Despite the current uncertainty in world stock markets, Conor White says that two companies – Reckitt Benckiser and Suez – offer good value which should deliver returns better than the prospective market average h4. Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser is a global player in household products. They do not, however, participate in lower margin detergents which [...]
The ‘Open Window’ group from St James’s Hospital was invited this month to present its project, ‘Art Intervention in the Stem Cell Transplant Unit’ at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. When the Stem Cell Transplant Unit was revamped in St James’s Hospital in 2000, the result was a state-of-the-art unit with [...]
Berna Cox bemoans the sophistification of modern mobile phones that offer every possible service — but are impossible to use. She longs for the days of the early phones, when the only technical ability needed was the skill to bend an aerial Anyone who owns and uses a mobile phone would probably hack off a [...]
Dr John Wallace enjoys some of the delights on offer at a small Parisian art gallery – a ‘must-see’ in the City of Lights. The Orangerie is a small yet very important gallery in central Paris that houses the famous ‘Water Lilies’ paintings by Claude Monet. This easy-to-reach gallery is located on the right bank [...]
Giovanni Morelli takes a look at trials measuring the health benefits of wine and recommends some good-value Sauvignon Blancs to whet your whistle Those of us who were taught history before revisionism will remember the ‘Flight of the Earls’, when Ireland’s nobility were forced to flee the country and settle in France, Spain or Italy. [...]
Berna Cox wonders if she really has what it takes to be a hard-nosed professional journalist… or if she’s just too vain to scoop the really big news stories of the day I think I might be a rotten journalist. By that, I don’t mean that I’m corrupt and unethical or inaccurate in what I [...]
Dr John Wallace looks at a lavish book of photographs detailing the interiors of some of the greatest libraries in the world, which includes a few wonderful examples from Ireland Of necessity, we have all spent some time in libraries, some of us, perhaps, more time than others. A library is essentially a room where [...]
Does everything have to be ‘dumbed down’ for today’s younger audiences or are we not crediting them with enough intelligence, wonders Nenagh GP Dr Pat Harrold Recently, I watched a documentary about Jack Doyle, the talented boxer, singer and boozer. The makers of the programme must be given full credit for interviewing Jack’s friends and [...]
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