Philip Nolan

2 weeks ago | evoke.ie | Philip Nolan

From beehive cabins to Mongolian yurts, you'll be spoilt for choice if you decide on exploring the great outdoors at home. We've rounded up some of the best glamping sites in Ireland which all have something special to offer. There are picnic tables on the gravelled outdoor area, with barbecue facilities (own charcoal required). Stunning views to the Atlantic and Achill Island are the big draws, and if larger parties are arriving, tents can be pitched for an extra fee. There is a sandy beach nearby.

2 weeks ago | extra.ie | Philip Nolan

Forty years ago, a 24-year-old man from Clones in Co Monaghan, just 5ft6 tall and weighing 8st 13lb 12oz, stepped into the boxing ring in Loftus Road, home of football team Queen’s Park Rangers. There were 27,000 people there to watch him take on Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza, 13,000 of whom had travelled from Ireland, north and south.

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Philip Nolan

Look at it, just look at it. Eventually, you might be able to stop, but I couldn’t. Every time I was anywhere near one of the front windows of my house, I had to have another peep. That paint job, in Century Bronze Matt, is spectacular in any light, looking rich and velvety in bright sunshine, feline and vaguely predatory when the clouds close in. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW It’s so tactile, you actually find your hand running along the side of the car before you open the door.

1 month ago | businessplus.ie | Philip Nolan

There’s a city in central Mexico you probably have never heard of, even though it has a population of over one million. San Luis Potosí has a beautiful cathedral in the main square, side streets with cafés and restaurants under porches to protect those eating outdoors from sun and heat, and many parks that bring greenery at almost every corner. Leave the city limits, though, and that greenery disappears. Aside from irrigated fields for farming, the landscape becomes dusty and arid.

1 month ago | businessplus.ie | Philip Nolan

When the Skoda Kodiaq made its debut in 2017, one of its main selling points was that it was available as a five- or a seven-seater. Admittedly, the seats in that back row were made for young children and, like theme park rides, they might just as well have put a height restriction sign on them. But it was handy to have them all the same.