A guide to what's hot and what's cold.
What's hot
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Come on, Aoife, you can do it. BBC1, today, at 7pm and 8.45pm.
An Evening with Proinsias O'Ferfaille This parody of Beckett bores and Joyce twits may just be the funniest feller at Dublin Fringe Festival. Bewley's Cafe, September 18th-24th; www.fringefest.com.
Gift of the Gap A big Gap outlet opens in Arnotts, Dublin 1, on September 29th.
Online DVD rentals No more trips to the video shop and no more fines. Some of them - have a look at www.moviestar.ie - offer free trials and even a free DVD player.
Callcosts.ie Sick of calls offering you "cheap" phone-and-broadband packages? Now this official site lets you compare the real cost of each deal.
What's cold
Spam Even when it's Eric Idle's limited-edition Stinky French Garlic flavour, launched to promote the West End opening of Spamalot, his musical.
Paper carrier bags Rainy day, inevitable consequences.
Holiday vaccines A couple of hundred euro later, and there goes your spending money.
Ryanair goes mobile Phones to be allowed on aircraft from next year. Is nowhere safe?
Cycle swindle A €10.50 flat charge, each way, to take your bike on the bus, whether to Maynooth or Macroom? Sounds like a bad deal, Bus Éireann.
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