Eight gifts to make Christmas that bit extra special
Give a little luxury with an artwork, handcrafted woollens or a special hotel dinner, or what about Slane Castle for an enchanting festive experience?
Carton House
Carton House Spa review: I felt like my body was floating – no aches, pains or tightness. It was remarkable
Simone Gannon: I felt like my body was floating, an almost surreal sensation of weightlessness
Chapter One chef Mickael Viljanen: ‘I was meant to stay in Ireland for a year and that’s 24 years ago’
Finnish chef Mickael Viljanen has pioneered fine dining in Ireland since the noughties. He talks Michelin stars, short-sighted government and carvery lunch
Olivia Mehaffey rediscovers the pep in her step and plays Carton House with a smile
An Italian, a Finn and a Spaniard navigate their way to the top of the field with opening rounds of five-under-par 68
Women’s Irish Open: Players to watch, TV details, tickets, transport and weather forecast
Everything you need to know ahead of this week’s event at Carton House in Co Kildare
Lady of the house: Astronomers, botanists and antiquarians are the women behind some of Ireland’s great houses
Women have played an often unsung role in the history of Ireland, and of our great houses. This summer, why not take a trip to visit them?
Maynooth four-bed overlooking the golf course for €1.825m
Stunning home with first-floor reception rooms overlooks golf course attached to five-star Carton House Hotel
Travel News: Wildean walks and wedding plans
Refurbished Carton House reopens, Ashford Castle rolls outs gourmet getaways
Jackie Tyrrell: Just when they look to be coming, Dublin freeze
The parallels with the 2012 Leinster fixture between these two teams is apparent
Queen of Ireland Lady Emily FitzGerald returns to Ireland
Quite the life: grand houses, political networking, 22 children, two husbands. Now she’s back, to hang in Castletown House
Our wedding story: ’I didn’t sleep a wink that night but on the morning I was so calm’
Avril Hunt and Colin Dowd became a social media hit after a photo went viral of the moment she spotted her brother, Paul, during her walk up the aisle
Architecturally important Cashel Palace hotel expected to be sold
Tipperary hotel closed with loss of 32 full- and part-time jobs in early December
Fears of brain drain as places on GP training scheme unfilled
Irish Medical Organisation plans to highlight its campaign for greater resourcing of primary care
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