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Lifestyle: March 2008
Reckitt Benckiser and Suez now offer good value
31 March 2008 | Finance
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 Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser is a global... Read more
Art intervention in Big Apple
26 March 2008 | Art
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... Read more
Operator, we have a problem!
Berna Cox | 26 March 2008 | Culture and society
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... Read more
Paris: a showcase of masterpieces
Dr John Wallace | 20 March 2008 | Art
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... Read more
Time to savour Sauvignon Blanc
Giovanni Morelli | 19 March 2008 | Wine
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... Read more
Vain hope of a 'scoop'
Berna Cox | 17 March 2008 | Culture and society
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.... Read more
Great libraries of the world
Dr John Wallace | 06 March 2008 | Art
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,... Read more
Turn on and tune out to attention-deficit TV
Dr Pat Harrold | 05 March 2008 | Culture and society
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.... Read more