The English don’t get Halloween. While it’s the second spendiest holiday in America after Christmas — in 2014 Americans spent six billion dollars on pumpkin spiced latte and plastic spiders — in England it is still regarded with suspicion.

My hopes and dreams were wrapped up in the prospect of bringing my son to the big game in the bright, new shining Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The County Board put paid to that, writes Michael Clifford.

Amid the Beyonce ‘gap’ controversy Suzanne Harrington throws a wobbly and offers the F-word to fat shamers.

Hans Riegel, who made German sweet maker Haribo and its signature gummi bears a chewy hit across the globe, has died aged 90.