The mother of all gifts: Here are some ideas for how to treat your mum this Mother's Day

Esther N McCarthy offers some ideas for Mother’s Day treats, from luxury skincare products to vintage Champagne

1. Go for gold with this shamrock brooch, it’s €60 from Deblaca jewellery. maireaddeblacajewellery.com

2. Inglot’s new limited edition Gold Flexi Palette is a nice gift for the makeup-loving mammys. It’s a limited edition release and costs €14.

3. For the bookworm, try Easons, you can’t go wrong with The Gift of Friends by Emma Hannigan, €14.99.

4. This Book of Kells purple celtic scarf by Patrick Francis is produced in Ireland, €29.95 from Kilkenny shops.

5. Green Angel Pure & Organic Body Soft Gift Set is €39.95 but with €45 worth of products, including Seaweed Body Lotion. Available from the Kilkenny Shop, Meadows & Byrne, and pharmacies. www.greenangel.com.

6. Try the just launched Calvin Klein Women Eau de Toilette. The packaging is created by Suzanne Dalton in collaboration with artist Anne Collier, and the master perfumer is Annick Menardo. 30mls is €45.

7. Greenes Restaurant has a special five-course lunch tasting menu designed by executive head chef Bryan McCarthy, available exclusively on March 31. €45 pp. www.greenesrestaurant.com

8. If you want to do good and spoil mum, surprise her with Goal’s Daisy Pendant. The sterling silver pendant, €50, is a creative concept that bloomed between Irish jewellery designer Martina Hamilton and garden designer Leonie Cornelius following a project they worked on for Goal. www.goal.com/en-ie.

9. Say it with Champagne, or specifically, a vintage Dom Pérignon Rosé 2005. It’s €355, (leave the price tag on for bonus points) and is available nationwide at select independent off-licences.

10. As mammy will always be our first loves (sorry pops) maybe treat her to something from the Joanne Hynes My First Love collection for Dunnes Stores: Pow! Boxer Dress, €100, and Pow! Blouse, €90.

11. Shiseido is the cream of the crop in luxury skincare. €83 from Arnotts and selected pharmacies nationwide. www.shiseido.ie/