Tim Roth was one of the old stalwarts Quentin Tarantino teamed up with for his upcoming western, The Hateful Eight, writes Helen Barlow

The World Cup kicks off shortly in Brazil, with associated nonsense either starting soon or already well under way (exhibit A: Wayne Rooney’s faux outtrage, with the English media’s interest in him and his family).

So, what will 2014 bring on the economic front, for Ireland? Will we continue to turn corners without ending up back where we started, or will we slip back into the chilly embrace of the troika so recently departed?