The Index: What’s hot and what’s not this week?

The Goldfinch film is a big letdown but we love Ikea blue cheese and fake fur coats


WHAT’S HOT

Mamó

Jess D’Arcy and Killian Durkin’s new Howth restaurant

Carlow Autumn Walking Festival

Take a hike in Carlow this weekend

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Ikea blue cheese

Delicious. Who knew?

A Dog Called Money

The stunning new PJ Harvey documentary by Irish photographer Seamus Murphy

I.NY Limerick

A festival of talks, music and club nights exploring the links between New York and Ireland, October 16th-20th

National Children’s Science Museum 

The build will get under way next year, apparently

Fake fur coats

It’s going to be a Hustlers-inspired autumn

WHAT’S NOT

Forever 21

The fashion retailer has filed for bankruptcy

The Goldfinch

There are bombs, and then there’s the film adaptation of The Goldfinch film

Cheap Tex-Mex

Has the deli-counter-style inauthentic burrito had its day?

Wearable tech for dogs

A sure sign of losing the run of yourself

Social media’s creative impact

Sucks dopamine and wastes time

Liquid nitrogen

A food and drink trend that needs to evaporate

Street wellies

It’s only raining, not day three of Electric Picnic