Sweet pickled pears: An easy recipe to preserve a favourite in-season fruit

JP McMahon: A jar of these would make a lovely Christmas gift – as would a pear tree

Best Irish food markets: 35 great places to shop, eat and socialise

Pick up fresh local produce or hot food with many markets located in beautiful settings

A month eating only Irish food: pricey, time-consuming, boring

No coffee, wine or sugar – Ellie O’Byrne undertakes a 30-day local food challenge

Paul Dunne holds his nerve to secure first European Tour title

Greystones golfer puts on a majestic show of courage and poise to see off Rory McIlroy

An Irish dinner of 12 courses with a zero kilometre footprint

Wheat for the flour to make the bread, rapeseed for the oil, grapes for the wine and grappa ... all grown at BrookLodge

Five well-known chefs to cook banquet at restaurant awards

Clayton Hotel hosts 9th annual Irish Restaurant Awards

Say Slainte with a glass of surprisingly good Irish wine

A hardy grape variety and tenacious Irish winemakers are confounding the sceptics

How do you like them apples? The growth of an Irish industry

Some 95 per cent of the apples we eat here are imported, yet a few tenacious farmers are showing we could supply the market ourselves

Staying in: Irish Wines down Wicklow way

Couple use Irish fruit for their in-demand wine range

Need an excuse to get out in the sun? Here are 10

Moderate sun exposure does have health benefits

Miriam Lord: Small parties bereft of sufficient cash to be boring

Our big four breathlessly announce ‘the launch’ of yet another drab policy message

40 ways to go green

This list will not tell you to recycle your bottles, since it’s not the 1980s any more. It will show you how to take the next step

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