Christmas

We’re in that weird in between time of year when it’s not quite Christmas but not quite New Year. So now is the time to clear your head and get organi(...)

Is your fridge still heaving with food? Are there more leftover carrots and potatoes than you can stomach? Does the thought of eating another bite of (...)

The Christmas sales are in full swing and it is tempting to fill our wardrobe with fresh clothes for the new season. But if you would like to begin th(...)

How many things you use your phone for these days? Online banking, social media, working...there is plenty of revealing information on the devices if (...)

It’s Christmas morning and you’ve just got your shiny new phone. You’ve got the new SIM card sorted (if you need it). But how do you transfer all your(...)

I worked as a curate in a rural parish many years ago and I rose early one particular Stephen’s Day to go to the church and read the Mass. There was (...)

During Christmas week, 1944, the Department of Posts and Telegraphs hired hundreds of temporary workers to sort the avalanche of mail that poured into(...)

There’s a Christmas Eve party every year in New York’s East Village, a gathering of strangers, customers, neighbours and friends invited to share liba(...)

Most of us will doubtless be glad of a Christmastime escape from the clutches of the workplace. A few days cooped up en famille, however, and cabin fe(...)

Here is a Christmas story for contemporary Ireland, courtesy of Déirdre Kirwan, who was for a long time principal of Scoil Bhríde primary school in Bl(...)