Children’s art and stories feature in book on farm safetyCoveney says children’s contributions show how great - and dangerous - farm life can beThu Nov 28 2013 - 13:40
Plan to protect 400,000km of Irish hedgerows launchedDatabase will allow people to record local hedgesTue Nov 26 2013 - 13:40
More food scares expected as testing methods improve, conference hearsIreland not good at learning lesssons, food safety expert saysTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Marts pessimistic they will get paid in receivership of livestock exporterMinister says he cannot interveneTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach praises plans for food education centre in WaterfordGrow HQ will be on three-acre site in ArdkeenSun Nov 24 2013 - 22:28
Government won’t be gung-ho on bailout exit, Taoiseach saysStrategy will boost confidence in Ireland abroadSun Nov 24 2013 - 20:38
Protesters highlight Waterford Crystal worker pensionsTaoiseach speaks to union activists on pension issue during trip southSat Nov 23 2013 - 19:08
Kenny ‘glad’ ESB and unions to talk on pension deficit rowThreat of power cuts exists from December 16th after unions decided to serve strike actionSat Nov 23 2013 - 19:02
Grow it Yourself food education centre planned for WaterfordGIY founder believes centre can create positive legacy by teaching children where food comes fromSat Nov 23 2013 - 16:56
A ghost story for modern IrelandCoill na Giúise is like so many of our 1,300 ghost estates: a once-pleasant landscape, cleared for houses that remain unfinished, and that many people want demolished. But is it that simple?Sat Nov 23 2013 - 01:00
Pylons show rural Ireland being abandoned, conference hearsGrowing anger among farm families about Eirgrid plan, ICMSA president saysFri Nov 22 2013 - 16:19
Local authorities spent €5 million dealing with the problem of abandoned horsesTotal costs probably higher as no figures were provided for four council areasWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:00
Scheme for the disposal of unwanted horses ready to go but Minister not sure it’s neededCoveney says he is determined to stamp out dog-fightingTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00
Simon Coveney: ‘A McDonald’s burger isn’t as unhealthy as some people suggest’Look who’s coming to lunch: the Minister for Food, Simon Coveney, talks obesity, horsemeat and conflicts of interestMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Individual marts owed up to €400,000 each by livestock exporter TLTUp to 25 farmers owed moneyFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:00
Nine food and drink companies honoured at Bord Bia awardsMeat, fruit and salt companies among the winners out of 140 entriesThu Nov 14 2013 - 22:03
Government urged to protect live cattle export trade in wake of TLT liabilitiesMinister of State says receivership won’t have a major impact on tradeWed Nov 13 2013 - 21:48
Brian O’Driscoll and Sean Kelly honoured at DCU‘Obviously he’s going to make everyone call him doctor now,’ quips BOD’s wifeWed Nov 13 2013 - 14:13
President honours young people at Gaisce awardsAwards given for outstanding work in the community and personal achievementsTue Nov 12 2013 - 18:21
People reluctant to make long-term commitments to charitiesNational Giving Week starts todayMon Nov 11 2013 - 11:03
Goat’s cheese starter in jeopardy as cheesemakers struggle to meet demandTeagasc calls for more support for goat sectorMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:01
Former editor concerned about breakdown in trust in politics, church, banksCharities urged to be honest beyond necessityFri Nov 08 2013 - 01:01
Farewell the eating hour: lunch now lasts ‘just 22 minutes’Half of us are working as we eat, research findsThu Nov 07 2013 - 06:56
Spending on eating outside the home shows increaseMeal deals boosting custom for restaurantsThu Nov 07 2013 - 01:00
Chapter One turns over a new leaf with its first bookMichelin-starred restaurant celebrates 21 years in businessTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Report links lower birth weight and poorer child developementMinister says lots of lessons to be learned from findingsMon Nov 04 2013 - 19:19
Fitzgerald defends location of new children’s hospitalAn Taisce calls on Government to move site from St James’s to land beside the CoombeMon Nov 04 2013 - 14:37
Report calls for more help for parents of babiesMinister says economic cost to country of not intervening ‘enormous’Mon Nov 04 2013 - 14:08
Ireland on a plateIs there such a thing as a national Irish cuisine, and if so, what is it?Sat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00
Goodbye, Mr Chips: children cut down on crisps in lunchboxesStudy finds we are taking lunch to work more oftenTue Oct 29 2013 - 11:22
We don’t like cooking – but are doing it more oftenPrice a major factor in grocery shoppingTue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00
Recovering Irish tour operators eye €74bn Chinese tourist marketLuxury shopping, castles and golf to to the fore as Tourism Ireland sends largest ever trade mission to ChinaTue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00
Help sought in two missing men casesMore than 200 people joined search in Kilcock for Andrejs MaisaksMon Oct 28 2013 - 18:08
Coveney to build bloodstock links with QatarBord Bia aiming to double food and drink exports to Middle East by 2020Mon Oct 28 2013 - 01:00
Farm payments keeping older farmers on the land, conference toldPride and fear and ‘wall of money’ cited as factorsSun Oct 27 2013 - 21:42
Macra na Feirme calls for aid for young farmersInstallation aid scheme would help young farmers to get established, conference toldSat Oct 26 2013 - 16:54
Mother of cancer victim Donal Walsh says harsh reality of suicide must be highlightedSuicide support helpline on the way for farm familiesSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:01
Limerick farmer is cream of the crop‘I love the life, it just doesn’t feel like work’Fri Oct 25 2013 - 18:23
Farms managed by women are more profitable, conference hearsWomen ‘virtually invisible’ in farming politicsFri Oct 25 2013 - 01:01
Simon Coveney to lead Ireland’s biggest trade mission to Gulf regionForty food and drink companies and equine interests take part in visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Abu DhabiFri Oct 25 2013 - 01:00
Minister calls for action to tackle clear danger of childhood obesityReilly warns that overweight crisis likely to leave ‘detrimental legacy lasting decades’Tue Oct 22 2013 - 08:35
Students may be turned away from farming courses if recruitment ban continuesTeagasc advisory service “at the pin of its collar” to meet demandTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
James Reilly: I have no intention of resigningMinister for Health under pressure over scale of budget cutsMon Oct 21 2013 - 15:52
Reilly speaks about struggle with his weight‘I’m not happy with the profundity of my rotundity’, says MinisterMon Oct 21 2013 - 14:06
Race for IFA presidency heats upContenders to take part in series of debates around countryMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
Fast food accounts for ‘minority of calories’ but gets all the focusHunger the ‘least important’ factor in determining what we eatFri Oct 18 2013 - 06:09
Blending fast food for young children highlights extent of obesity problemParents need support on issue of child obesity, conference toldFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Abandoned horses left exposed to ‘unimaginable suffering’ISPCA took in eight horses in 2006; this year it has taken in 80Mon Oct 14 2013 - 07:42
