Finding a job can be harder for highly qualified peopleA new scheme is designed to help professionals who have lost their jobs and who have not had to apply for work in many yearsSat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Don mimiTHE woman raving about Don Mimi, a new Italian deli and pizzeria in North Strand, Dublin 3, had a story about this young local…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Stitch it out, sistersThe innocent embroidery sampler has developed a serious attitude in recent years. One website – subversivecrossstitchSat Feb 5 2011 - 00:00
UpfrontBC (BEFORE CHILDREN) I got most of my kicks late at night, in a windowless room, with the help of a close friend, two microphones…Sat Feb 5 2011 - 00:00
'I encourage everyone to dream big. Everyone has their Everest'THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: PAT FALVEY: His drive and ambition have taken the mountaineer from Cork to the top of the world, but…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
UpfrontI DONT HAVE A Dundalk accent. I haven’t toured the world as part of a pop groupSat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Burger restaurants get a grilling about serving rare meatOrdering a burger used to be a simple affair, but it got more complicated when ‘gourmet burgers’ started to appear on menus. …Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Cheer up! Blue Monday is comingSMALL PRINT: SIX years ago, a PR company paid Welsh psychologist Cliff Arnall to come up with an equation to calculate the most…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
UpfrontTHIS IS MY first column of the year 2011. Time for yet another thorough life assessmentSat Jan 8 2011 - 00:00
Who got what? The presents postmortemThere were iPod Touches and personal touches, useless hankies and useful vouchers – and of course the packaging that kids found…Mon Dec 27 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontMARVELLOUS MADGE BOLGER sits drinking sparkling water in the bar of a Dublin hotelFri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontBEING, AS IT IS, the ultimate beautiful distraction, Christmas timed its arrival perfectly this yearSat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
Family funAt the very first Peas and Pods Family Market in Dublin last Halloween, our two girls rambled around the heated indoor venue …Sat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontI WAS CRUNCHING ALONG the path, thinking how it takes the aftermath of a snow storm to get me out exercising, when I saw herSat Dec 11 2010 - 00:00
The greater spotted penguinA DECREASE in employee productivity across the country last week was being blamed on the snowMon Dec 6 2010 - 00:00
Upfront‘LOOK AROUND,” says the woman standing under the twinkling chandeliers on Grafton Street. “The world hasn’t endedSat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
'Elections are like a candy shop'With another election inching ever closer, political junkies are in a state of high excitementWed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Christmas parties with a twistWith lots of companies feeling the pinch this year, many are sidelining the annual Christmas partyMon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
Warning to all office staff: don't try this at workCompanies need strong guidelines on workplace behaviour, but those at PricewaterhouseCoopers were roundly ignored by the young…Sat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontI’M IN A TAXI. For budgetary reasons, I’m supposed to be reducing the number of taxis I take by roughly 100 per centSat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
Once worn twice livedFASHION: Síona Ryan has swapped London for Dublin - now she wants you to swap like for like, at a fashion fund-raiser tomorrow…Sat Nov 6 2010 - 00:00
UpfrontIT’S 9.30PM ON a Friday night. I should be at home falling asleep on the sofa into a plate of sweet and sour porkSat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT’S NOT AS though my friend thought he was The One, but at least The Spark was thereSat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI AM KNEELING on a round purple cushion – all the better to rinse the hair of the wriggliest human beings aliveSat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontBLACK THURSDAY WAS a day for thinking about things we’d rather not think about. Our own part in the country’s downfallSat Oct 9 2010 - 01:00
What's the difference between the debs and gay prom?SMALL PRINT: THE LIMOS are purring, the fake tan is streaking and the gúnas are hanging on wardrobe doors all over the country…Tue Oct 5 2010 - 01:00
When disobeying the boss is a good career moveIs your workplace tied up in silly rules and inefficient procedures? A new book shows you how to ‘hack’ work and make life easier…Sat Sep 25 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI HAVE A FRIEND who is pretty much the font of all knowledge when it comes to the blue and yellow place in Ballymun, DublinSat Sep 25 2010 - 01:00
Clap your hands, say yeahYou don't have to love the lord to get down in the aisles with Ireland's growing gospel music choirs - but it helpsThu Sep 23 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontMY BOOK SHELVES are groaning with what I like to call EverythingHappensForAReason LitSat Sep 18 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI HAVE A CRICK in my neck. Hang on, is crick even a word? Apparently, yesSat Sep 11 2010 - 01:00
Ballymun gets a new local heroIF THERE was an award for the most democratic piece of public art in Ireland, a magnificent new sculpture due to be unveiled …Fri Sep 10 2010 - 01:00
Standing up for our gay parentsAn Irish report into the experiences of children of gay parents reveals the closeness of such families, but also the anguish …Tue Sep 7 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontBACK FROM THE holidays, and I am feeling like I desperately need another oneSat Sep 4 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI’M OFF FOREIGN now but it feels like my holidays started when I got the train out west recently for workSat Aug 7 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI’VE BEEN READING a lot about hipster parents lately. Yet another thing to worry about in this parenting adventureSat Jul 31 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT’S THE MORNING of the wedding of my little sister to her man. Hair appointment. Make-up appointmentSat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Milking the momentSurprising as it seems, Ireland has never had a gay music festivalThu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
'I was considering becoming a grill-to-hire to earn a few extra quid over the rest of the summer'I AM STANDING IN a flowery apron behind a smouldering barbecue, master of all I surveySat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontTEN YEARS AGO this morning I woke up in a hotel in Portadown, Co Armagh, dreading the day aheadSat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT APPEARS THE authorities might have caught the person who stole my phoneSat Jul 3 2010 - 01:00
Where the revolving door stopsSix out of 10 former prisoners are likely to reoffend within a year of their release, but a back-to-work course for ex-convicts…Sat Jul 3 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontSHEILA SAID SHE was going to Lourdes. She wanted to know had I ever beenSat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontWITH A CRUSHING inevitability, slow-burning scandal has begun to threaten the very existence of a hitherto infallible institution…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00