Lifestyle

The search for investments with a high yield is a popular strategy for investors looking to supplement, or replace, their current income streams.

If you are of the marrying persuasion, have a think about your big day– bride looking beautiful, groom shaking with nerves, bridesmaids fussing, and misty-eyed mothers sniffing and dabbing their eyes.

There is no doubt that we all attribute a different level of credence to what we read, depending on its provenance.

When I was growing up Halloween was one of the most thrilling days of the year.

The Tudors is an Emmy award-nominated series that examines the early reign of Henry VIII and the role of his leading advisor, the last of the great medieval prelates, Cardinal Wolsey.

Two of the striking phenomena in Tuscany over the last decade are the ubiquity of Irish voices and the growth of Etruscan Museums.

There was a rumble in the media lately about theatre-goers not minding their manners.

As the 31 October deadline for 2007 tax returns is fast approaching, I thought that it might be useful to recap on the changed landscape of retirement funding in Ireland.

Every drug company has a list of historic blunders, but only one can lay claim to the mass marketing of heroin.

Born in 1755, James Parkinson would go on to lead an extraordinary life of achievement, endeavour and controversy.