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Marty’s New Muse

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

For Leonardo DiCaprio, getting wet and wild-eyed for Martin Scorsese "was the most fun we’ve had so far". Paul Byrne goes undercover...

Donning A Full Metal Jacket

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

I journeyed into the world of metal this week.

7 Days in the life of: Johnny Ronan

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Just for the record, I’m very rich and most definitely a free agent

Michael O'Doherty: Hope for the day job

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Print's under pressure but people still want to stay in touch, says Michael O'Doherty

Bird on the wing

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Meteor Music Award winner Wallis Bird truly is a hippy for the YouTube generation. But as Brian Finnegan discovers her sincere feelgood intent is tempered by steely determination

Hayes Of Glory

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Andrea Hayes, co-presenter of Animal A&E and Ireland AM's TV critic, talks to Emma Blain

Films: Shutter Island * * *

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

(thriller. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams. Directed by Martin Scorsese. cert 15A)

Music: Laura Marling i speak because i can (EMI) * * * *

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Laura Marling's remarkable voice is hugely expressive and reassuring as she confides in you among the warm acoustics, says Eamon Carr

Dublin... Now & then: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Stage and TV actor tom vaughan-lawlor says the Celtic Tiger destroyed some of his favourite spots but the recession has brought music back to the street

Paddy Courtney: Not only was there a dead rat in the house but I had a dead rat with leprosy

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

I hope i never have a week like this again. I've been washing myself with Jeyes Fluid and a wire brush and still can't get clean. All because my neighbour told me she had Rentokil lay poison in her attic to kill a rat.

Emily Joyce: Why is life so complicated?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Week 10: Emily wonders where the jam-filled doughnuts went. Why is life so complicated?

star query

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Q My boyfriend of one year has so far been faithful to me -- and I to him. But he has always been honest about the fact that he does not believe in long-term fidelity. He says he loves me madly but I know he is now keen to take another lover. I don't think I can cope with the jealousy and insecurity that this would cause for me but equally I can't imagine leaving him.

Art seen: A Play On Words

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

My family were Republican revolutionaries, so 100 years ago they learned Irish to aid the revolution, and we kept on going.

Shake, Battle, Roll

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

The Dublin band say rock is not dead despite the cost of putting on live gigs

Diary of a yummy drummy: Chick lit

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Aoife has been strangely silent since I sent her the draft of my first short story, says Saoirse O'Brien

Genesis of a story

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Director of Sodome, my love, Lynne Parker, explains the background to a play of truly biblical proportions

All about my mother: Mother's day

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

It's a voucher or nothing, says Emer O'Brien

Sign of the times: With This Fee, I Thee Wed

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Not wanting to pay the HSE €150 to get married, Ger Gilroy sought out a loophole, but only managed to fall down it. Judge for yourself...

Out! and about: Gay Community News

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

GCN has helped me and the gay community for decades -- now it's our turn to assist, says Fearghus de Mórdha

Watching Grass Grow

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

A chance meeting is less than thrilling, finds Eoin Butler

Don't get me started: International Women's Day

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

It's a great seven days to be a woman. For there is not one, but two days dedicated to us this week. This Sunday is Mother's Day, and for those of us who don't have kids to be nice to us one day of the year, Monday was International Women's Day.

Whalley's world: Why do i get involved?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

I spent yesterday morning shivering outside the Westbury, sat at a table trying to smile at a Caesar salad and a shepherd's pie in my role as poster boy for Dine In Dublin -- Restaurant Week.

3 for the weekend

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

colverde trentino chardonnay 2008, €4.99 (reduced from €10.99), Marks & Spencer. A terrific bargain for a fresh-as-a-mountain-stream dry white and just the kind of bargain you could find out about first on Twitter, as stock will disappear quickly. Perfect for parties.

Gigs Exhibitions

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Kevin McAleer draiocht Disorientatingly smart Tyrone stand-up. 8pm, €18/€16, 01 885 2622

Skerries Folk Get St Patrick's Goat

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

The much-travelled saint, the Norse and a tambour factory have all shaped Skerries, writes Frank Hopkins

Wine on the web

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Breach the social media divide for wine news and advice, says Martin Moran

Real food: Potato and Smoked Bacon Soup

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

No matter how much pizza, pasta and chicken chow mein we eat, the Irish love affair with the potato will never fade. St Patrick's Day is as good a day as any to celebrate the potato. Roast a chicken or some rib beef on the bone and serve three kinds of potatoes -- buttery mash, duck fat roasties and gratin dauphinoise.

A Joyless Meal

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

The good, the bad and the ugly can all be found in a meal at Louie's, which had Ernie Whalley recalling colourful days in London's twilight zone

Tried & tested: Foundations

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Homes, relationships, smooth faces: it's all about the foundations, says Sue Conley

Deals on meals

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

One of the silver linings of the recession is the reduced price of dining out. In the struggle to stay afloat, restaurants have slashed prices and drawn up all manner of deals to entice customers. Look around and you'll find that many restaurants are serving up nutritious, delicious fare at fast-food prices. It made us wonder: could a single person eat out for roughly the same price as eating in? On €100. Granted, it's slightly more than the weekly grocery bill for the average person, but eating out saves precious time.

Driven To Abstraction

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

His war service may be a clue to Ellsworth Kelly’s apparently simple works, writes Sue Conley

Films: Green Zone * * *

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

(thriller. Starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Amy Ryan. Directed by Paul Greengrass. cert 15a)

Lifestyle: Nail girls

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Nail Girls co-founder Lynda-Louise Burrell reveals to brenda mccormick how nails have seasonal trends inspired by the catwalk

Much Trouble In Store

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

Many a band has re-lived the cringe-worthy episodes of Spinal Tap's 1984 movie, says George Byrne

Films: the girl with the dragon tattoo * * *

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000

(thriller. Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube, Lena Endre, Peter Haber. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev. cert 18)