January is the month many of us plan our summer holidays so this week I want to suggest two destinations with a wine focus.

I am trying to establish the house phone’s whereabouts. 

“He could be a right lump.”

When Lee Brickley decided it was time to propose to his beloved girlfriend Joanne, he knew he needed an ’Idiot’ to make it special.

Esther N McCarthy invited Michelin-starred chef Andy McFadden into her kitchen to pass on some of his expertise and, more importantly, help up her serve up a two-course delight for her beloved.

Some older Irish couples share their experiences of love.

With Valentines Day fast approaching, some of the more cynical among us might need a refresher course in romance.

Setanta Sports have the rights to show 17 hurling and football games from the Allianz National Leagues and the list they have released includes some tantalising fixtures.

NEW ZEALAND represents less than 1% of the world’s wine production but has become hugely influential in the past 20 years thanks to their unique take on Sauvignon Blanc.

A US sheriff says he has cancelled Valentine’s Day because of the bad weather, telling men they are off the hook for the romantic gifts their partners may be expecting.

How to get the best movie to suit you and your date this Valentines Day - don't go see the one about World War II!

Letters have been handed into the Taoiseach and the Justice Minister calling on them to look at new evidence in the Stardust disaster.

Carnival Cruise Lines’ boss said today he would go aboard and apologise personally to passengers for foul and dangerous conditions while the stricken liner Triumph was adrift for five nightmarish days.

VALENTINE’S DAY, next Thursday, is probably your first good excuse to splash out on a decent bottle of wine since Christmas.

Up to 50% discounts on cruises, transfers included

Gardaí investigating a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" offered a place on the witness protection programme to one of the two men now accused of taking part in the robbery.

On day four of the General Election campaign, Fine Gael is due to unveil its plans to cut back on official transport for Ministers, while Labour is to highlight its stance on the banking sector.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore don’t “do” Valentine’s Day.

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PEOPLE with disabilities may have to take to the streets in the same numbers as older people to highlight the relentless cuts being made to their payments and services, the head of a national cross-disability organisation said yesterday.

IT’S a good time of the year to pick up on what the airlines are offering in the January sales – many of them have sale offers for bookings made by January 18.

A large number of fire-fighters are battling a major blaze at a business premises in north Dublin this morning.

'PS I Love You' star Hilary Swank refuses to celebrate St Valentine's Day - because every day of the year should be filled with romance.

Actor Jamie Foxx is delighted he is blessed with musical talent, because it's a surefire way to a woman's heart.

MONEY still grows on trees for Irish farmers.

THE National Lottery raised over €200 million last year for beneficiary projects, according to its latest annual report.

England coach Clive Woodward has already decided who will fill the boots of Jonny Wilkinson – but will wait for the weekend’s medical bulletins before unveiling the identity of his fly-half.

An attempt to remove horse-drawn carriages from St Stephen's Green in Dublin has been abandoned.

Rescuers in the North will this morning resume their search for three generations of the same family who disappeared at sea off the coast of Co Down on Valentines Day.

Two pairs of elephants have married in Thailand.

A website is offering sympathy to people who have not had any Valentine's messages.

Valentine's Day will break text-message records in the UK, with 50 million messages expected to be sent.