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This Sandymount home is full of rich colour and clever storage solutions

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9 great events happening around Ireland this weekend

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Strategies to tackle workplace energy slumps

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Why don’t women see themselves as leaders, even when they are?

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Social Pictures: The 39th Cúirt International Festival of Literature launch
Social Pictures: The 39th Cúirt International Festival of Literature launch

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‘There’s a claustrophobia within a love sustained by friendship and respect’
‘There’s a claustrophobia within a love sustained by friendship and respect’

Sarah Gill

My Life in Culture: Media and Communication Studies lecturer Dr. Susan Liddy
My Life in Culture: Media and Communication Studies lecturer Dr. Susan Liddy

Sarah Finnan

10 unique Irish stays for something a little different this summer
10 unique Irish stays for something a little different this summer

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A Derry home, full of personality and touches of fun, proves the power of embracing colour
A Derry home, full of personality and touches of fun, proves the power of embracing...

Megan Burns

The rise of the tennis aesthetic (thank you Zendaya)
The rise of the tennis aesthetic (thank you Zendaya)

Sarah Finnan

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Social Pictures: Launch Of The Olcote In Ceylon Boutique Hotel


By Jennifer McShane
23rd Aug 2016

Ruth Marnell and Eimear Morris at the launch of the Olcote in Ceylon boutique hotel

Social Pictures: Launch Of The Olcote In Ceylon Boutique Hotel

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Sri Lankan coconut Arrack was flown into Ireland especially on Monday evening to create bespoke cocktails for invited guests of Tess de Kretser, who gathered in House, Leeson Street, to celebrate the launch of her new boutique hotel ?Olcote in Ceylon.? Guests enjoyed fresh mango, passionfruit and pomegranate ?Olcote? cocktails made with Arrack, a delicate rum distilled from the nectar of coconut flowers and? traditional eye-catching canapes. Guests on the evening included Lorraine Keane and her husband Peter Devlin, weather presenter Nuala Carey, style guru Darren Kennedy, TV presenter Alison Comyn, George Hook and his wife Ingrid.

See all our snaps in the gallery above.