Stay updated with breaking news from Amanda Bone. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
I’m worn out from Home of the Year (RTÉ One). All the embellishment, all the saturated colour, all the platform elevations — and that’s just the judges. The final was very exciting, and took place in Georgian splendour (sigh) but the award itself is a frightful and fragile-looking thing: the lettering on it is a disgrace and it doesn’t look as if it will survive till Christmas.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MJGP3GH4RVEXBIX53T6TBFUJTA.jpg)
Claire Byrne’s hosts new quiz show Ireland Smartest, Paul Mescal up for another acting prize at the Olivier Awards, Lily Allen’s TV acting debut in Dreamland and the final of Home of the Year
:quality(70):focal(2110x1615:2120x1625)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/6B4TSXCPAVDJPNEUO4Q4VWFRGI.jpg)
Detached two-bed by the Grand Canal in Ranelagh has the living space upstairs to maximise light and space
See the Antrim home through to final and the other two cool spaces, including a kitchen that made two judges want to waltz
Take a look inside all three homes: Renovated Victorian dwelling, A-rated Dublin new build and mountain lodge in Co Wicklow