Costing north of €500, daytrips to Lapland aren’t exactly a holiday for the masses. Not to worry, writes Pól Ó Conghaile, there are lots of winter wonderlands right here at home

Celebrity White House gatecrasher Tareq Salahi has filed for divorce, claiming his wife was flaunting her affair with the lead guitarist for the rock band Journey.

IN spite of overnight lows of -12C and daytime temperatures of just -5C expected in some parts today, the country now looks likely not to have a white Christmas Day.

A THIRD uninvited guest made his way into the White House state dinner for India’s prime minister, it emerged yesterday.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

MORE wintry showers are predicted for large parts of Ireland today after heavy frost caused major disruption on roads across the country yesterday.

The couple who gatecrashed a White House state dinner were being filmed by a reality TV show camera crew, the network said today.

Iggy Pop is giving Christmas classics a punk rock makeover - he is planning to release a record of holiday tunes.

The Taoiseach heads to the United States later today in advance of the traditional St Patrick's Day ceremonies at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Nicolas Sarkozy began his first visit to Washington as French president with a pledge that France has left behind tensions with the United States over the Iraq war.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said that the Bush administration is hampering the Northern Ireland peace process by restricting his party’s ability to raise funds in the US even after the IRA agreed to scrap its weapons.

Elton John has accepted undisclosed damages from British newspaper The Sunday Times, after it reprinted a libelous claim about the star's behaviour at his White Tie and Tiara charity ball.

Teenage singing star Charlotte Church stole the heart of the Grinch at a Florida theme park.