Some weeks ago, Catholics celebrated (as we do every year) the Feast of Christ the King. It’s usually on the last Sunday of the Church’s calendar year – or the Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent. It usually falls around the end of November.

What were the major political events of 2024 and what will they mean for us in 2025? The obvious place to start is here in Ireland where the Government, as we all know, won the election.

An iconic North Mayo business closed its doors in the summer of 2024 - and there wasn’t even a whimper of protest, writes LIAM HEFFRON.

As the importance of letters and letter-writing fades from view, in the face of electronic communications, it can be difficult to imagine the anticipation that receiving a letter once held.

When you flick through the news pages of the year just gone, it confirms the stories that dominated the headlines in 2024.

There have been times in my life when I have seriously doubted my own sanity, wondering why I chose to do the most stupid thing when the easier path was clearly better and way more sensible.

In the depths of that winter night, when even the stones seemed to hold their breath in anticipation, the ancient grotto stood as a humble sentinel on the outskirts of Bethlehem with its weathered walls, carved by centuries of wind and rain, bearing ...

When I think of St Stephen’s Day, I think of the Wrenboys. I think of that dark, often wet day just after Christmas when all the glamour of the festive season has just passed and you know that, for another year, that’s as good as it’s going to get.

Michelle Filan has come through the worst imaginable experience and is using that to assert a positive influence on others. Michelle owned her own gym in Swinford and was involved in the health and fitness industry for 25 years.

The kids’ Christmas wishes this year are an eclectic mix. There’s a request for a tablet (electronic, not medicinal I hasten to add), a bike and from our youngest, ‘lots of torches and Peppa Pig stuff’.