Members of Ormeau Runners running club (left to right) Ciaran O’Hare, Paula Kealey, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Jude Tweedie, Louise ...

Brave outdoor swimmers wore Father Christmas hats as they kicked off their celebrations with a festive dip. Sea surface ...

One of the first babies born on Christmas Day in Scotland interrupted her parents’ Christmas Eve movie night after arriving ...

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid “with no respite even at Christmas”. Russia launched ...

Elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005 and celebrations were muted in ...

The King attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service, after a “brutal” year in which he and his ...

Migrants have been crossing the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day. Several boats were seen making the dangerous ...

Wildlife appeal to bring curlews, cuckoos, hares and wild flowers to Shropshire countryside site smashes through target ...

Turkey is “still popular” at Christmas according to Paddy, although he admits he’s partial to roast beef and “passionate” ...

Scottish parents are celebrating a different kind of festive cheer this year as they welcome newborns. Alyshia Glen of ...

Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting ...

In Dublin, swimmers braved the cold water on an otherwise mild morning in Clontarf, where a picturesque sunrise featured ...