A survey of more than 1,000 parents, grandparents, and others has found that 42% give their children treats simply because they ask for them and almost one in three do so “to make their children feel better”.

Everyman Palace, Cork ****

“A horror play” is how Samuel Beckett publisher and director, John Calder, describes Happy Days which opens at Cork’s Everyman Theatre on February 10 as part of an Irish tour.

Three of Samuel Beckett’s short plays to run at Everyman, says Colette Sheridan

Just over one third of post primary schools have a healthy eating policy, it emerged today.