Wild Canada: bears, lakes and mountains
New budget flights and more dollars for your pound mean that now is a great time to experience British Columbia
Dinners for your little dumplings
Preparing a quick and easy midweek meal for the whole family is not child’s play, but these Asian-inspired recipe ideas will appeal to adults and fussy five-year-olds alike, writes Cliodhna Prendergast
Inflation freeze is bad omen for family finances
Inflation is on track to reach 3 per cent in the coming few months, subjecting households to the tightest financial squeeze in years, economists claimed after the official rate held steady in March.
Eat fat, lose weight: follow the trainer’s two-week diet plan
A new report says that eating fat can make you slim. Celebrity trainer James Duigan explains how to lose inches in a fortnight
Gadget fix
Jacked up Sony Xperia XZ smartphone
Gadget Fix
Gaze at the moon like never before, grab the latest from the company whose cameras were used on it, find out whether your child is the next Henry Ford, and hear tracks on the go with a musical discus
Gadget Fix
Dive, dive, dive in a sleek submersible, play retro games on a mini-console, program your bed to make itself and raid a cool-looking fridge packed with tasty high-tech kit
I did it my way
Eithne Shortall learns how self-publishing helped four Irish writers plot success
Where have all the Irish bloggers gone?
Blogging has never been bigger,” the Guardian declared last year. Well, not in Ireland. Although more people are talking to each other online, and the number of Facebook users surged from 400,000 last January to 1.2m two weeks ago, the … Continued
Added charges can add £36 to budget airline tickets
Airlines are inflating fares by up to £36 per person by imposing “hidden charges” for bags, better seats, extra leg room and speedy boarding, an analysis of 63 airlines has found.