The Chinese Year of the Rat begins on January 25 and the decorations were already up in Ka Shing on Wicklow Street, a little oasis of Chinese bustle just steps away from Brown Thomas.

Running a community farm and their own bakery has had a profound effect on the mental health of Slí Eile’s workers, many of whom had spent years in psychiatric hospital, writes Margaret Jennings

IAWS is on course to record pre-tax profits of close to €80 million this year.