It’s a busy time for everyone in the last frantic few days before Christmas — from finding the perfect tree to the perfect present to pop underneath. But what about the craftspeople working hard behind the scenes to make Christmas special?

Barack Obama’s ancestral Irish homestead could be transformed into a museum or heritage centre to welcome the President-elect to Ireland should he visit in the future.

The jury selected to hear the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering his wife has been discharged after it emerged one of the jurors worked for an alarm company who installed a security alarm in the victim’s home.

A 50-year-old man accused of murdering of his wife in their south Dublin home almost two years ago will go on trial today.