and extendedThu May 15 2014 - 00:00
Television: A life-affirming exchange beats the dark networking of misogynyGay Byrne’s ‘Meaning of Life’ inspires while ‘Blurred Lines’ explores disturbing trends in social mediaSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Victorian grandeur for €3.95mLangara is a five-bedroom house in Glengageary that comes with a two-bedroom mewsThu May 08 2014 - 00:00
Television: ‘Prey’ delivers thrill of the chase while bingo documentary hits the jackpotIf ‘Prey’ is gripping drama, ‘Bingo Nights’ offers another sort of tension, and ‘The Savage Eye’ is welcome backSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Victorian villa in Sandycove for €1.2mDouble-fronted terraced house with four bedrooms and glimpses of the seaThu May 01 2014 - 00:00
Detached in Dalkey for €1.25mA four-bed with office space is back on the market and going for auctionThu May 01 2014 - 00:00
Television: Biopic of comic genius far more fun than the weird atmosphere of ‘Fargo’David Threlfall is enjoyably bumbling as the lead in a classy biopic of one of TV’s most impersonated starsSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Artists’ house in Howth for €750,000 has room to grow inIt has already been extended but this Edwardian redbrick could be made even biggerThu Apr 17 2014 - 00:00
Television: A feast for the eyes, but slim pickings for fashion-watchersThe President’s State visit to Britain was proper event TV – history in the making – and RTÉ’s coverage did it justiceSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Townhouse in Blackrock for €900,000Five-bedroom period house with literary connectionThu Apr 10 2014 - 00:00
Estate agents: "They tell lies. They cheat people."A new BBC documentary series about estate agents finds they are resigned to their negative public imageThu Apr 10 2014 - 00:00
1930s home in Blackrock for €950,000A long back garden and garage at the side offer plenty of room to growThu Apr 10 2014 - 00:00
Light, space and a view of the sea for €2.3mThis elegant Victorian house in Sandycove is a stone’s throw from the harbourThu Apr 10 2014 - 00:00
RTÉ broadcast of Iftas a badly produced shamblesTV Review: Noise of guests chattering loudly drowned out speechesMon Apr 07 2014 - 06:45
Television: Crime and punishment, wrapped up in tweed or hidden behind barsIt’s all very well being tweedy, but elements of ‘Endeavour’ jar with the likeable aspects of ‘Morse’Sat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
Detached grandeur in Dartry for €4.95millionFour-bed, detached Victorian house with landscaped gardens in excellent conditionThu Apr 03 2014 - 00:00
On the park in Rathgar for €1.2mVictorian redbrick with five bedrooms and large back gardenThu Apr 03 2014 - 00:00
Television: Can we put this pantomime of cliches behind us? Oh yes we can!‘The Centre’ has a few good one-liners, but RTÉ’s paper-thin sitcom is another one for the bad booksSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Eco-friendly redbrick in D4 for €1.95mThis 150-year-old house been completely renovated using green technologies and now has a BER rating of B3. Better yet, there’s plenty of room at the back for a mewsThu Mar 27 2014 - 00:00
Television: Feeling queer? Meet the quacks who don’t want you in the pink‘Undercover Doctor: Cure Me, I’m Gay’, with Christian Jessen, misses its chance to challenge homophobia, but the cop drama ‘Line of Duty’, starring Adrian Dunbar and Keeley Hawes, doesn’t miss a trickSat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00
Sisters’ house could make a heavenly family homeHome to the Colomban Missionary Sisters for two decades, this fine redbrick property is in need of renovation to make it suitable for modern requirementsThu Mar 20 2014 - 00:00
