Assessing the sponge-related moral threatRadioReview: A movie called 9 Songs was screened this week during the Jameson International Film Festival, and the film censor…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Apartments in the village near the cityDublin 15: from €255,000 The second phase of the extensive Rathborne development off the Navan Road in Dublin is being launched…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
Large family semi near city and LuasRathmines: €1.9m Number 16 Merton Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 - called Suaimhneasis - is a four-bedroom detached house for auction…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
High style mews houseMonkstown: €825,000 A terrace of five mews type houses have been built in the grounds of Monkstown Castle in Co Dublin.Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Mental health journeyRadioScope: Journalists writing about the health service here frequently make comparisons with health services in other countries…Tue Feb 08 2005 - 00:00
Fine house with interior designer's touchMonkstown: €1.2m The owners of 6 Longford Place in Monkstown moved in seven years ago and changed the layout of the fine double…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Restored Rathgar redbrick for €2.7 millionA large house with one of Rathgar's most desirable addresses makes a fine family home near the city, writes Bernice HarrisonThu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Restored Rathgar redbrick for €2.7 millionA large house with one of Rathgar's most desirable addresses makes a fine family home near the city, writes Bernice HarrisonThu Jan 27 2005 - 00:00
Restored D6 redbrickRanelagh: €1.35m Even people familiar with Northbrook Road in Ranelagh might not immediately know where to find Osborne Terrace…Thu Jan 20 2005 - 00:00
Choosing words carefully to get a resultRadio Review: Should the language fit the crime? Did RTÉ's crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds, really need to use the word "…Sat Jan 15 2005 - 00:00
When words fail, the silence says it allRadio Review: On television, a constant refrain from experienced news reporters standing in front of the devastation has been…Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Cooking the books with a pinch of deja vuRadio Review: Nice to know there's at least one other person who doesn't think Nigella Lawson is the best thing since lightly…Sat Dec 18 2004 - 00:00
Birth tales and storiesTV Scope: Every mother has a birth story - my favourite isn't even about meTue Dec 14 2004 - 00:00
Critical carry-on and Teflon-suited twaddleRadioReview: Somewhere just beneath the surface of the prickly "ding-dong" between Fintan O'Toole and Hugh Leonard (Liveline…Sat Dec 11 2004 - 00:00
Commuters go for good value country housesThe country house market in 2004 was once again dominated by Irish buyers with a steady rise in the number of returning expats…Thu Dec 02 2004 - 00:00
Where a little goes a long wayRadio Review: Here's a test for anyone who fancies themselves as a bit of a raconteurSat Nov 27 2004 - 00:00
Medical untruth serumTVScope: Dispatches, Channel 4: Health scares come and go but the one that exploded from a press conference in London in 1998…Tue Nov 23 2004 - 00:00
Flogging a drugged horse storyRadio Review: Hands up anyone who doesn't now secretly fancy themselves as a bit of a horse-doping expert - most of us can now…Sat Nov 13 2004 - 00:00
Semi with contemporary extension a TV starClontarf €680,000: A great many people have seen inside this Clontarf semi-d thanks to its starring appearance on RTÉ's About…Thu Nov 11 2004 - 00:00
Olympian feats far from a treatRadio Review: For one hallucinatory moment I expected to hear Des Cahill interviewing GAA teams in Queens or Woodside - with…Sat Nov 06 2004 - 00:00
Architect couple take on a redbrickDublin 8/€575,000: You'd expect two young architects to do a nice job on an old house and the owners of 28 Sandford Avenue did…Thu Nov 04 2004 - 00:00
Hellish time for dogsRadioscope: Audioscope, RTÉ 1, Wednesday Even in the sleepy suburb where I live, these past few weekends have been noisy ones…Tue Oct 26 2004 - 01:00
A week of ifs and butsRadio Review: It was, said Catriona Crowe, "a very old-fashioned scandal" and looking back on it now, after a full decade of…Sat Oct 16 2004 - 01:00
Refurbished Victorian era semiDublin 6: €1.3m A three-bedroom end-of-terrace house at 21 Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 is for auction through Sherry…Thu Oct 14 2004 - 01:00
Head for the hills for views of the cityThe second phase of a major developmentin the foothills of the Dublin mountains, has commanding viewsThu Sept 30 2004 - 01:00
An attractive alternativeRadio Scope The Other Medicine BBC Radio Four, Tuesday 9p.mTue Sept 28 2004 - 01:00
Bertie's ramble through life's foliageRadio Review Two weeks ago, he was hanging with Hector on television and this week the Taoiseach stepped into the poetic lair…Sat Sept 25 2004 - 01:00
And now for the candidates. MaybeRadioReview: Listeners got an insight into how press conferences work on Today with Pat Kenny (RTÉ1, Tuesday) when the programme…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Smart, simple and solid homes in canalside schemeDublin 8/€750,000: A development of new houses at 23-29 Windsor Terrace at Harold's Cross Bridge looks very different from the…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
Take a good look at a hidden pileKilliney/€3m-plus: The houses hidden behind the tall walls that line Killiney Hill Road can only be glimpsed from the seaside…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
A very demure detectiveCrime: Edinburgh through Alexander McCall Smith's eyes is a genteel and very proper place, or at least that's the experience…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Architects' restored redbrick has the edgeIt makes sense that architects have the edge when it comes to househunting - especially when it comes to older houses.Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Last rays of sumer guffRadio Review: If it was any other week, Bill Clinton (Today with Pat Kenny, RTÉ, Monday) would have been the radio guest to …Sat Sept 04 2004 - 01:00
An age-old questionRadioScope: There were times during Richard Hannaford's new four-part series Being Human when it seemed that the 30-minute format…Tue Aug 31 2004 - 01:00
Cashing in on drugsRadioScope: The most profitable and powerful business in the world is the pharmaceutical industryTue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Getting it right - most of the timeRadio Review: Maybe it's because she's a poet that Rita Anne Higgins's media statement (Five Seven Live, RTÉ1 Wednesday), on…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Secrets of a master film-makerRadio Review: Film-maker and writer Neil Jordan gave a fascinating insight into how he works with actors in Masterpiece ( BBC…Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Funny doesn't have to be franticRadio Review: There's usually a clear distinction between the programme styles on RTÉ Radio 1 and 2fmSat Jul 17 2004 - 01:00
Extended five-bed on a Sandymount terraceDublin 4: €1.15m: In 1989 a terrace of four redbrick houses were built on Sandymount Avenue in a style and scale intended to…Thu Jul 15 2004 - 01:00
Inflated by the oxygen of airtimeRadio Review: On Wednesday's The Last Word (Today FM, Monday-Friday), Matt Cooper led with an item that sounded as if it had…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Dormer down a hidden cul-de-sacKilliney: €1.5m Drivers motoring down Church Road in Killiney, Co Dublin, could easily be unaware that behind the new stone …Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
State of independenceRadio Reveiw: A radio production company that calls itself Mixed Bag is really handing it to a reviewer on a plate, but it is…Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Small is beautiful on Ranelagh terraceDublin 6 /€ 500,000: Number 4 Bessborough Hall, Bessborough Parade, a curved residential cul-de-sac off Mount Pleasant Avenue…Thu Jul 01 2004 - 01:00
Is folic acid the hero?RadioScope Outside the Box RTÉ 1, June 22nd There are 40 children born every year in Ireland with spina bifida and in the 1970s…Tue Jun 29 2004 - 01:00
How hospital can be bad for your healthRadio Reveiw: As the Government parties sniped away at each other all week in a bizarre game of compassion one-upmanship, all…Sat Jun 26 2004 - 01:00
Victorian era townhouse in popular spot near cityDublin 8/€875,000: An end-of-terrace four-bedroom townhouse at 49 Synge Street is expected to make over €875,000 at a Lisney…Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:00
Doorstepping out with Matt and RoystonRadio Review: The Matt 'n' Royston roadshow hit the streets on Tuesday night and provided the best value radio of the weekSat Jun 05 2004 - 01:00
Extended Strain-built redbrick with period charmGlasnevin/€900,000: The houses built by Alexander Strain around 100 years ago in the Iona area of Glasnevin, Dublin 9, vary …Thu Jun 03 2004 - 01:00
Security and easy money in post-war IraqRadio Review: 'From what I gather it's good to have the likes of Iraq on your CV," said Paul Johnson, a coach in a boxing club…Sat May 29 2004 - 01:00
