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I was born and reared in a thatched house and have a fondness for them, a weakness even.

Consumers might say in surveys that country of origin is important, but David Swales maintains that goes out the window in the shop

Two worlds collided on the streets of Dublin this week. Well-to-do Christmas shoppers on St Stephen's Green sauntered past advertisements for pearl earrings and were welcomed by the top-hatted doorman at the front of Shelbourne Hotel as they arrived for coffee at 11am.