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Lifestyle: October 2009

Leavin’ on a jet plane

Berna Cox | 30 October 2009 | Life itself

Berna Cox nearly beat the lump in her throat at Dublin Airport, but the Irish mammy losing a child to emigration was defeated... Read more

Bordeaux: wine and a Luas that connects

Giovanni Morelli | 23 October 2009 | Wine

Giovanni Morelli visited châteaux in Bordeaux, read about buried cheese, and discovered that the Luas lines in France connect... Read more

Saying it with flowers is quiet eloquence

Berna Cox | 16 October 2009 | Life itself

Berna Cox writes that a giving someone a bunch of flowers — though a hackneyed gesture — is still a wonderful way to express affection... Read more

Money matters with — Eddie Hobbs

Eddie Hobbs | 16 October 2009 | Finance

In a new column for Irish Medical Times, financial guru Eddie Hobbs says that many pension funds — including the GMS pension fund — haven't allowed for double-digit inflation, which is likely in the coming years. What can you do... Read more

Dublin gallery set for a Munch of Bacon

Dr John Wallace | 08 October 2009 | Art

Major twentieth-century artists, Francis Bacon and Edvard Munch, are now on show in Dublin, Dr John Wallace reflects on two new important exhibitions running this autumn... Read more

Jobs in the vegetable plot for early October

Shirley Lanigan | 08 October 2009 | Gardening

Shirley Lanigan advises gardeners that nature abhors a vacuum and there are useful jobs you can do in the garden at this time of year to maintain it — as well as plants that you can sow... Read more

Advice to young lovers everywhere

Berna Cox | 02 October 2009 | Life itself

Berna Cox is celebrating 30 years of something approaching marital bliss — if she makes it through the week!... Read more