Some great ideas to help you get away from it all

JP McMahon: Try this wonderful meat – it’s the time of year for it

Garda to introduce training course in effort to tackle gangs of poachers

Ryanair falls as talks with Spanish pilots’ union falter

There is an ever-expanding range of options for the nation’s corporate diners

Step into a deep, embracing deciduous forest, full of great splashes of sunlight, cool forest air and of birdsong

Venison has grown in popularity in recent years and can be cooked in many tasty ways

US equities rise slightly despite investor caution ahead of presidential election

From body lotions to hipster beer, nothing is safe from the ubiquitous pumpkin spice in the US, but our columnist finds comforting flavours closer to home

Councillors claiming deer ‘out of control’ hazard and collisions with cars numerous

Deck the halls? Let someone else do it this year says Joan Scales, who rounds up some tempting Christmas packages

Cie de Saint-Gobain may soon be able to focus all its energy on battle to take over Swiss chemicals maker Sika

Mario Draghi’s plans to continue quantitative easing boosts markets

Iseq climbs 1.1% to close at highest level since 2008

US stocks fluctuate as advance of biotechnology shares offsets continued selling in energy producers

Europe’s biggest building materials supplier has offered €2.3bn to acquire a Swiss maker of construction chemicals