This coronavirus lockdown isn’t all bad for parents. Yes, for most of us, it’s a nightmare trying to juggle childcare, work, and downing half-a-pack of Custard Creams in the kitchen without getting caught.

The students and teachers of Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn are delighted to be finally moving into their very first bricks and mortar school, after spending more than two decades in prefabs in an overflow carpark of Brian Dillons GAA club, writes Jess Casey.

In the first of a four-part series looking at the finalists for the Cork Company of the Year Awards, Munster Business Hub editor Alan Healy casts an eye over the contenders in the Emerging category.

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

Why does Santa live at the North Pole? How does he get around the world in a single night? And what does he do on Christmas morning? These and many other Christmas mysteries are solved by the Junior Infants of Gaelscoil Charraig Uí Leighin in Carrigaline, Co Cork. By Ailin Quinlan

He’s made his list and he’s checked it twice, but maybe Santa Claus should be considering whether plastic toys are naughty or nice, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Sometimes I think we impose Christmas on our kids. A couple of weeks back, my wife and I were all about The Late Late Toy Show and going to see Jack and The Beanstalk in the Everyman Theatre.

How's the hour change going for you?

A returned east Cork emigrant is to open an innovative Lego-driven STEM education centre in his home town.

Fionn Ferreira (18) from Ballydehob in west Cork, was named the overall winner of the 2019 Google Science Fair.

DEAR kids, I presume you never read these articles. If for some reason you’re reading this one, stop now and find something else to do, like cleaning up the latest mess you left in the front room.

WHAT did people do before play-dates? From what I can remember, this is how it played out in our house.

A five-year-old boy has conquered one of Ireland's most terrifying sea stacks.

A group of Scottish pensioners have picked up spray cans for the first time to create a piece of street art.

"Last year I heard Santa fall down the chimney, he landed on his butt. I saw him, and I heard him, because I was peeking"

Teenager Aaron Gallagher has cystic fibrosis, and after six weeks in hospital, he is happy just to be back with his family for Christmas, says Áilín Quinlan

There is a groundswell of opposition to the factory plan in Skibbereen, writes Noel Baker.

You have to stand four-square with David Attenborough on this one.

From Strictly Come Dancing to I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the TV listings have been full of treats lately.

This was a very different kind of glory to Chicago.

Sport is about results.

WE NEED to talk about storage. In particular, toy storage. Because it has gripped me. Feverishly. Yet, I appear to be not alone in this particular affliction, says Lindsay Woods.

Danish toymaker Lego has posted its first fall in annual earnings and sales since 2004 after seeing profits tumble 18% in a "challenging" past year.

Last Thursday theMinister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney announced on Twitter that he is “looking forward to finalising” a proposal “allowing Irish citizens all over the world have the option to vote in presidential elections — it will change and broaden the nature of the presidency for the better...”

A word of advice for Irish Olympians competing in South Korea next month: the cold is back for the Winter Games.

How do Santa’s reindeer fly? And what does Mrs Claus do on Christmas Eve, while Santa’s flying around the world? These and other mysteries are kindly explained to Áilín Quinlan by the junior infants of Kilgarriffe National School in Clonakilty, Co Cork.

Rubicoin have been awarded this year’s eir Spider Grand Prix at the 2017 eir Spider Awards.

So, have they been naughty or nice? There’s certainly no shortage of options for the Santa list this year. Áilín Quinlan takes a look at what’s likely to make a splash and the role that social media plays in what children choose.

Tired of shopping for presents? Don’t feel like writing another card? Fear not. Suzanne Harrington has found the professionals who will look after Christmas for you

LAST week, I was struck down by a dreadful affliction which affects large numbers of the population but most are unaware of its existence, says Tric Kearney. 

Brigitte Nielsen and Brodir v George Berkeley and the Pixies. Michael Moynihan takes us through the alternative Ireland-Denmark confrontations