Person: Hugh Wallace

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<p>The Dublin apartment, a finalist in Home of the Year. Pictures: RTÉ</p>

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Home of the Year: Inside the Dublin apartment and Cork house through to the final

Both earn a perfect 10 from Hugh Wallace, while Armagh architect-homeowner earns praise for her landscape-inspired family residence

<p>The restored entrance hallway to Sean Hickey's Kilkenny home.</p>

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Step back in time in Victorian living space

<p>The kitchen area in Toni and Fionán Walsh’s Kerry home. light-filled residence. Pictures: Kelan Molloy/RTÉ</p>

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Look inside the Kerry coastal house sailing into RTÉ's Home of the Year final

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Meet the Kerry 'Home of the Year' stars who built their dream coastal property

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RTÉ Home of the Year: Inside the 'joyful, playful' first property through to the final

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Architect Hugh Wallace shares secrets to the ideal living space

Make shapes to see this super sculpture display in Cork

Esther N McCarthy chooses her favourite pieces as she attends The Montenotte Hotel's Victorian Gardens exhibition launch

Wed, 28 Jun, 2023

From 'overgrown site' to Home of the Year: Winners share design secrets

Eve Kelliher talks to Rob McConnell to discover how the family created the forest house he describes as 'a dream place'

Tue, 11 Apr, 2023

RTÉ’s Home of the Year: Inside a renovated Edwardian house

‘Tour de force’ Belfast residence is third through to final: Take a look and see the two other family homes with the wow factor

Sun, 05 Mar, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Bid to build near Neolithic tombs raises questions about our planning system

Sligo County Council seeks Unesco status for part of its priceless ancient landscape — but has now voted to build near it

Wed, 06 Jul, 2022

Sunday TV Tips: Kelly and Paddy take on the grind of converting an 1830s mill

And Ireland v Italy, women's six nations

Sun, 10 Apr, 2022

Tuesday TV Tips: Compare this renovated Cork home with an old shop conversion in Kilkenny

Home of the Year visits Cork, Kilkenny and Dublin; and it's Sweden v Republic of Ireland u21 Euro 2023 qualifier

Tue, 29 Mar, 2022

Sunday TV Tips: Find out who's the Dancing with the Stars winner

There's a Dancing on Ice finale this evening too with a performance from judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

Sun, 27 Mar, 2022

Tuesday TV Tips: Fab Kerry house is a Home of the Year contender

And hospital drama This is Going to Hurt with Ben Whishaw

Tue, 15 Feb, 2022

Paul O’Connell, Pippa O’Connor and other Irish stars share their health and wellbeing goals for 2022

Prof Luke O’Neill, Keilidh Cashell and James Kavanagh also share their happiest memories from 2021 and their plans to stay fit and well in the year ahead

Fri, 31 Dec, 2021

Wednesday TV Tips: Paddy McGuinness on challenges for parents of children with autism

— Plus tackling damp and dated bungalows; and Lost in Space final series is available now

Wed, 01 Dec, 2021

Architect Hugh Wallace on what changes you can expect when you return to your office

So you arrive into work in the morning, reach for your office fob, realise it’s tucked in the pocket of a different pair of trousers, press the buzzer, request that they “buzz” you in, enter first a gate then a door by pulling a handle, head into the lift, press the floor button, exit the lift, push your way through another set of doors, and head straight for the kitchen and the coffee machine wh

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

What it's like spending lockdown in the Home of the Year

Ethna Dorman tells Eve Kelliher about the journey that led her to her carriage house haven

Sat, 02 May, 2020

‘Bungalows were about us as a society growing up’

Whether you consider them bliss or blight, these iconic dwellings deserve to be repurposed for our times, as Hugh Wallace tells Eve Kelliher

Tue, 21 Apr, 2020

Ethna Dorman's ‘peaceful sanctuary’ wins RTÉ’s Home of the Year

As she set out to restore a 19th-century carriage house, Ethna Dorman wanted the style of her dwelling to reflect the journey of her life.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

It’s the day of reckoning for Home of the Year finalists

Eve Kelliher invites you to join her on a virtual couch this evening to see which homeowner will take the spoils.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Home of the Year: Three doors swing open tonight to offer us a welcome distraction

Interiors voyeurism will never go out of style – not least when we’re all confined to barracks and eyeing up neglected corners of our own residences that could do with TLC.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2020

Time travel on the cards in tonight's Home of the Year

Let's fasten our seatbelts as a trip back in time is on the itinerary when we tune into episode three of the Home of the Year tonight.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

Home of the Year offers a good excuse for a bit of good-natured interiors voyeurism

Keep chomping on those carrots so your eyes will be in perfect working order for that prolonged annual gaze through the keyhole as Home of the Year returns for a sixth series next week.

Sat, 22 Feb, 2020

€5m rescue of Cork harbour's Belvelly Castle 'the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done'

€5m has been spent on this Cork harbour castle rescue by Garry and Anne Wilson, writes Tommy Barker.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2019

Ireland’s most experienced exorcist Fr Pat Collins to appear on this week's Late Late Show

Child star and friend of Michael Jackson, Mark Lester will be also on the couch.

Thu, 14 Feb, 2019

Work is more fun for interior designer Garry Cohn

This week Aileen Lee speaks to interior designer at Cohn Designs, Garry Cohn.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2018

Home of the Year judge Patrick Bradley: Good design saves you money in the long run

Carol O’Callaghan talks design, television and architecture with new ‘Home of the Year’ judge Patrick Bradley.

Sat, 28 Apr, 2018

What are your thoughts on Ireland's Home of the Year?

Out of a total of 21 homes, judges narrowed it down to seven finalists, ranging from a suburban contemporary design in Dublin to a sea-facing house overlooking the Atlantic in West Cork.

Wed, 25 Apr, 2018

Seven homes bid for coveted title of Home of the Year

Seven houses are in the running to be named Home of the Year 2018 in the conclusion tonight of the TV series.

Tue, 24 Apr, 2018

David Norris wins home of the year prize

The magnificently restored Georgian home of Senator David Norris has been named Celebrity Home of the Year.

Wed, 03 Jan, 2018

‘Jaw-dropping’ cottage crowned Home of the Year 2017

Salvaged flooring with stiletto marks on it and a traditional farm cottage exterior — RTÉs Home of the Year 2017 is far from a trendy new build.

Fri, 28 Apr, 2017

Designer and TV personality Deirdre Whelan talks about her dream job

Have you ever wondered how television presenters get their jobs? For designer Deirdre Whelan, now a familiar face on RTÉ’s Home of the Year, it was a phone call last year from Shinawil, the production company behind the programme.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2016

Would you put your home forward for the new series of Home of the Year?

Sat, 02 Jul, 2016

Tonight's Late Late Show is going to be seriously good

Tune in to The Late Late Show this Friday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

This much I know: Hugh Wallace, Architect

I was taken for a fool in school. It wasn’t until I was about to do my Leaving Certificate that my English teacher suggested I might be dyslexic. 

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

What to watch on TV this week

‘Home of the Year’ begins a new series on RTÉ One on Thursday, with new judge Deirdre Whelan joining Hugh Wallace, and Declan O’ Donnell.

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

Meet Hugh Wallace the man behind a thousand store fronts

Carol O’Callaghan meets the man behind a thousand store fronts — the principal of architecture and design company, Douglas Wallace Consultants, and a man who’s become better known as a judge in ‘Home of the Year’.

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

Hugh Wallace: Home judged to perfection

He spent last year deciding Ireland’s Home of the Year. Now the tables are turned as Hugh Wallace opens up his doors to Jonathan de Burca Butler.

Sat, 18 Jul, 2015

Eco-friendly Cork house is Home of the Year

It’s a house fit for a king, an economically friendly king, and it’s just been crowned RTÉ’s Home of the Year.

Fri, 15 May, 2015

Unique designs battle for ‘Home of the Year’

From self-built dream homes to eco-friendly retreats, just seven houses remain in contention for RTÉ’s Home of the Year competition.

Tue, 12 May, 2015

Thursday's TV tips

Check out our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2015

Thursday’s TV tips

Tonight's telly tips…

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

What to watch on TV this week

Declan O’Donnell, Helen James and Hugh Wallace are the judges on Home Of The Year on RTÉ One on Thursday.

Sat, 21 Mar, 2015

Estranged couple found dead

LAST night PSNI detectives were continuing their investigation into a domestic incident at the weekend in which a husband is believed to have killed his estranged wife before taking his own life.

Mon, 04 Oct, 2010

Suicide husband believed to have killed estranged wife

A husband in the North is believed to have killed his estranged wife before taking his own life, it was revealed tonight.

Sat, 02 Oct, 2010

Architecture firm to create 100 jobs

IRISH architecture firm Douglas Wallace is to create 100 jobs as it expands its operations in Ireland and Europe.

Tue, 30 Oct, 2007

Bring back butlers to save top hotels

THE Irish hotel sector will only survive if it begins offering higher standards and increased luxury to guests, according to Hugh Wallace, managing director of Douglas Wallace Architects, Designers & Project Managers.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2006