Age rules for leaving children home alone this Christmas in Ireland
With schools across Ireland closing for the Christmas holidays next week, parents face the annual challenge of deciding…
Are you SAD? How to fight against the winter blues
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—until it’s not. For many Americans, the holiday season and its…
John Wilson picks the best wines for Christmas Day from all the main retailers – The Irish Times
I am fortunate enough to celebrate Christmas twice each year, enjoying a Danish feast featuring pork and duck…
Pope: At Christmas, let music be a ‘dwelling place for the soul’
Pope Leo meets with artists and organisers involved in the Vatican’s Christmas Concert, saying that the festive period…
Parents urged to consider flu jabs for children as stocks of nasal vaccine run out
The HSE does not have any more children’s nasal spray flu vaccine, meaning that pharmacists cannot top up…
Christmas in Ireland’s five-star hotels – The Irish Times
It’s Christmas Eve, pine logs are crackling in the fireplace as you sip a glass of mulled wine…
Christmas 2025 opening hours for Dunnes, Tesco and other Irish supermarkets
Supermarket opening hours will vary over the festive season, with more opportunity for shoppers to visitFull shopping cart…
Ten food books to really savour – The Irish Times
Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food & Life by Diana Henry Around the Table: 52 Essays on…
How to save money this holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season means time with family and new memories, but it can also…
‘You learn to live with the changing shape of grief… I feel my mum is still around’ – The Irish Times
In 2017, Sally Bridges-Winslet died of cancer. She was 71. It was, her youngest daughter said, “like the…
Is Christmas a dirty word in Educate Together class?
It’s being scrubbed clean, sanitised, erased. They’re even coming after Shakin’ Stevens. My child goes to one of…
Celebrate Christmas on a budget
Your guide to getting the most out of the festive season without draining your bank account It’s not…