With the passing of the torch to a new generation, Caomhan Keane says it’s his turn in the kitchen

There’s no harm in wishing for a better year than the procession of misery served up by 2016, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, nee naw nee naw.

There was a rather familiar figure in Kildare this morning.

A group of work colleagues from Wicklow have started the Halloween Bank Holiday with a bang!

I’m delighted to write to you, Santy, and warn you, as you head south, to bear in mind that in Ireland the clocks have been turned back 167 years.

WHEN Ireland’s golden couple, Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman, announced the birth of their daughter, Sadie, in February 2013, they started a trend — Sadie became one of the most popular girls’ names in Ireland for the first time. Why are Irish parents, like Brian and Amy, opting for shorter versions for their children and do these and other trends have any long term impact, asks Nuala Woulfe

The magic of Christmas is found nowhere more than in the hearts of children.

Hands up if this is your house on Christmas Day. *Slowly puts hand up*.

Irish parents are going to have to ‘man up’, cast their embarrassment aside and open up conversations about pornography with their children according to Parentline.

THIS will be Marian Heffernan’s first Christmas at home in three years — and she intends to make the most of it.

The cliché is a vital component of any sporting occasion. You could even argue that it’s not actually an occasion at all until at least a few of these have been trotted out.

I AM writing this letter to Santa because I voted for a brand new Fine Gael TD last spring as FG promised to deliver more than you.

DEAR Santy

How nice, I thought, they remembered.