RTÉ confirmed that filming and production of Fair City would cease with immediate effect and that the number of episodes would be cut back to two per week from next week.

Enya, Ireland’s biggest- selling solo artist, brought a touch of Christmas spirit to Cork yesterday ahead of her first appearance on Irish TV in a decade.

The chimes they are a-changing.

The Angelus is one off those uniquely Irish things that we don’t fully understand, like to mock but are disproportionately protective of.