I’m a little late focusing on the Rugby World Cup, but with the final group matches this weekend there will be a lot of tension around and you may need a glass of wine to calm your nerves.

The Roc Lago Rojo hotel in Torremolinos is currently one of Travelfox.ie’s best selling hotels and is included in a list of over 55 holidays by the company. 

This column tends to mention French wines quite often but I can be forgiven this week, given the day that is in it — l’amour and all that.

Matching food and wine is an imprecise art at the best of times, says Leslie Williams.

LATER this month I’ll be looking at wines to accompany Christmas dinner, in the Weekend Christmas food special on November 26.

Old Belvedere, last year's Division Two table-toppers, have been handed a tough start to the new AIB League season with eight-time Division One champions Shannon to visit Anglesea Road on the opening day.

AIRTOURS has a number of specials ex-Dublin to Greece, saving as much as €400 to various destinations.

The AIB League fraternity has been given further motivation to reach for the title with the announcement that the champions will be entered as the Ireland representative in the Languedoc-Roussillon amateur rugby tournament.

TYPHOONS in Japan, violent storms in France, hurricane aftermath in the USA, torrential downpours in Ireland - yesterday’s weather extremes drew obvious comparisons to The Day After Tomorrow blockbuster movie based on a worst-case global warming scenario.

Heavy rains and violent winds left two dead, four missing and thousands in southern France without electricity today.