What would an Irish celebration be without delicious Irish food? Scones, potatoes, Irish soda bread, sausage rolls, and for dessert a traditional Irish bread pudding Gemma Stafford, an Irish-born ...

Analysis: the day before Lent began may have involved feasting and food ... involved pancakes. One Irish custom of the day was that any holly left over from Christmas should be saved for the ...

The presenter also added that she starts buying 'booze and food' for Christmas ... sacred Christmas tradition on Tuesday, one that she feels she is the 'only person left in Ireland' doing.

But just as we have our traditions ... fast food chain opened in the country. The manager, Takeshi Okawara, was inspired by a dream one night to sell a party barrel of chicken on Christmas ...