A guide to what's hot and what's not.
What's hot
The GatheringAnne Enright's Man Booker- longlisted novel will keep you laughing and crying.
VikingsBeware men wearing horns as Sea Stallion rests at Collins Barracks until her return voyage to Denmark, next summer.
Paul Muldoon and bandThe Pulitzer- winning poet is on tour this month with Rackett. Catch him if you can.
Queens and RecordsRoadside potatoes are at their best just now; the flaky spuds from Clogherhead and Termonfeckin are hard to beat.
Bray Head Ferris wheelSparkly sea views elicit squeals by day, smooches by night.
Pimp My TentGreat Electric Picnic competition from War Child. You can enter on www.warchild.ie until Friday.
What's cold
Hogging and cloggingIf everybody steps back from the the luggage conveyor belts, nobody will have to climb over anybody.
August lull in trafficIt kicks in when, exactly?
Retail noise pollutionWe want to shop peacefully, without loud Muzak constantly assaulting our ears.
Subprime mortgagesWhy do pundits never mention the actual people being manipulated by the banks?
Mile-a-minute receptionistsYou slow down or I hang up.