Parents are taking a more active role in family life with 45% of Irish parents saying that they regularly turn down a drink with friends in order to play with the kids at home and 51% opting to take up a new hobby to spend more time together as a family.

The last remaining stores of UK high street retailer Woolworths will close their doors for the final time at the end of trading today.

The last remaining Woolworths stores will close their doors for the final time across the UK at the end of trading tomorrow.

Two hundred more Woolworths stores will close across the UK today after being given a one-day reprieve by administrators.

Woolworths will continue its slow demise today with more than 150 branches closing, as the crisis gripping the British high street spreads.