‘Lighting is everything’: An interior designer shares the secrets of her kitchen renovationWhen interior designer Geri O’Toole took on her own kitchen redesign, she wasn’t short of ideasSun Oct 15 2023 - 06:00
One fork in the grave – Alison Healy on food-inspired graveside tributes Recipe for immortalityFri Oct 06 2023 - 18:59
Rock bottom: Think you’ve got troubles? You haven’t been hit by a meteoriteAn Alabama woman is said to have been the first person to be injured by a meteorite, but she may have been pipped at the post by a chap in Birr, Co OffalySun Oct 01 2023 - 20:34
Self-build success: How one family saved ‘a small fortune’ by doing it themselvesThrough hard work, Ciara and Seán Owens have created their forever home, nestled in the Fermanagh countrysideSun Oct 01 2023 - 05:00
Alison Healy on the irrepressible cassette tapeYour attic might contain some sought-after treasuresSun Sept 10 2023 - 18:50
‘The location, the sea, the Aran islands, the Cliffs of Moher, it’s a spectacular setting’A German businessman has embraced the landscape and local materials in the construction of a new development in Furbo, Co GalwaySat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
‘Great feeling of space’: A smart renovation transforms a former Dublin Corporation house for a growing family‘We wanted someone to be realistic about what we could do with two kids and a dog in a small, terraced former corporation house’Sun Aug 27 2023 - 05:00
Double trouble — Alison Healy on conspiracy theoriesThey all boil down to the same premiseSun Aug 13 2023 - 18:59
Meet the ‘agri-influencers’, Ireland’s next generation of women farmers Young women farmers are using social media to tell wholesome stories of rural life and promote Irish women in agriculture, amassing thousands of followers along the waySat Aug 12 2023 - 06:15
Giddy-up – Alison Healy on hobby horsingWhen is the Dublin Horse Show including a hobby-horse class in their schedule?Tue Aug 08 2023 - 18:57
Flat-pack – Alison Healy on staying at the Ikea HotelMy only quibble was that there wasn’t a tiny Ikea pencil to be seen anywhereMon Jul 17 2023 - 18:58
Ikea: What Irish shoppers love to buy The Swedish furniture giant is reviving a selection of classic designs this month - good news for Irish shoppers who are among the brand’s biggest home accessories buyersSun Jul 09 2023 - 06:30
On the back foot – Alison Healy on the perils of online shoppingFor the next three weeks, the tracking information taunted me relentlesslyFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:59
Intruder alert – Alison Healy on unexpected guests and getting work done Driven to distractionThu Jun 15 2023 - 18:55
See inside a modernist Raheny home with a musical twistWhen embarking upon their renovation project, the owners of this home wanted room for an entertaining family life, as well as rehearsal space for female barbershop quartet, Lady BarbaladeSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
To get a US president’s attention, sit on his clothes while he’s swimming naked in a river Anne Royall was an intrepid female journalist whose life consisted of one good story after anotherMon Jun 05 2023 - 18:50
Mary and Anne Boleyn: ‘Their story has been written by men. This sets it straight after five centuries’Author Ann Henning Jocelyn says a lot of accounts about the Boleyn women ‘have been written by men and they all had their own hidden agendas’Sat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Inside an interior designer’s home: ‘The day I stop being creative in my own home is the day I die’Colour takes centre stage at the north Dublin home of fashion journalist turned interior designer Alannah MonksSat May 27 2023 - 05:00
What time do you call this? Alison Healy on punctuality The Just Missed It ClubMon May 15 2023 - 19:00
Alison Healy: What I learned from judging a bonny baby competition If you ever become a judge on the bonny baby circuit, never wait around for feedbackSun May 07 2023 - 18:59
It’s a steal – Alison Healy on hotels and pilferers A little extra something from their stayFri Apr 28 2023 - 19:00
Today FM’s Dave Moore on home renovation: ‘I can’t believe it’s our house. I genuinely still feel that way’The radio and podcast host discovered a love for DIY and took careful guidance from his wife, artist Tracy Sheridan, when they transformed their north Dublin homeSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Oscar Wilde’s false teeth were kept by a hotelier – but the family didn’t want them backAn Irishwoman’s diary: Oscar Wilde’s false teeth were kept by a hotelier who later tried to return them to the family – but they declinedSun Apr 16 2023 - 00:00
Small home renovation: ‘There’s no point in adding floor area for the sake of it’Garden designer Ingrid Smyth brought a skilled touch when renovating the family home in Dublin’s LibertiesSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
‘The bills are very manageable’: A suburban renovation with a colourful touch in south DublinCarefully considered storage is at the heart of this Dún Laoghaire revampSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Home renovation: ‘You do your budget then realise it is a work of fiction’Renovating this Victorian sea-side home was not without challenges, but today the owners have no regretsSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
The Flying Irishman – Alison Healy on US aviation hero Douglas ‘Wrong Way’ Corrigan“Just got in from New York. Where am I?”Fri Jan 06 2023 - 19:00
National treasure – Alison Healy on RTÉ's online archivesAn Aladdin’s cave of news reports on quirky events from a long-gone IrelandThu Jan 05 2023 - 19:00
Acquired tastes – Alison Healy on unexpected menu items An unfortunate habit of eating things without thinkingTue Jan 03 2023 - 19:00
Hopes and dreams – Alison Healy on New Year resolutions of the famous “Keep looking around me – only much more so”Fri Dec 30 2022 - 19:23
Passing the soup test – Alison Healy on strange interview challenges Any good with a sweeping brush?Thu Dec 29 2022 - 19:00
Staying power – Alison Healy on why Charles Dickens regretted asking Hans Christian Andersen to drop over His host’s teenage daughter Katey declared him to be a “bony bore” who “stayed on and on”Tue Dec 27 2022 - 19:00
Snake and ladders – Alison Healy on the perils of minding someone else’s pet It’s really so hard to get a good snake charmer in north Kildare these daysMon Dec 26 2022 - 19:00
Chrimbo Limbo – Alison Healy on surviving Twixmas Assume that Christmas pudding contributes generously to your five-a-day fruit intakeMon Dec 26 2022 - 00:01
Step inside an award-winning energy efficient home in DartryBuilding up, rather than out, helped this homeowner reduce energy use by more than two-thirdsSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
Cool customers – Alison Healy on one way to boost a business Battered sausage? Step this way, Colin FarrellThu Nov 24 2022 - 19:00
What this game needs is a rooster – Alison Healy on World Cup mishaps It’s all in the gameWed Nov 23 2022 - 19:00
Many happy returns – Alison Healy on wandering pets These paws were made for walkingMon Oct 03 2022 - 19:00
Masal Bugduv: Alison Healy on the trail of the mysterious Moldovan soccer aceThe clue is in the nameTue Aug 02 2022 - 12:07
Plaque attack: Alison Healy on the Father Pat Noise memorialA hero of our timeMon Jul 25 2022 - 19:01
The messages: Alison Healy on great shopping lists of historyFrom Michelangelo to Darwin, the list enduresWed Jul 20 2022 - 19:01
An abundance of caution: Alison Healy on taking risks Risk-taker or naturally cautious citizen? A series of simple tests to help you decideSun Jul 10 2022 - 19:01
History’s bold scam artists – Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? The Eiffel Tower?Long before the internet made it easy, fraudsters profited from audacious plansMon Mar 21 2022 - 01:23
