When people discover I write this column, their first reaction is usually, “You’re a dark horse” and their second is “Don’t write about me next week, haha”.

Swapping grubby rucks for designer looks, Donncha O’Callaghan, Simon Zebo and James Coughlan are measured up by stylist Niamh O’Rourke for our men’s style special.

A QUARTER of humanity held its collective breath and hoped the Taoiseach would change his mind.

IRELAND’S 40 shades of green does not include the all-important “eco-green” and that is severely tarnishing its reputation with tourists according to travel bible, the Lonely Planet.