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Lifestyle: June 2007

A doctor, writer and poet

Dr Micheál Fanning | 29 June 2007 | Literature

Literature deepens our understanding of birth, life and death, but they are also components of our existence touched upon every day in the engagement of medicine. Medicine and literature weave inextricably together in the work of body, mind and soul.... Read more

Companies that are now raking in profit assess the market carefully

Conor White | 29 June 2007 | Finance

Workspace stg 416 pence Workspace’s core product offering is affordable, flexible business space in London including offices, studios, workshops and light industrial units. Over 80 per cent of the company’s customers employ less than 10 people. The London-focused portfolio leaves... Read more

Going completely potty over those special salad days

Berna Cox | 22 June 2007 | Food

As meals go, it was entirely ordinary. Absolutely nothing special. Tossed salad with a bit of smoked salmon and a few other little salady bits and pieces. Ordinary. But for me, it was the most satisfying meal I’ve had in... Read more

Why a few glasses of wine can be good for your health

Giovanni Morelli | 22 June 2007 | Wine

We have spoken quite a lot over the years about the ‘French Paradox’, that is people who consume a diet relatively high in fat and still have a low incidence of heart disease. There are many explanations for the ‘Paradox’... Read more

Book tells of a city in revolt in the first major strike by Irish workers

15 June 2007 | Culture and society

City in Revolt is the story of Jim Larkin and the Belfast Dock Strike of 1907. John Gray tells the story of the summer of 1907 when the unskilled workers of Belfast, Protestant and Catholic, unite in strike action which... Read more

The naked truth about commuting

Berna Cox | 08 June 2007 | Culture and society

Something happened the other day that has me worried. There’s a good chance I might be a prude. Or maybe I’ve just become a grown-up. Maybe I’m turning into an old person– and a grumpy one at that. Whatever the... Read more

A good book can be an invaluable aid to help parents and children

Dr Nuala O’Farrell | 08 June 2007 | Literature

Before I ever had a child, patients used to ask my advice about their children. About parenting. About why baby Chloe would never go to sleep in her cot and spent the night kicking her mom and dad in the... Read more

Scientific progress is unscientific

Aisling Byrne | 08 June 2007 | Culture and society

Scientific progress is a fundamentally unscientific concept. To progress implies a goal towards which we are progressing– an ideal or a good; in this case presumably the good of mankind. Moral vision needed We cannot bandy the term medico-scientific progress... Read more

Da Vinci's art revitalising Dublin

Dr Brenda Moore McCann | 01 June 2007 | Art

This summer Dublin will feel the presence of one of history’s greatest figures when a Leonardo da Vinci Codex takes up residence in an exhibition in the city centre. The ghost of Leonardo da Vinci, who some have called the... Read more

Is it the right time to invest in corporate bonds?

Conor White, Senior Portfolio Manager with Goodbody Stockbrokers | 01 June 2007 | Finance

With some level of nervousness about property and equity markets, investors may look at some lower risk alternatives — including corporate bonds. Bonds have trad-itionally been viewed as a low-risk alternative for investors in times of increased uncertainty or volatility... Read more