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Lifestyle: February 2009

Pride really does come before a fall

Berna Cox | 27 February 2009 | Life itself

Berna Cox takes a tumble and wonders why people get so embarrassed over things that are out of their control. If the ground could have opened and swallowed me, it would have been a welcome relief. If there had been... Read more

Surgeons' secrets in the last century

Dr John Wallace | 20 February 2009 | Culture and society

Dr John Wallace looks at Barry O'Donnell's new book, which reveals a few home truths about surgeons and surgery in Ireland . ‘Nothing, absolutely nothing, in the hospital’s experience had prepared it for what lay ahead.’ This is a story... Read more

The lost lives and loves of a silent generation

Bette Brown | 20 February 2009 | Culture and society

Bette Brown writes that Sebastian Barry's award-winning novel, The Secret Scripture, should be read by everyone in the medical field. One might recoil from a novel set in a mental hospital in Roscommon as holiday reading. But Sebastian Barry’s The... Read more

Tax-based incentives for private healthcare

Conor White | 16 February 2009 | Finance

Much has been written about tax incentives provided to private hospitals, but how do they work? Conor White of Goodbody Stockbrokers answers the most commonly asked questions Private hospitals in this country are generally funded by a combination of bank... Read more

Liaisons in lost property

Berna Cox | 11 February 2009 | Travel

Berna Cox is delighted and flattered that she still has what it takes to make hotel staff think the worst of her and her husband. It’s a source of some small comfort to me that, even at my advanced years,... Read more

First shoots of spring are tough customers

Shirley Lanigan | 10 February 2009 | Gardening

Shirley Lanigan writes that the fragile-looking snowdrop will brighten up any winter garden and happily multiply to form a 'snowdrift' for future years. These are lean times in the garden. Waiting for spring to be sprung can be a bit... Read more

Don't be fooled by fancy fakes in '09

Giovanni Morelli | 10 February 2009 | Wine

Giovanni Morelli writes that even experts can be fooled when it comes to recognising true quality, and this applies to wine as much as other areas Now that the festivities are over and all the New Year’s resolutions have been... Read more

Taxes and the Troubles tackled in Lynch biography

Kealan Flynn | 10 February 2009 | Culture and society

Jack Lynch – A Biography, by Dermot Keogh (Gill and Macmillan, €26.99). Kealan Flynn writes that a new biography of Jack Lynch offers us a rare insight into how past political leaders dealt with economic difficulties. Dermot Keogh’s biography of... Read more

What is the sound of dinner cooking?

Berna Cox | 06 February 2009 | Food

Berna Cox is a dab hand with a shovel when it comes to whipping up a dinner for the family. If myself and the ever-loving other half were ever to find ourselves on that awful TV programme Mr and Mrs,... Read more