BT2 is stepping up to the technology plate with its all singing, all dancing new website.

There's a lot more to it than clothes . . . check out the blogs from the likes of stylist Celestine Cooney and Candy main man Richard Seabrooke.

There's also a music section dedicated to up and coming Irish bands, as well a news section looking at hot and happening new events around the city. You can't buy the clothes on line . . . yet . . . but that option is coming soon and in the meantime you can drool to your heart's content over the lovely current collections. www. bt2. ie

PUTTING ON THE RITZ

THE backlash against boutique hotels is surely on the horizon and if anything kickstarts it, it will be the ultra-deluxe new Ritz-Carlton, Powerscourt. Two championship golf courses, a 30,000sq ft ESPA spa, a Louise Kennedy boutique and a Gordon Ramsay restaurant set it apart as something special, with the gardens, terraces, fountains and waterfalls of the Powerscourt Estate providing a luscious backdrop. There are special introductory rates of 255 per night, but if you fancy putting on the Ritz, go for the 'Enliven the Senses' package for two people for two nights with breakfast each morning. It also includes a dinner in the Gordon Ramsey restaurant and a choice of a round of golf or spa treatment. Prices start from 955.