Parents urged to bring back playMost children not getting the recommended one hour activity a dayTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Farm groups defend record on environment, climate changeFarmers claim they are among the most emission-efficient in the worldMon Mar 31 2014 - 14:16
Ireland’s growing appetite for fast foodWe spend more on fast food than 19 European countries – but is fast food the main cause of obesity?Mon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
Italian group seeks Irish support for campaign to stop food fraudProposals to be unveiled at Expo 2015 in MilanFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
Shear delight for contest as more than 6,600 sheep rounded upOrganisers inundated with offers of help in recent daysThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:01
Most consumers against vegetable price warsSupport for legislation to protect food producers from sharp practice by supermarketsThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:01
Varadkar expresses ‘absolute confidence’ in ShatterMinister for Transport calls for support and respect for gardaíWed Mar 26 2014 - 17:12
The flavour of successThe Food Harvest export target of €12bn by 2020 is beginning to look almost easyWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Charity seeking 5,000 tractors to break Canadian recordOrder of Malta will use funds raised for ambulance serviceTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:01
Irish citizen Ebraheem Halawa awaits hearing in EgyptFamily believes his fate hinges on judge assigned to caseTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Appeal for 1,000 Irish sheep to make cut in shearing contestFarmers asked to help make up shortfall ahead of championships in WexfordMon Mar 24 2014 - 07:32
‘Prinking’ and car-bars show how drinking culture is changingIndustry criticised for spending more on marketing than promoting responsible drinkingMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:22
'Three-quarters' of public happy to eat animals fed on insectsThree-year project assessing quality and safety factors of using insects in animal feedFri Mar 21 2014 - 06:31
New Niall Mellon project building classrooms in South Africa320 Irish volunteers to start work on projectFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
Vodafone client waits 11 weeks for line repairCompany says bad weather through the winter months had a very significant impactFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
4,000 Eircom customers still waiting to have lines repairedCork and Limerick worst affected after Storm DarwinWed Mar 19 2014 - 06:30
Call for 50,000 signatures to reduce Irish food wasteOne in four calories produced from food is wastedWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
Hey pesto, Northern Ireland is in the Pesto World ChampionshipPortrush woman will be one of 100 making pesto from traditional Genoese ingredientsWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
Teenagers hoping their electronic collar will solve problem of dog attacks on sheepPlans to have Sheep Watch collar on shelves by next yearMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:00
The figures add up for new boss at the helm of GlanbiaThe food giant’s managing director Siobhán Talbot says her background in finance has stood her in good stead in her careerFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Cork entries sweeps the boards at food writers’ awardsLifetime achievement award for Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House on her 90th birthdayWed Mar 12 2014 - 13:40
Taste of Dublin event has fire pit, bake-off - and cheaper ticketsAttendance hoped to reach 30,000 during June 12th-15th festival at Iveagh GardensTue Mar 11 2014 - 16:15
Tributes paid to Christine Buckley following her deathMicheál Martin highlights her “unwavering courage”Tue Mar 11 2014 - 12:54
Forest owners counting cost of storm as clean-up continuesForest industry estimates that up to 7.5 million trees were blown downTue Mar 11 2014 - 02:01
Storm Darwin blew down up to 7.5 million trees, task force finds5,000 to 7,000 hectares of forest felled, mostly in MunsterWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:02
Farmers protest over cattle prices outside departmentClaims that farmers could lose up to €175 million this yearTue Mar 04 2014 - 16:33
Host of events to celebrate National Tree WeekLectures and walks scheduled as Coillte donate 15,000 saplings for plantingMon Mar 03 2014 - 11:32
40-year-old agricultural science syllabus to be updatedNews welcomed as ‘major development’ by teachers and Agri AwareMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Economic clouds start to lift but people still worry over billsPeople prioritising rather than forgoing life’s pleasuresMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Hoping to plough grandfather’s furrow with tractor that won world titleCharlie Keegan was Ireland’s first world ploughing champion in 1964Sat Mar 01 2014 - 08:34
Department of Agriculture urged to revoke licence for cattle shipShip had carried cattle from Ireland to Libya in JulyThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:01
One in five food and drink companies has poor credit rating, study findsBeverage companies have the highest credit riskThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:00
Human tooth and chicken’s head found in food in IrelandIncrease in complaints to Food Safety Authority about unfit foodWed Feb 26 2014 - 13:17
Supermarkets urged to increase Fairtrade supportLidl showing way by stocking Fairtrade bananasTue Feb 25 2014 - 18:36
Officials and meat firm deny Polish claimsPolish report says meat unfit for human consumption kept at Irish plantTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Thoroughbred horse bodies warn wind turbines could affect investmentSubmission calls for devices to be kept a safe distance from stables and training yardsMon Feb 24 2014 - 16:52
Clongowes Wood College farm caught up in milk quota investigationIssue arose when private school’s 400-acre dairy farm bought new stockFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Job-pledge initiative claims more than 4,600 people hiredUrban-rural divide evident as 49% of job pledges made by firms in Dublin, says HirelandThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:00
A baker’s dozen of Irish books shortlisted in world cookbook awardsBooks by Darina Allen and her brother Rory O’Connell among those getting the nodMon Feb 10 2014 - 21:24
Grocery price war sees vegetable sales up as more spent on alcoholIncreasing dominance of Aldi highlightedFri Feb 07 2014 - 01:00
Up to 79 per cent of septic tanks failing inspectionsSeveral local authorities have not begun inspectionsThu Feb 06 2014 - 07:04
Farmers urge Government to target flooding ‘for once and for all’While the focus was on the flooding of coastal areas earlier this week, the heavy rain of recent days has led to flooding of farm land around rivers and lakesThu Feb 06 2014 - 01:00
Three in four fast food outlets display calorie counts on menusDepartment of Health figures show compliance but restaurants remain opposed to the measureWed Feb 05 2014 - 13:25
Thousands of acres of land being lost to the sea, warn farm groups‘Utter destruction’ of farms going unnoticed because focus on urban areasWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Family of dead Carlow man urges ‘Neknominations’ boycottWidespread condemnation of social media activityMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:02
Warning that Old Irish Goat will become extinct without plan to save itGoat was known as the poor man’s cow in Famine timesMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Study cautions against high dosages of vitamin C and E, especially for athletesResearch finds pills could blunt metabolic response of muscles to fitness trainingMon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Second death linked to online drinking activityHurler’s body removed from River Barrow this morningSun Feb 02 2014 - 18:11
Laya Healthcare raises prices by 20 per centHealth insurer blames Government policy for price hikeThu Jan 30 2014 - 20:09
