Ever wondered what a fashion editor has on her new season shopping list? Annmarie O’Connor tells all

Peter Dowdall reveals why all roads will lead to Tullow in County Carlow on February 1

Ready to start dipping a toe into spring fashion? For trans-seasonal style that works right now, look at next season’s biggest style story – the return of the polka dot!

According to reports, Brexit woes have led to a bloom in 'comfort plants'. In these times of uncertainty gardeners are seeking familiarity. Hannah Stephenson reports on the current bloom in comfort plants.

With the clocks going forward next weekend, it may be time to ring the changes through to your beauty regime too. Rachel Marie Walsh has seven little beauty tricks to update your look for spring

The winter has been unseasonably kind to us so far and with each passing day the Sun rises higher in the sky and warms the northern hemisphere that little bit more.

THOSE of us of a certain vintage can clearly remember learning by heart a poem by Antaine Ó Raifteirí that runs: ‘Anois teacht an earraigh/beidh an lá ag dul chun síneadh,/ Is tar éis na féil Bríde/ardóidh mé mo sheol.’ (Now with the coming of spring, the day will be lengthening and after St Brigid’s feast I will raise my sail.)

Planting bulbs at different times will extend the flowering season in your garden, writes Peter Dowdall.

Alexander Dubcek’s reforms in Czechoslovakia in 1968 were ultimately adopted by the USSR, but he would have been disappointed by the outcome, writes Geoffrey Roberts.

Mellow yellow: Well, hello sunshine, says Anmmarie O'Connor.

The country is preparing to "spring forward" - with the clocks changing at 1am on Sunday morning.

Dust off those barbecues because this weekend looks like a scorcher.

Good spring weather.

Whatever the merits or otherwise of retaining the twice yearly changing of the clocks, ‘springing forward’ on Sunday morning isn’t just about losing an hour’s sleep.

Ever wondered when spring has actually sprung? Dr Naomi Lavelle may have the answers as she takes us through the Spring equiox.

EVERY year in Ireland we get a phoney spring, says Dick Warner. 

A tantalising taste of Spring is set to keep lifting spirits for many today, although a return to wet and windy conditions with fresh winds looms.

Damien Enright is heading off to roam the highlands and lowlands of Ethopia but not before he leaves you with some springtime inspiration.

Peter Dowdall visits the garden of Hester Forde in Glounthaune, Cork, where he looks at sprouting springtime growth in the garden.

EASTER is the spring festival, writes Dick Warner

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) has warned farmers to be extra vigilant during the calving season.

Bookmakers are predicting record low temperatures this spring time, with the possibility of snow over the Easter weekend.

The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, say the furry rodent has failed to see his shadow, meaning he has predicted an early spring.

Peter Dowdall muses on the harbinger bloom, the delicate-looking, but tough-as-old-boots, Galanthus.

Annie, are you ok?

Spring is another country. So different are these bright days from the dark days of a month ago that one might think one has moved to another land.

Talking to your plants will no longer be solely an occupation of earth-goddesses or hippies — especially as they will be able to talk back.

IT’S the time of year when the rhododendron blooms, standing out from most other plants in all its deep red, purple and cerise splendour. The rhodo looks magnificent and little wonder that it get a mention in romantic songs. However, the wild rhodo is in a category of plants with a bad name: “invasive species’’ that were brought into the country.

I WENT down to my little wood the other day to check up on the progress of spring. It was sunny and the birds were singing but the ground felt cold and some things were behind schedule.