Eddie Shanahan

Vienna does not live up to expectations , it far exceeds them. I expect a city that is formal, reserved,…

It is a perilous drive from Puigpuyent through rising corkscrew passes and hairpin bends, past layered terraces and walled estates…

It is a Saturday evening in Milan. The air is dry under a silver sky. Despite a busy morning at…

Fiera Delle Grazie is a four day festival, held in mid August, in the village of Grazie outside Mantova. It…

It is just before 9 a.m. in Milan. I have walked in warm sunshine down the Via Manzoni, past a…

Down a narrow country lane, between cornfields, outside Modena lies an understated but elegant house. A manicured driveway is barely…

There still seems to be some confusion between real estate development and retail. Retail is a complicated holistic operation. Once…

Craftsmanship and imagination have always been the trademarks of our Irish knitters and weavers. When I was growing up I…

Just out of Leenane is a bend in the road. Here a small bridge crosses the Erriff River where it…

The Leenane Hotel sits shyly in a nook by the road that winds circumspectly along the edge of Killary harbour.…