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Lifestyle: July 2009

Licensed to drill – and DIY dangerous

31 July 2009 | Work / Life Balance

Berna Cox discovers a new-found passion for DIY after a lifetime of 'getting a man in' to do all those jobs around the house When I was growing up, we were not a family who owned tools. My father, bless... Read more

But the crowd called out for more

Dr John Wallace | 13 July 2009 | Culture and society

With the explosion of summer festivals over the last few decades, Dr John Wallace looks at the music event that began it all. We like festivals. They can generate fantasy and freedom. Some fans plan their music festivals from the... Read more

Time to reap, time to sow

Shirley Lanigan | 06 July 2009 | Gardening

Shirley Lanigan writes that even though June might be the best month for harvesting in the vegetable garden, there is other work to be done to ensure that you have vegetables into the autumn and winter. By the time the... Read more

Thumbin' — the lost art of the Irish teen

Berna Cox | 04 July 2009 | Culture and society

Berna Cox writes that young people these days are missing some weird and wonderful experiences now that hitching a lift is no longer an option or a necessity. There is a generation on the rise who, despite thinking that they... Read more