Fash Mob
Fri, 10 Feb 2012, 10:30 am | Rosemary Mac Cabe
Today I went to have a facial in Kiehl’s store on Wicklow Street. This brand has been around since 1851, so they really know what they’re talking about! I went in and had a talk about my skin with Lydia, who did my facial. She told me a bit about the brand itself and asked [...]
On The Record
Fri, 10 Feb 2012, 10:12 am | Jim Carroll
It’s six years to the day that the producer born James Yancey and known to us as J Dilla died at the age of 32 from a rare blood disease. During his lifetime, he was one of the most prolific maestros in the beats business, but it’s how his blueprints have gone on to inform [...]
Pursued by a Bear
Thu, 9 Feb 2012, 7:45 pm | Laurence Mackin
Listen: Music fans – if you’ve little to be at this weekend, you could decamp yourself to Cork and be spoilt for choice. This is largely down to cutting-edge label Popical Island, which is launching a mini Leeside invasion. On Saturday night, it is bringing Tieranniesaur, Squarehead and Land Lovers to the Pavilion for a [...]
Mechanical Turk
Thu, 9 Feb 2012, 4:33 pm | Hugh Linehan
I spent most of Monday at the ‘Media Diversity; Why does it matter?’ conference in Dublin. In general, the quality of contributions was pretty high: most impressive for me was John Lloyd’s perspective on the challenges facing media in the context of the UK hacking scandal and its changed role in the era of the internet, [...]
Motors
Thu, 9 Feb 2012, 7:24 am | Neil Briscoe
How has it happened that a luxurious, overtly sporting, premium-badged German saloon has become the most relevant car in 2012 Ireland? Surely that title should go to a more affordable, less aspirational car. One with less baggage on its badge and fewer reservations about the nature of those that drive them. Of course, the thing about [...]
Screenwriter
Thu, 9 Feb 2012, 12:43 am | Donald Clarke
The question is, of course, more than a little facetious. Having kicked off sometime in 1978, the Dickens bicentennial has now passed through about five media cycles. You know how these things go. Four hundred articles appear. Then somebody pens a piece wondering “Why oh why is everyone writing about bloody Dickens?” Then one of [...]
Irish Roots
Mon, 6 Feb 2012, 10:58 am | John Grenham
On principle, you should ignore stern warnings about what databases don't contain. Just search the damn things.
Dead Rubber
Mon, 6 Feb 2012, 8:38 am | Liam Toland
LET’S TEMPORARILY suspend reality and assume that yesterday was a draw and not a fortunate two-point win for Wales. Who would then have more confidence in Paris, Ireland or Wales? With your answer in mind let’s now look at yesterday. From the kick-off it was clear Ireland had learned from last October where subtle changes proved [...]
Politics
Sun, 5 Feb 2012, 10:58 pm | Deaglan de Breadun
There has been a good deal of controversy over remarks by Justice, Equality and Defence Minister Alan Shatter on Irish neutrality and Jewish refugees in the second World War and on the treatment of Irish soldiers who deserted to join the British Army at that time. Here is the advance draft text of the speech issued [...]
Home Truths
Fri, 3 Feb 2012, 11:00 am | Edel Morgan
Feeling a little powerless in your life? Well according to the FT, despot decor is coming your way if you live in a western city. You may feel like a minion in your everyday life and think your innate superiority and general fabulousness has gone largely unrecognised but inside your own four walls you can [...]
Minibyte
Wed, 1 Feb 2012, 10:21 am | Ciara O'Brien
Feel like being ordered around by Mr Burns? Or how about Marge Simpson? TomTom has released new character voices for its GPS systems that allow you to be bossed about by one of Springfield’s finest. It’s not just a case of swapping the dull included voice for another, still repeating the same old commands. Apparently you [...]
The Index
Tue, 31 Jan 2012, 8:00 am | Laura Slattery
Glossing aside for one moment the ever-so-slight contradiction in celebrating a feat of engineering that rather swiftly became a byword for disaster, April 15th marks 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic, and screen cash-ins abound, from Downton-on-Sea to Edwardian Belfast, via "head judge" Len Goodman. Here are just five of the Titanic-themed offerings looming on the horizon.
Current Account
Mon, 30 Jan 2012, 2:22 pm | John Collins
Quite a lot if you look at the graphic below. With impeccable timing, the Institute of International and European Affairs, which describes itself as “Ireland’s leading think tank on European and International affairs”, has published an info-graphic giving an overview of the actions that the European authorities have taken to date to tackle the crisis. [...]
Innovation
Fri, 27 Jan 2012, 3:10 pm | Davin O'Dwyer
My interview with the US economist and renowned Marginal Revolution blogger Alex Tabarrok is in today’s Innovation magazine, and can be read here. Tabarrok’s new ebook is called Launching the Innovation Renaissance, and it’s a sharp, brisk read that tackles some of the urgent issues facing the US in terms of encouraging and sustaining an innovation [...]
Legal Matters
Fri, 2 Dec 2011, 3:47 pm | Carol Coulter
There’s an interesting discussion going on about the proposed new body. Check out the websites of the Human Rights Commission, Trust and the ICCL, just to start.
Pricewatch
Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 10:54 am | Conor Pope
’TIS THE season to be clever and the cleverest people will be doing at least some, if not all, of their Christmas shopping online. But with hundreds of thousands of websites touting for business and just a handful of big players hoovering up most of that business, it can be hard to find your way [...]