The first rule for organising all your Christmas drinks is not to overthink them. Stick with your favourites – Christmas Day is not the time to open that dusty bottle you inherited from your grandad; the last thing you want is disappointment on the most celebratory day of the year.A treasured bottle is best kept…
The trail of destruction and trauma Kieran Creaven has left behind can’t be erased by any prison sentence.The 10 years he received at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, while, in legal terms, a relatively significant sentence, amounts to a year for each of his 10 charges.The victims of his crimes ranged from babies to girls in…
This is a man who pleads quietly on the doorstep that the householder won’t answer when he goes canvassing for votes to elect his son to the County Council. Who cringes talking about his own career. Or comparisons to those who came after and imitated him. Who asks can anyone else go up on stage…
Clonakilty is a GAA town. Gaelic football, to be precise, and my father was the manager of the senior team this year. When they got to the county final, I told him I had my sage and crystals out, chanting incantations to ensure their victory. With a roll of his eyes, he said: “That has…
Sat, 04 Dec, 2021 – 06:59As 2021 draws to a close welcome to the #HomeAtHeart message board where people have sent their loved ones a special Christmas message.We have seen messages to loved ones you might not see this Christmas, from people who won’t make it home this Christmas and from readers who would give…
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A man who abused his 12-year-old step daughter has had the final two years of a 15-year sentence suspended after undertaking to actively engage in therapeutic supports, including anger management. The 32-year-old man, who strangled an ex-girlfriend to death in his native country, was convicted earlier this year by a Central Criminal Court jury of…
An Italian man is facing charges of fraud after turning up for his Covid-19 vaccine wearing a fake arm.So determined was he to dodge the jab but still obtain a health pass, the anti-vaxxer may have paid hundreds of euros for the silicone arm.The bizarre episode at a vaccine hub in Biella, a town close…
Selling Sunset stars Mary Fitzgerald and Romain Bonnet are enjoying their brief stay in Ireland and say they love Dublin.Taking part in a Q&A on Romain’s Instagram, the couple rave about the country and share some of their plans before they have to return to the States.“We love Dublin,” Mary gushes during afternoon tea. “We…
A “yellow pack pension” provided to officers who joined the Defence Forces after 2013 is likely to lead many of them to quit the country’s military prematurely in what’s being described as “Generation Resignation”.This will leave the country’s already depleted Defence Forces with an even bigger personnel crisis.One junior officer said he “adores” his job…
The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has recommended further restrictions on hospitality.It’s understood a letter to Government from the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan along with Nphet has advised that the rules for indoor hospitality should be brought back to where they were before October 22, which would mean a closing time of…
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