Mamo McDonald, women’s rights campaigner and former ICA chair, dies
The Co Galway native, born in 1929, had recovered from Covid-19 last year
Bake a loaf of brown bread and it could win you a cash prize of at least €15,000
Best loaf of bread will go into commercial production and be on supermarket shelves for 12 months
A lemon drizzle cake that is so easy the kids can make it
Kitchen Cabinet: Instead of lemon and thyme, you can flavour this versatile cake with orange and cardamom
Search on for Ireland’s best homemade brown bread
The winning loaf will be stocked by Aldi and the baker will receive a share of the profits
Coping with serious illness is child’s play
For young patients at Our Lady’s in Crumlin, the hospital’s play specialists are crucially important in aiding recovery
Study examines why belief in limbo has declined through the decades
Catholics in Ireland from 1960s onwards found idea of limbo incredible and even cruel, says historian
Brown bread wins Meath woman €10,000 prize at Ploughing Championships
Emma Ferguson, who had her 3-week-old son with her at the competition, will see her seeded brown soda go on sale in 133 Aldi stores around Ireland
Irish Countrywomen’s Association faces injunction over elections
Member tells High Court organisation breached its constitution regarding ballots
Irish Countrywomen’s Association election row comes before High Court
Solicitor for association undertakes not to destroy votes returned for its recent elections
Battle of the brown bread: Best loaf in Ireland to win €10,000
Competition to find best loaf in Ireland, and winner's recipe will be stocked in 130 Aldi stores across the country
Good social connections can reduce rural depression and suicide
Debt, isolation and economic uncertainty all take their toll on farmers’ health
Miriam Lord: The curious incident of the dog in the boot
A retiring secretary general recalls a ‘Yes Minister’-style intervention
Keeping Manor Farm in the family after 240 years
MD Vincent Carton is looking to grow the chicken-processing business on many fronts
Laundered diesel and Black and Tan boot polish: the Rising gets an artful injection of mischief
Artist Rita Duffy’s send-up of the Rising and Irish culture is a refreshing antidote to the seriousness of the centenary commemorations
Life and death: the Rotunda and the Rising
Women dodged bullets during Easter week 1916 to walk to the Rotunda to give birth. An exhibition tells the remarkable stories of five women linked to the hospital
State papers 1985: ICA tries to stop chain of sex shops
Conegate wanted to open branches in Republic, so ICA wrote to taoiseach
Farming groups asking members to make up their own minds
Rural organisations encouraging people to use their votes in referendums
GAA players should be used to promote farm safety, Seanad hearing is told
Several calls for farm safety education to be compulsory in schools
Alliance vows to make rural Ireland election issue
Saving Rural Ireland set to fight what it sees as decimation of services
Voice of Waterford in the early years of Raidió na Gaeltachta
Dóirín Mhic Mhurchú: June 20th, 1930 - November 28th, 2014
Miriam Lord: Ploughing, celebrities and the papal nuncio
Almost 125,000 turn up at Carter family farm in Co Laois for day two of ‘the Ploughing’
Irish television industry gets set to show off its wares at Cannes
The marketplace for buying and selling shows is ‘like Paris Fashion Week for international TV’
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