Sometimes it seems like everything is ‘made in China’, and now along with Gap jumpers, Nintendo Game Boys and every variety of plastic toy ever imagined, China is a major exporter of lips, breasts and other body parts amenable to aesthetic fillers. Like the toothpaste and soft toys before it, collagens’ origins and quality control [...]
What do you think when you think pink? Chances are, you immediately think something girlie and frivolous. Maybe an image of Barbie in her pink convertible pops into your head. Or perhaps a picture of a new baby girl swaddled in pink blankets and surrounded by pink cuddly toys. Or maybe you associate it with [...]
In just three short years in the late 1970s, punk provoked shock, cynicism and bafflement. This new musical era, dating from 1976 until 1979, was characterised by loud energetic music, torn jeans and safety pins. Punk was essentially a back-to-basics movement and a reaction against the ‘flower power’ of the late 1960s. It mocked the [...]
h4. Make life easy Make life easy, if buying a property for letting, choose square or rectangular shaped rooms. Irregular or unusual shaped rooms make a room look smaller and cluttered. A key selling point for tenants is an en-suite and a decent sized living room is important even if the bedrooms are a bit [...]
By the time you read this summer holidays will be but a distant dream. I hope you managed to find the sun and some interesting wines. Consumption of wine in Ireland, as we all know, has increased dramatically over the last five to 10 years presumably as a result of travel and new-found prosperity. As [...]
A recent survey published by Bord Bia stated yet another fact that we shouldn’t really be alarmed by, relating to food and eating habits in our new, ‘shocked-into-the-future’ Ireland. In urban areas of Ireland, not specified but I’m sure we can do the sums, a large percentage of families sit down to two separate meals [...]
For most football enthusiasts FIFA’s ruling in May this year that international matches could not be played at altitudes above 2,500 metres was nothing more than a random fact. For many living in South America however, where the ruling disqualified Colombia from playing in Bogota and Quito as a venue for Ecuador, it had enormous [...]
Asset allocation is concerned with generating returns through the selection of different asset types. There are four main asset classes (cash; bonds; equities; property) and a growing band coming under the name of other (includes commodities, hedge funds, fine art). At times the decision about which asset you hold can be more important than which [...]
Music therapy is advocated by a paucity of clinical evidence in modern health care literature. The group music therapy service is offered in three day centres within Mayo Mental Health Services and places equal emphasis on both the needs and requests of service users. The average attendance to group sessions is between 10 and 12 [...]
Medical students at TCD will have noticed that the Lincoln Inn bar at the back of Trinity, between Nassau Street and Westland Row, has finally reopened its doors after a long absence. During this period, the students had the comfort of Hartigan’s on Leeson Street. Hartigan’s has maintained its minimalist approach to decoration, stoutly resisting [...]
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