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Dine in style and comfort in picturesque Enniskerry

THE Powerscourt Arms Country House is located in the picturesque village of Enniskerry and has undergone a major refurbishment programme over the past 2 years.

Vegetarian cooking

A VEGETARIAN cookery course will be taking place in the Dominican Farm and Ecology Centre.

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Wicklow driver Seán has a need for speed

SEÁN DOYLE won the final Ginetta Junior Championship race of 2011 and just missed out by the narrowest of margins from winning the overall championship.

The truth hurts: Taoiseach was right

By DEBORAH COLEMAN

IT CAME as a surprise to me that Enda Kenny's comments about greed and excessive borrowing were met with such anger in recent days but as they say, the truth hurts. As a nation we did borrow beyond our means, we became greedy like never before and we did become wealthy on credit. Now that the bubble has burst however it is clear that the people who were facilitated by "generous" financial institutions are the victims instead of those who should really be accountable.

Borrowers caught up in wealth illusion

WHEN TAOISEACH Enda Kenny last week attributed the country's economic collapse to a madness for borrowing that gripped the population in the heady days of the Celtic Tiger, he sparked a chorus of howling indignation, some of it from the most unlikely quarters.

I've finally joined Twitter, yet early signs are not great

By Justine O'mahony

I FINALLY succumbed to the draw of social networking and joined Twitter recently. I'm a late developer when it comes to modern technology and only joined facebook last year, having moaned about others becoming addicted to it for months.

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Horse trainer Peter Casey turns the RTE airwaves blue after his horse Flemenstar wins at Leopardstown. The man's celebration plans are now a Youtube sensation. Tracy Piggott told him he would get them all into trouble. Peter didn't care.

Where are they now? No... 11

WHAT TENNIS fan can ever forget Ivan Lendl? Many of us willed him to win Wimbledon back in the late '80s, only to see him capitulate twice in the final.

No planes, I'll take trains and automobiles

By SHEA TOMKINS

SOMETHING STRANGE has happened to me since the boys were born - I now throw my head in my hands at the thoughts of flying. There was a time when I would have happily glided over the Gobi Desert, marvelling at the colours of day as they blended into night; thoughts of imminent doom the furthest things from my mind.

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In Pictures

The week in pictures The week in pictures for 2012-01-18

In Pictures

Historic postcards Over 6,000 photographs, political prints and portraits from days gone by form part of a project launched at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. To view collection and buy the images, visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/postcards.