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Christmas

# christmas - Monday 28 January, 2013

From Business ETC Retail

Retail sales fell slightly in December – CSO

The volume of retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent in December but figures show an increase when motor trades are excluded.

# christmas - Tuesday 15 January, 2013

HMV

HMV’s Irish staff told not to honour vouchers, NCA: decision is ‘disappointing’

Bad news for consumers with HMV gift vouchers but it could be possible to get your money back if you bought the vouchers with your credit or debit card.

# christmas - Monday 7 January, 2013

Competition This post contains images

Pics: Limerick man wins Christmas Tree Throwing Championship

More than 360 people took part in the competition in Ennis, Co Clare at the weekend.

# christmas - Sunday 6 January, 2013

Christmas is over, so here’s where to recycle your tree

Sorry to bring you bad news but it’s time for the decorations and the Christmas tree to come down and here’s where you can dispose of that spruce…

# christmas - Saturday 5 January, 2013

Column: Why recovering my brother’s stolen bike meant so much

Colin Regan sent out an appeal on Facebook when his bicycle, which had belonged to his late brother Gordon, was stolen. The universe (and friends) conspired to reunite him with it just before Christmas.

From The Daily Edge In Pictures

Not sure what to do with the Christmas tree? Feed it to an elephant

That’s what tree-sellers in Berlin did, anyway.

# christmas - Friday 4 January, 2013

From The Score Happy Holidays

On the 11th day of Christmas, TheScore.ie gave to me…

Just the Ireland captain on Skype. Who wouldn’t want to receive that as a present?

# christmas - Thursday 3 January, 2013

From The Score Going Viral This post contains videos

YouTube top 10: Because Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor can improve your darts game

Also featuring the best table tennis shots of 2012.

Pics: Emotional post-Christmas goodbyes at Dublin Airport this morning

With Christmas and New Year over many of those who came home for the festive season are now heading back.

# christmas - Tuesday 1 January, 2013

Column: 8 ways to change your life in 2013

Want to make a fresh start this year? Margaret Mara offers some tips on how to go about it.

From The Score

Open thread: what are your sporting hopes for 2013?

Have that cup of coffee, shrug off last night’s celebrations and tell us what you hope to see this year.

# christmas - Monday 31 December, 2012

From The Daily Edge Review 2012

11 crazes we went wild for in 2012

Did you go gaga for Gangnam Style? Or buy a whip keyring after reading 50 Shades of Grey?

From The Daily Edge Million Seller This post contains videos

Fairytale of New York breaks the one million mark

The 25-year-old song has now sold more than one million copies in the UK.

From The Score Review

Lance, London, Katie and Poznan: here’s what our writers thought of 2012

And what we reckon we’ll be saying this time next year…

From The Score On Call This post contains images
From The Score Gongs

# christmas - Sunday 30 December, 2012

From The Score 6 Athletes Praying

# christmas - Saturday 29 December, 2012

From The Score Happy Holidays

On the 5th day of Christmas, TheScore.ie gave to me…

Featuring Eric Cantona, Henry Shefflin and… Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler.

Here are the top 10 most read articles on TheJournal.ie in 2012

Stabbings at the Swedish House Mafia gig, Ireland’s copyright laws under threat, and topless Kate Middleton – these are the stories you read this year.

From The Score Christmas 2012

Turkey shoot: the 6 biggest flops of 2012

Gobble, gobble — here’s half a dozen teams and sports stars who can chalk 2012 down to experience.

# christmas - Friday 28 December, 2012

Which TV show was most watched on Christmas Day?

Clue: It features Brendan O’Carroll in drag.

From The Score Waterworks

On the 4th day of Christmas, TheScore.ie gave to me…

Our 12 Days of Christmas continues with a group of blubbering sport stars.

# christmas - Thursday 27 December, 2012

From The Daily Edge Hi Santa This post contains videos

VIDEO: An amazing visit from Santa Claus

Trevor is autistic and looks forward to Santa’s visit every year.

From The Score Online

Ireland’s sporting year in half a dozen YouTube comments

‘As consistent as vomit?’ — that’s not very nice, The Internet.

From The Score Nerds
From The Score Centrestage

Good times: Sports stars reflect on their sporting highlight of 2012

The words ‘Katie’ and ‘Taylor’ pop up a couple of times in our conversations with athletes across different disciplines.

From The Score Match Bauble

Gareth Bale gives match ball pride of place on top of Christmas tree after hat-trick

The Spurs winger hit a quickfire treble against Aston Villa yesterday.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Are you glad Christmas Day is over?

Are you looking forward to boxing up the decorations – or counting down the days til next year? Let us know.

From The Score Review 2012

I was there… for Katie’s Taylor Olympic gold — kinda — and some lovely off-Broadway hurling

Gavan Reilly was outside the ExCel looking in, but we’re counting it. He may have also seen Kilkenny.

# christmas - Wednesday 26 December, 2012

From The Score Tactics

Talking tactics: bringing new Gaelic football innovations to book

Emmet Ryan reckoned he say a gap in the market – writing about football in a new way.

Pic: Guess who dropped in to visit kids at Crumlin hospital yesterday?

The Irish actor Colin Farrell dropped in with presents to spend time with some of the young patients yesterday.

From The Daily Edge Smash And Grab This post contains images

‘Do they sell dignity?’ – the best tweets from the St Stephen’s Day sales

They came. They saw. They spent their Christmas money.

From The Daily Edge Festive Tunes This post contains images

14 of the worst Christmas album covers of all time

Torment your relatives with these.

Christmas shoppers and sales up on 2011 says Retail Excellence Ireland

Good news for retailers from the evidence so far on St Stephen’s Day says the retail representative body.

McNamara: Cardinal’s Christmas message “misrepresented” abortion legislation issue

Labour TD Michael McNamara said that Cardinal Brady misrepresented the legal position within which the Oireachtas is required to legislate.

From The Daily Edge Gutted This post contains images

11 very serious Christmas disappointments

Did you get everything you wanted? These people didn’t.

Unwanted Christmas Gifts sought at Dublin’s Pro Cathedral

Unwanted gifts will taken into storage by Crosscare, who will distribute them as gifts to people in their homeless and residential projects for Christmas 2013.

Column: Look in on older neighbours over the holidays. It’s important.

Older people are a wealth of information, knowledge and experience, writes Seán Moynihan – so why not stop in on a neighbour over the Christmas break?

From The Score Happy Holidays

On the 2nd day of Christmas, TheScore.ie gave to me…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and David Fairclough feature in the latest of 12 installments.

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