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
Pristine redbrick raises the bar in Rathmines to €3.95 millionSubstantial house with seven bedrooms and three reception rooms has been upgradedThu Mar 20 2014 - 00:00
Television: Of mice and men – how a cartoon drew Billy Connolly and Seamus Heaney togetherThe comedian and the poet join forces for an animated series of fables that also captures their camaraderieSat Mar 15 2014 - 01:00
Hidden gem in Terenure for €2.25mFortfield Lodge is not the type of property you’d expect to find nestling in a quiet cul-de-sac in south County Dublin. Originally built as a dower house for Lord Avonmore’s youngest daughter, it is a quite grand Georgian property which also includes a two-bedroom self-contained apartment in the basementThu Mar 13 2014 - 00:00
Terraced house in Rathgar for €1.795mTwo-storey-over-basement house has four bedrooms and a long rear gardenThu Mar 13 2014 - 00:00
Television: Meet the Walshes, the latest creation from the BBC-RTÉ mammy machineGraham Linehan’s much-hyped new comedy gets off to a bad start, but Gabriel Byrne’s ‘Quirke’ redeems itself in the endSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Bright, spacious family home in RathgarFive-bed semi-detached house with a family-friendly layout has many original features and plenty of scope for extensionThu Mar 06 2014 - 00:00
Bedrooms a-plenty on Pembroke for €1.4 millionThis Georgian townhouse has a chequered recent history – almost all the rooms were made into en-suite bedrooms. But it retains its period features and with imagination – and cash – could be an elegant family homeThu Mar 06 2014 - 00:00
A duo of distinction from different eras in SandymountFour-bed 1930s semi-detached house with off-street parking and four-bed terraced property with long garden in need of upgradingThu Mar 06 2014 - 00:00
Television: A-list acting and cinematic quality lift crime drama out of pulp-fiction swampHBO produces a new genre-defining crime drama, a legal series loses the plot, and an aviation history nosedivesSat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
A space to make your own in Foxrock for €2.5mFour-bedroom period house has outdoor pool and half an acre of mature gardensThu Feb 27 2014 - 00:00
Three big reasons to make a move to BlackrockSize isn’t everything, but these three plus-size properties in leafiest south County Dublin have a lot more than space and square-footage to offer anyone in search of a large, contemporary, well-appointed family homeThu Feb 27 2014 - 00:00
Television: There’s not much tension in watching this detectiveA problematic lead in Gabriel Byrne, a predictable plot, clunky dialogue and staying too close to John Banville’s Benjamin Black book dampen drama in ‘Quirke: Christine Falls’Sat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Walk in on Wellington in D4 for €1.9mThe choices made by the owners of this four-bedroom terraced period home when they renovated in 1999 – in terms of the style and layout of the kitchen and the look of the bathrooms – have stood the test of timeThu Feb 20 2014 - 00:00
Television: I’m in no mood for dancing – and curling has lost its appeal, tooThe BBC’s Winter Olympics coverage is a victory for biased tub-thumping, while a documentary on The Nolans has nothing new to add to the pop sisters’ storySat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Former Ailesbury embassy asking €3 million needs workDespite the high price expected for this six-bedroom house, the new owners will probably spend at least half a million euro modernising and reorganising the living space in the terraced propertyThu Feb 13 2014 - 00:00
Television: Light on their feet – plus-size dancers who soar above their limitationsIt could have turned into a cruel, fat-shaming contest, but Channel 4’s ‘Big Ballet’ treated its subjects with a light touchSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
Regency home fit for a queen in Donnybrook for €2.95mDating back to the early days of Queen Victoria’s reign, Victoria Lodge, one of an adjoining pair of double-fronted Regency design houses in Donnybrook, has been sympathetically refurbished in the classic style of a bygone eraThu Feb 06 2014 - 00:00
Ready for an upgrade in Rathgar at €1.3mOn a third of an acre, back from the road behind mature hedging and with a rear garden that stretches more than 50m, this property is crying out for a major modernising programme to bring it up to date for more contemporary livingThu Feb 06 2014 - 00:00
Television: Pelts’n’ponytails – a historical epic that bucks the sex and nudity trendIt’s got the film-star looks, but ‘Vikings’, featuring Gabriel Byrne, Travis Fimmel and Katheryn Winnick, mainly hides them behind grime and goreSat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
Sky isn’t the limit when it comes to YouTubeHBO also uploading free content to reach other viewersThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Two by two beds in Dublin 6 for €675,000 and €475,000Renovated terraced house backing on to cricket grounds and end of terrace home in busy commuter shortcutThu Jan 30 2014 - 00:00
Television: ‘Amber’ alert: high expectations plus low tension equals mediocre dramaAfter committing four nights to RTÉ’s patchy missing-girl story, viewers were still left wantingSat Jan 25 2014 - 01:00
Makeover a marvel on Elgin in Ballsbridge for €3.75mThe elegance of this period redbrick in Dublin’s embassy belt has been preserved rather than destroyed by ultra-modern additions. It may look a little forlorn right now but it is still a ‘jaw-droppingly lovely’ homeThu Jan 23 2014 - 00:00
Double entry fits bill in Churchtown for €875,000The owners of this property have done a considerable amount of work over the years,dramatically increasing the detached bungalow’s size to make room for a large eat-in kitchen, a conservatory and a granny flatThu Jan 23 2014 - 00:00
Eva Orsmond: ‘Young women have no reason to be overweight’The weight-loss expert, known for her sharp tongue from her time on RTÉ’s ‘Operation Transformation’, says Irish GPs are letting their overweight patients downTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Television: Thrills in Washington DC, a bellyful of pills in Mumbai‘Hostages’, Channel 4’s new political thriller, could struggle to keep viewers. For really involving TV, try ‘Her Body, Our Babies’Sat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
The right note at Elton Park in Sandycove for €1.535mThough recently refurbished, this Victorian redbrick in Sandycove has plenty of potential for improvement – and comes with full planning permission for a two-storey house at the rearThu Jan 16 2014 - 00:00
Look on the Brighton side in Rathgar for €1.1mFive-bed house with 50m back garden and off-street parkingThu Jan 16 2014 - 00:00
Television: Culinary egos clash in blind taste test, passion fuses strangers on a trainNigella’s battles moved to the kitchen, in ‘The Taste’, while infidelity between commuters made for charming drama in ‘The 7.39’Sat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
Television: A look back at the great drama on TV in 2013‘The Fall’ epitomises TV drama’s rise and rise while Netflix flexes its musclesSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
