Derval O'Rourke: How to not freak out about hosting Christmas dinner 

Plus the perfect cold starter — because most of your stove and oven will be already full

'Plan the menu from start to finish. This will take away so much stress.'

Dingle is without a doubt one of my favourite places in the world.

Tucked away in the colourful seaside town is the 2019 Irish cookery school of the year, Dingle Cookery School. Mark Murphy is the head chef and runs the school. As we find ourselves in the run up to Christmas, for this week’s column, I asked Mark to bring us his simple tips for Christmas dinner.