Every now and again a personality-defining fad comes along, and this season it's the personalised mobile phone ring tone. The Cosby family have managed their ancestral home , Stradbally Hall, for over 500 years - but keeping a house and estate going today is difficult. Kate McMorrow reports. Ancient wings over ancient waters , nine centuries of exile, the distant sound of a bell - for generations the story of The Children of Lir has captivated readers of Irish mythology. A trusted maxim of modern business is never to underestimate the consumer's gullibility.
Image is everything, and substance nothing.
I'm talking about the Guinness Storehouse. On every indicator of the quality of life , Travellers fare worse than the settled community. In the wake of the Citizen Traveller campaign, Kitty Holland reflects on the prospects for our only indigenous minority. Alison Healy hears why the quest for quality life is making career climbers think again about long hours in the office. Run out of Ireland 15 years ago , David Armstrong turned his back on the Presbyterian church and became a Church of England minister.