BOOKS make fantastic Christmas gifts, as once you have a fair idea of your recipient’s area of interest, it really shows that you’ve paid attention, that you genuinely care.

Dermot Bannon returns in a new series of Room to Improve tomorrow on RTÉ One.

Gay Byrne begins a new series of The Meaning Of Life on Tuesday at 10.15pm on RTÉ One with an interview with Mary McAleese.