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Lifestyle: March 2009
When your word is as good as your bond
Conor White | 30 March 2009 | Finance
Conor White writes that investing in corporate bonds should be safer than investing in equity and that bonds outperform stocks at certain times in the economic cycle — like now, for instance. Have you ever heard co-workers talking around the... Read more
A recessionary Cox is truly for the birds
Berna Cox | 30 March 2009 | Life itself
Berna Cox has a strategy for coping with the recession — it's cheap, cheap cheap and involves a few of her feathered friends. If you’ve just lost your job or you’re stressed out about paying your bills, it’s of little... Read more
Wines for recessionary times
Giovanni Morelli | 23 March 2009 | Wine
St Thomas Aquinas wrote that 'sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine'. In these turbulent times, Giovanni Morelli agrees. In this column, I have always tried to pick wines that are interesting and... Read more
Improve your systems at the 2009 IMT seminars
Dara Gantly | 21 March 2009 | Work / Life Balance
Dara Gantly previews the upcoming IMT Practice Management Seminar, where GPs will learn how to maximise their IT and accounting systems. GPs should look at introducing text messaging to avoid surgery no-shows and to remind patients when they are due... Read more
Three masterpieces from Holland’s Golden Age on show in Dublin
Dr John Wallace | 20 March 2009 | Art
Dr John Wallace looks at a small but exceptional exhibition that is currently running at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. Three renowned works painted by artists from the city of Delft in Holland are now on display at... Read more
Diary of a Frenchwoman in Dublin
Marie-Catherine Mousseau | 19 March 2009 | Travel
Marie-Catherine Mousseau compares Dublin and Paris from a French point of view, and tells us she is still in shock from seeing people queue at cash machines. As every French person knows, Paris is a woman; impudent and provocative. Paris... Read more
A case for some family planning
Berna Cox | 16 March 2009 | Life itself
Berna Cox writes that 'meeting the family' isn't so bad if you brief your other half about your family's little idiosyncrasies in advance. At a recent family celebration, one of the other half’s nephews visiting from the UK brought home... Read more
After a long and cold winter, spring has finally sprung
Shirley Lanigan | 16 March 2009 | Gardening
Shirley Lanigan writes that this year we are enjoying a proper, old-fashioned spring after a lean and cold winterFor reasons too numerous to count, we really do deserve a glorious spring for 2009. And because it has been hard won... Read more
A rocky road ahead for Irish economy
Dermot O'Leary and Conor White | 02 March 2009 | Culture and society
A Rocky Road Ahead – Irish Economic Commentary was produced recently by Dermot O’Leary, Chief Economist in Goodbody Stockbrokers. Conor White outlines its main points. Recent concerns about Ireland Inc. have been centred on the ability of the Irish economy... Read more