Let others do the hard work for you this Christmas and take a festive break at an Irish hotel. We check out what’s on offer    

Tony Clayton Lea visits Scholars Restaurant in Drogheda.

In a city awash with pilgrims, and more places of prayer than you could shake a stick at, it was hardly surprising to find so many Irish in Rome this weekend.

Lorraine Wylie gets the royal treatment in Monaco and drops in on the Irish woman who hosts Europe’s most exclusive parties.

It’s an unwritten rule — if you want to see Festival Fashion at its finest, you’ve got to go to the Electric Picnic. Journalist Paula Burns teamed up with photographer Barry Cronin to capture the coolest EP fans last weekend