How surprised should we be that ‘exercising more’, ‘eating healthier,’ and ‘saving money’ are high on the list of new year’s resolutions, at least according to the YouGov market research and data analytics people?

Everyone is doing Dry January, Veganuary, Gymanuary — monitoring their every dead lift, bench press, kilometre jogged and kale smoothie blitzed, into some whizzy little app designed to beep digital encouragement.

Well, that was a fast year, wasn’t it? How is 2020 treating you? P

Each year I toy with the idea of making New Year resolutions for the next 12 months but I always decide against them. I feel honestly that I won’t keep to them and I just don’t want to disappoint myself.

It’s January and Blue Monday - the most depressing day of the year – is almost upon us.

Dublin welcomed its first baby of the new decade this morning.

The first New Year celebrations have occurred!

Up to 45,000 people are expected to take part in New Year celebrations in Dublin over the next two days.

Preparations are underway for tomorrow's New Year's Festival in Dublin.

New Year’s Eve often promises great things however, it’s usually a big letdown. Maybe it’s time to break the old tradition of cramped nightclubs and get away from it all, writes Paula Burns.

It’s the end of the year, and hopefully says you, the end of the end of year awards.

Michael Clifford looks back at the year that was.

The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a strange one.

Doing things differently can make life great. Rita de Brún meets a comedian, an artist and a guitar teacher who have advice for anyone looking for a change in 2020

As we prepare to enter the 2020s, Pat Fitzpatrick takes a look back at the first two decades of the century so far.

From Dr Martens to sustainable fashion, Annmarie O’Connor checks out the style resolutions made by Ireland’s most fashionable.

I know it is a cliché, but I do feel like stretching myself out after the indulgence of December, to start to air out the cobwebs with brisk walks or runs in the park.

The comedown is real. I have not entered into such a state of mourning since the makers of Toblerone announced the ridiculous addition of ‘extra spacing’ between the pointed triangles of delicious nougat loaded chocolate.

It's the second day of 2019 and for many people that means an unwelcome return to routine and reality.

Did you do a New Year's Day Swim?

A number of babies were born in Ireland just seconds past midnight as we welcomed the New Year.

One of the major themes of the Christmas season is the message of the coming of Light into the darkness of our world.

Alone says there's a long month ahead with over 10,000 lonely older people in need of a visit or a kind word.

Party time on New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to mean hours of work, suggests Roz Crowley.

As we hurtle towards 2019, I have already dodged several recipes for smoothies on social media.

A new wave of female empowerment has seen witches become the inspiration for party looks this Christmas.

Ciara McDonnell rounds up 10 walks to blow the cobwebs away on New Year’s Day.

Are you still hungover from St Stephen’s night?

How are your New Year’s resolutions going?

Now that we’re in the getting-organised phase of the new year, there’s no better time to get the paperwork sorted. Kya deLongchamps offers some quick hack.

After the indulgence of the festive season, the New Year is the perfect time to take on the challenge of getting fit as a family.

Christmas and New Year seems like a distant memory at this point, although most of us have only been back to work one week.

Rugby star Claire Molloy must be one of the very few who is trying not to lose weight in January, writes Clodagh Finn.

Getting things done in a democracy is difficult.

New Year, new you, right? But what if I told you that most of the resolutions you will make this year are designed to fail so that you can achieve the self-fulfilling prophecy that you are just too weak to be able to accomplish it in the first place?