You’d have to pay me a lot of money to go out without sunscreen on my face. I can’t do it. I almost feel I’m going to wither vampire-like the minute a ray of sun hits. I’ve slathered on the stuff for the last 20 years and I’m not going to stop now.

Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Topcoat, €17

Blanaid Hennessy has developed a heavy reliance on makeup and chocolate.

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Revlon Colourstay 12-Hour Eyeshadow Quad in Coffee Bean, €7.50

Celebrity Salon mentor and beautician Elaine Butler Doolin tells Kirstie McDermott her make-up secrets and favourite products

ANSWERS on a postcard: what’s the one thing Irish women want right now when it comes to their skincare?

France’s state-run railway company has for the first time expressed “sorrow and regret” for its role in the deportation of Jews during the Second World War II.

THE author of England’s Greatest Spy: Eamon de Valera was interviewed by John Green on Radio Kerry during the week. The 470-page book, by John J Turi, will not be published until the last day of November so it is not possible to comment on it.

Francois Dalle, chief executive of L’Oreal for 27 years and credited with transforming the French cosmetics company into a global giant, has died. He was 87.

RYLE DWYER makes the extraordinary claim that in September 1943, Eamonn de Valera approved the plan that our diplomatic representatives in Berlin, Rome, and Vichy be recruited by the OSS and used as American spies (Irish Examiner, February 21). He further implies that this actually happened.