Louis van Gaal will again be under pressure to deliver a victory and an improved performance when Manchester United host Stoke tonight.

From Charlie Sheen’s revelation that he is HIV positive, to Bruce Jenner’s remarkable transformation to Caitlyn, and births, deaths, and marriages, Kelly O’Brien has tried to keep track of all the celebrity news from 2015

As Anna Wintour’s Vogue movie revealed, the September issues are the biggest of the year for the glossies, setting the trends for the year ahead. Annmarie O’Connor sees what’s in store.

Lisa Haynes reveals how to fatten up your tresses with some insider tips and tonics.

JANUARY, from Janus, the Roman double-faced god facing in opposite directions, is here.

This column was flummoxed last week when a package arrived all the way from 2014.

Miley Cyrus is reportedly dating producer Mike WiLL Made It.

... is a very different animal to the Kilkenny full-back who has prowled his square and wore the famed No 3 jersey with distinction for more than a decade. Michael Moynihan took advantage of Noel Hickey’s downtime.

ROUND about now, some of you will have received The Text: ‘any idea when u ll be down for christmas, only I want to put the bed airing.’

January Jones thinks she was "meant" to be a mother.

January Jones is eating her own placenta.

With a cold spell due and storms into March, we have the hot fashions to keep you warm. AnnemarieO’Connor reports

JANUARY is a month to impress at senior inter-county level.

JANUARY is the time of year when many people take a close look at how healthy their diet is — but humans are not the only ones making sure they eat a balanced selection of food.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez wants to find a solution to striker Hugo Rodallega’s contract issue before the transfer window opens.

January Jones has given birth to a baby boy.

January Jones doesn’t “like living with other people”.

January Jones likes to drink beer and watch sports on TV on her time off.

January Jones has become the new face of Versace.

AS our little country feels the bony fingers of the IMF on our shoulder and the cold winds of financial oblivion against our grubby face, we are often lectured – throughout the media – by so-called ‘self-made men’.

EACH year at this time, I see it as my duty to tell you what’s going to happen next year.

CORK hurling manager Denis Walsh has slammed the GAA’s decision to ban inter-county training sessions in November and December.

GAA President Nickey Brennan has refused to rule out the playing of non-GAA sports at Croke Park after the opening of the redeveloped Lansdowne Road in 2010.

EACH year at this time, a small but select band of us gathers around ancient fires in a hidden part of the forest.

Alex Ferguson still does not view Manchester City as a major threat despite the Blues’ new-found status as the richest club in the world.

YOU don’t often see people heading to the beach sporting raincoats and rubber boots, but that will surely be the case for the annual jamboree on Laytown strand this afternoon.

ACCORDING to my encyclopaedia, people have been producing almanacs since the beginnings of astronomy. As far back as ancient Rome, people were routinely warned in advance about days that were dangerous — beware the Ides of March! — as well as told about days that would be good to do business.

Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.

LADBROKES World Hurdle hero Inglis Drever is recovering well after his season-ending injury and should be back on the track next term, according to owner Graham Wylie.

Ladbrokes World Hurdle hero Inglis Drever is recovering well after his season-ending injury and should be back on the track next term, according to owner Graham Wylie.

HERE’S a little taste of things to come in 2006. Don’t let it spoil your holidays — it might never happen!

PORTSMOUTH boss Harry Redknapp fears chairman Milan Mandaric will hold back the finance needed for him to remodel his team in the January transfer window unless his team begin to reel off victories.

JANUARY makes the heart of the GAA journalist sink. This is the month when nothing really happens.

A fishing trip ended in tragedy today when a retired lecturer and his son-in-law drowned off the coast of Co Donegal.

WINNING managers swear by it. Teams shocked in the league by lowly neighbours use it as an excuse. And recently retired players shudder at the thought of it.

Mark Gallagher wipes a tear from his eye as he recalls 365 sporting days of highs and lows, winners and losers, some guts and a lot of glory.