Demi Lovato

11. Demi Lovato


Heavy-metal obsessed Disney tween puppet star is the new all-singing, -acting and -dancing Miley Cyrus/ Vanessa Hudgens composite, and hence our new celebrity obsession.


12. Make and do


Profligate waste is out! Thrift and craft is in! Sewing-machine sales are up, 'knit nights' like those organised by This is Knit (www.thisisknit.ie) are on the rise and there's even a knit café called Stitch in Dublin's Beaumont.


13. The O2


Not just changing the face of venues in Ireland, but the design and general awesomeness of the O2 arena will make a mark globally too. All there's left to do is somehow get a ticket to something.


14. Recession vintage


Everyone loves vintage clothes, but not the prices. '09 will see swap shops take off in a big way. For an extra vintage fix, check out the Irish Cancer Society shop in Rathmines, Dublin, which houses its own vintage section.


15. The lunch-box diet


Now that economics dictate eschewing the sandwich counter for homemade fare, this is an especially attractive weight-loss solution. Personal trainer Simon Lovell promotes an eat-all-day, no-calorie-counting approach with delish lunch-box recipes. www.lunchboxdiet.co.uk


16. Coraline


The spooky kids book by Neil Gaiman about a young girl called Coraline who falls into a parallel universe where things aren't quite right becomes an even spookier animated film featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher.


17. Natasha Rocca Devine


Rosanna what and Sarah who? Step forward Ireland's new It girl. Twenty-four-year-old student/ presenter/ journalist/ model/ Natasha Rocca Devine is the daughter of Michelle and former footballer John Devine. She's also an ambassador for the charity Aware.


18. Eoghan Kidney


Twenty-nine-year-old Kidney is a Dublin filmmaker and visual artist whose short films and music videos have won countless awards. Kidney is currently developing an animated feature film based on the 1960s American sci-fi novel 'Rogue Moon'.


19. Holidaying at home


Aka, 'staycation', the naff expression for our newly found enthusiasm for holidaying in Wexford or Cork. No luggage size or passport issues and if you don't like it, well, you're not too far from home.


20. Law and Order London


ITV will air the first 13 episodes of the British offshoot of the highly successful American series in 2009. Both staff and actors from 'Torchwood' have been drafted in.