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I have James Joyce to thank for helping me discover the Madison & Co boutique in Glasthule village in Co Dublin. There I was on Bloomsday, the annual June 16 expedition to follow Joycean enthusiasts reading at the Sandycove tower, which features in the opening scenes of his literary epic Ulysses. While the food outside Cavistons restaurant was delish, my neck was craned to get a better look at the window of the boutique behind me.

Cook it: The Dublin Cookery School is kicking off its Summer BBQ Series with an Indian cuisine focus on May 18. The menu for the course (€195) takes inspiration from the flavours of tandoor-style cooking and street-food grilling and includes dishes such as chapati and tikka platters, mango masala pickle and caramelised pineapple and pistachio kulfi. A big emphasis will be put on high-quality ingredients, the importance of marination, and how to replicate the tandoor-quality grilling seen in pr...

The Northern Ireland-born designer has just opened her first bricks-and-mortar store in Dublin

Taste it: ?The Metropole Hotel in Cork city is celebrating Easter with a sweet treat for chocoholics. Available until Friday, May 31, its decadent Chocolate Afternoon Tea Experience includes milk chocolate eclairs, chocolate macaroons and white chocolate blondie with chocolate ganache and hazelnuts. There’s savoury bites too, with Rosscarbery black pudding and Cashel Blue cheese tartlet and Union Hall smoked salmon and dill pickled cucumber on Buckley’s brown soda. Grown-ups can elevate the ...

It’s cosy season – here’s how to hunker down at home in style

Winter style can be tricky – from confusing Christmas party dress codes to the trainers and tights debate, Lisa has the answer

We have a rich history of nature poetry in Ireland and award-winning poet Jane Clarke has done an excellent job of curating some of the very best of it in her latest collection, Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Connect.

One carry-on queen and a recovering packaholic share their ultimate guide to packing for any holiday scenario

How to build a capsule wardrobe for travel: Our fashion expert reveals her hints and tips for how to pack a succinct wardrobe when traveling

Joanne say the geeky men in Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-verse - his new name for Facebook which bought Instagram in 2012 - seem determined to ruin this creative community for good.