This is a really unusual story,in a sense. I'd had this idea for a book. A garden book,I still do, the book idea aside, it was to be something a little, not Royal Horticultural Society, all pot pourri kind of smoking jacket - esque etc, you get my drift. Via my ...

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On Monday the 26th October 2009 I went to visit Kilkenny Castle Rose Park & Gardens. I went under the recommendation of my good friend Pat Fitzgerald. As I walked up towards the castle I was bemused at the amount of brand spanking smooth polished granite that adorned such a vast ...

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This is show is basically 'Grand Designs' Irish style. The first 2 episodes have followed a family in Sligo building on a site in the country and Francis Brennan, hotelier ...

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Up and running in 5mins

Simple to install - most difficult part of the exercise was opening the cabinet which houses my ESB meter.

This unit is great for giving an ...

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I've never thought much about hand-held hoovers as it often was just as easy to pull out the real thing.  Now, however, I can't live without it. 

The ...

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After just 2 years, the door on the old, piece of crap Hotpoint dishwasher broke. That appliance had been useless from day one with any particle of food blocking it ...

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Its that time of the year again and the paddling pools are being brought out into back gardens. Last year I bought a 10ft easy set pool and cover for ...

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Both myself and Catherine have raved about Tesco home delivery in the past. For the first few weeks that we used it, they couldn’t put a foot wrong. Then ...

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Our last tumble dryer was purchased just over 8 years ago and was getting totally useless. Recently it had been taking forever, well, at least 2 hours to get any ...

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