Make Christmas dinner with all the trimmings for just for €30

There’s no need to break the bank for a scrumptious feast on the big day. For a mere red and blue note, Donal Hayes cooks up a delicious three-course meal for five.

There is a lovely play by Thornton Wilder called The Long Christmas Dinner that follows the lives of an American family over a period of 90 years. Stories are told over many years through snippets from an ever-aging cast.

A play could be written about every family in Ireland based on Christmas dinner and the stories would be similar in so many ways. Certainly the menu would.