Now we can all have a screw loose (the flat-pack emporium finally opens in Ballymun on Monday).

Now we can all have a screw loose (the flat-pack emporium finally opens in Ballymun on Monday).

The Sheep's HeadWest Cork's wild and wonderful corner deserves its award as a European destination of excellence.

Joanne HynesHer "Racy '09" collection (at BT Galway until August 2nd) is seriously head-turning. But Ladies' Day and "contestants" being led around the parade ring like horses is one of the worst, most naff, most retrograde thing we've ever witnessed. Harumph.

The ultimate multitasker. Pretty purple flowers yielding a useful, decorative herb.

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Great list of recreational sites, trails, loop walks and downloadable maps. Useful and even seductive.

Mismatched crockeryEach piece tells a story. Before you go mad with IKEA uniformity, we like mismatched chairs round a table, too.

Lidl wetsuitsWorth their weight in gold.

The ScrunchieThe revival of the fabric-covered elastic must be suppressed. At least don't scrunchie in public.

The World's Greatest Books, Now Presented in Twenty Tweets or Less. Penned by two 19 year-olds, the premise is that tweets can refine literature "to its purest form".

Ghost Town by the SpecialsOn every radio and TV programme about the downturn. Leave it out, lads.

Cheryl ColeShe's still too thin.

Baggage reclaim at Dublin airportCan we not get it sorted, once and for all, not to mention the comical-if-it-wasn't-so-dangerous chaos in the setdown area?