Georgina Campbell Awards: 2015 winnersWho won what in food writer’s annual accoladesWed Oct 08 2014 - 10:33
‘Amazingly bad service’ threatens hospitality sector - food writerGeorgina Campbell relates ‘shocking experiences’ in hotels and restaurantsWed Oct 08 2014 - 00:30
Dealing with childhood bereavement is vital, says MinisterMinister for Children launches a guide to help adults support bereaved childrenMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:42
EC audit highlights gaps in food safety controls for fishery products‘Staff constraints’ hampering inspections of fish-handling facilitiesMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:12
Poor children 50% more likely to have health problemsReport finds one in six three-year-olds have a serious long-standing health conditionMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Flavoured butter is cream of the crop at Dingle food awardsMore than 2,000 products entered in competitionSun Oct 05 2014 - 22:07
Draft mother and baby homes inquiry terms circulatedJames Reilly says memo on topic to be brought to Cabinet ‘as soon as possible’Sat Oct 04 2014 - 15:29
Too many men still suffering in silence - PresidentMichael D Higgins speaks of profound reluctance among males to talk about problemsSat Oct 04 2014 - 14:33
Men’s Sheds encourage friendship and productivity‘Our motto is that men don’t talk face to face - they talk shoulder to shoulder’Fri Oct 03 2014 - 18:37
Billie Barry funeral ‘perfectly-choreographed celebration’Barry instilled ‘confidence, competence and creativity’ into generations of childrenFri Oct 03 2014 - 16:23
National Potato Day hoping to chip away at couscousDozens of events to mark the dayFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
Farm groups welcome new Department of Agriculture investigations unitNew division to be headed by senior superintending veterinary officerThu Oct 02 2014 - 10:53
Dark year for farm deaths despite greater focus on farm safety23 people, including five children, have been killed in farm accidents so far this yearMon Sept 29 2014 - 13:37
How do you explain the enigma that is ‘the Ploughing’?The success of the event lies in the fact it’s about a lot more than ploughingFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:05
Director ‘absolutely thrilled’ as crowds swell to 279,500Next year’s venue still to be announced but it could return to LaoisFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Members disgusted at way FG is being runJohn McNulty resigns from board after less than two weeks in his directorshipThu Sept 25 2014 - 22:15
Taoiseach joins record numbers at Ploughing ChampionshipsEnda Kenny just one of some 250,000 who have visited Ratheniska since TuesdayThu Sept 25 2014 - 16:59
Farm safety drive launched at ploughing championshipsMinister for Agriculture Simon Coveney says video highlighting impact of deaths from farm accidents gave him a lump in his throatThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Minister cannot influence price of Irish beef in Paris or BerlinFarmers must get fair share of retail price for beef - CoveneyThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Ploughing championships attracts its biggest ever crowdPapal Nuncio describes the event as ‘absolutely terrific’Wed Sept 24 2014 - 19:27
Beef prices, farm safety top Ploughing Championships agendaMinister for Agriculture and Tánaiste among the 87,000 expected in Ratheniska todayWed Sept 24 2014 - 16:28
Day one at the Ploughing: curried crickets and blinged-up welliesPresident Michael D Higgins says his poetry is dominated by farming memoriesWed Sept 24 2014 - 09:51
Plan to stop theft of farm machinery unveiled by GardaMore than €1.7 million worth of farm property stolen in the past yearWed Sept 24 2014 - 08:26
President’s concern over suicide in farming communitySurvey finds more than half of all farmers have been directly affected by suicideTue Sept 23 2014 - 22:13
Garda Commissioner says rise in murders not related to organised crimeNoirín O’Sullivan would not comment on the leaked Garda inspectorate reportTue Sept 23 2014 - 19:18
Ploughing ‘a most beloved rendezvous’, says Higgins80,000 expected to attend opening day of National Ploughing ChampionshipsTue Sept 23 2014 - 14:21
More than 200,000 ‘going to the Ploughing’ for 83rd eventVisitors last year spent almost €36.5 million during three-day championshipsTue Sept 23 2014 - 07:57
Tractor on which Charlie Keegan won World Ploughing Championships in 1964 restoredThe green Deutz D40Ltractor, restored by grandson Michael, will take centre stage at Ploughing ChampionshipsMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
People’s Climate Picnic marks global day of action and sends message to TaoiseachCoastal clean-up among events held around Ireland on world day of environmental actionMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
More than 200,000 expected to attend ploughing championshipDry weather predicted for three-day event at Ratheniska in LaoisMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Bord Bia researchers sleep on floors in Vietnam to help sell Irish food abroadResearch helping to understand how consumers think in other countriesMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
More than 600 attend People’s Climate Picnic in DublinProtest rallies in 161 countries aim to focus world’s eyes on climate changeSun Sept 21 2014 - 16:16
Organic egg producers crying fowl on EU regulationsConsumers did not know organic automatically meant free rangeFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Food industry must consolidate and exploit aquaculture potentialSenior food business figures told that Ireland is not known for its food brandsFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Model attracts ire for encouraging people to ‘ditch the dairy’Rosanna Davison wrote column urging public to cut back on dairy and meatThu Sept 18 2014 - 20:37
Two out of three farms need off-farm income to surviveRecession wiped out 15 years of off-farm employment growth, conference toldThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Drinking milk related to reduced blood pressureLower risk of ill-health for people with high dairy intake, conference hearsTue Sept 16 2014 - 21:00
EU handling of Russian ban defended by commissionerMEPs say farmers should not have to pay the price for political crisisTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:02
‘It’s a man and his dog, doing the same as someone would have done 100 years ago’Visitors flock to international sheepdog trials in RoscommonSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Warning on carbon emissions from agricultureFood prices rises inevitable because of global demand, conference toldFri Sept 12 2014 - 19:54
Social farming could save health services money, conference hearsHSE studying review of pilot projectThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Laois gets ready for ploughs and the starsChampions and edible insects just some of the attractions promised for ploughing eventThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Farming groups welcome Hogan’s appointmentNew agriculture commissioner faces immediate challenge in Russian food banWed Sept 10 2014 - 15:47
Stoats leaving countryside for the bright city lightsGalway research project gets ‘phenomenal response’ from publicTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
Alert issued amid fears of frozen berry contaminationFood Safety Authority of Ireland advise public to boil all imported frozen berriesMon Sept 08 2014 - 15:32
Irish ploughmen come out on top in world championshipsEamonn Tracey and John Whelan take gold and bronze at world event in FranceMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:02
Social farming pilot project reveals benefits for farmers and usersManager says scheme could help thousands of people with intellectual disabilitiesMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
Farmers’ market rejects ‘extravagant and unsuitable’ plan for EnnisClare County Council ‘absolutely committed’ to €1.75m upgrade to ‘revitalise’ area in spite of criticisms from traders and local residentsMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
Conference hears 20,000 farmers have some form of disabilityFalls from trampolines have caused serious injury to ‘dozens’ of US farmersFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Friday the worst day for farm deathsFarm fatality pattern mirrors road crashesFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
