Dublin has seen 20 doughnut shops open in recent years

Home front: design, interiors, people, events

Donald Trump portrayed as a pasty, bald autocrat reading a book of Adolf Hitler’s speeches

UK cut to corporation tax hardly a positive development but benefits of low Irish rate already being eroded

The rise of craft beer and slick designs mean a can of beer is often the best way to go

Cancer survivors Patricia Daly and Domini Kemp have written a book on keto cookery

When you’re the eldest in the family, you start off life in ‘eat all you want’ setting

Anthea McTeirnan muses on the engagement of Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, as well as looking at other couples where there’s a large age gap

The man behind Obama’s ‘nudge unit’ says people need to be protected from their biases

As he prepared to board the world’s second-biggest cruise ship, Conor Pope worried cruising would be too old and too sedate. He was happy to be proved wrong

This year, don’t drive dad down with stereotypes – he probably has no interest in lawn games

Opposition leader likened to Homer Simpson after voting with rightwing People’s party

59-year-old gave away his fortune after being diagnosed with incurable colon cancer

The Simpsons: An (almost) infinite trove of mathematical nuggets

Nancy Ashmawy joins son Baz for six-part series ‘50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy’

I can’t believe it’s got butter but can you believe it could help you lose weight?

The lazy notion that fathers are inept is being challenged by daddy bloggers

Investment in Ireland goes beyond ‘Moone Boy’, says content boss Stuart Murphy

Buying presents for everyone. A potential ESB blackout. The shrinking contents of a Quality Street tin. The festive season is enough to drive anyone crackers

Had James Gandolfini lived longer, Tony Soprano would have been just one of his many other memorable character roles – as it is, the don of them all is enough