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Spiced lamb, Buckfast hot sauce and tahini dressing top a pizza that makes a big impression

Teresa Deevy and the secrets of the green suitcase

Best known for her productions at the Abbey, the Waterford playwright also wrote for radio, and there’s a mystery surrounding the origins of unpublished work under a pseudonym

Cook up a Christmas feast without the shopping and the queues

How to get your turkey and ham delivered and avoid the crowds

Eighty fine food shops and restaurants delivering during lockdown

Order from kitchens and farms, as well as book and toy shops across the country

12 of the best Irish food boxes, delivered to your door

We put deliveries from small producers to the test and found these exceptional deals

Fillet steak from Ireland named best in the world

Steak produced in Limerick from grass-fed Angus cross described as ‘picture perfect’

Dunnes Stores: How it transformed from value grocery to epicurean dining destination

After arrival of German discounters Dunnes chose to make a play on upscale Irish food

Irish consumers spent €44m on Easter eggs as grocery sales hit new record

Shoppers spent €29m on lamb in run-up to Easter with Dunnes Stores the most popular retailer

Dunnes Stores and Musgrave go toe-to-toe for Irish food brands

Grocery giants seeking to secure upscale epicurean brands in battle for customers

David McWilliams: Ireland’s Dunnes-loving, cheese-eating unsqueezed middle

I’ll take an upwardly mobile Gubeen over a stinky Brexit cheddar

How to cheat at Christmas dinner

Make a plan, choose good helpers and set up a gin station

Which Dunnes Stores rival will pursue Donnybrook Fair?

Cantillon: Upmarket food retailer may tempt Musgrave, BWG or forecourt operators

Feast your way through Electric Picnic with the Theatre of Food

For €120 you can ditch the stand-up, food-to-go options, and instead sit down to a five-course banquet

National Burger Day: 500 outlets offer two-for-one burgers today

We find Ireland’s best burgers and where to get them two-for-one today for National Burger Day. Plus how to make your own burgers at home

Dunnes Stores considers buying Donnybrook Fair chain

Group is in advanced talks about potential acquisition of the chain

Diarmuid Gavin and Dunnes Stores aim for Outer Spaces

Caveat: Better value beats them all, but sharper ideas can trump the competition

Woman fails in ‘opportunistic claim’ to recover €30,000 seized by gardaí

Court hears money was seized during search of Finglas house where alleged gang member was living

A last-minute, foolproof and delicious Christmas dinner

The sprouts, the roasties, the bird and the ham. This guide will get you through

Hooking up with Dunnes Stores helps butcher Pat Whelan raise the steaks

Artisan meat chain hungry to grow under ownership of Dunnes Stores

The New York theatre that’s kept Teresa Deevy’s flame alive

Deevy fell out of favour with Abbey management after writing six plays in the 1930s

Food File: seasonal Sundays at Forest & Marcy, ham to your door

Ham on the bone for St Patrick’s Day and new chef at the helm in Mount Merrion

Inside Track: Mag Kirwan, Goatsbridge Trout Farm, Co Kilkenny

‘The best piece of business advice I got was to stop stressing the things I could not control’

Food File: First look at new Cornelscourt foodhall, supper clubs and a friendly reminder

A fresh food offering in Dunnes; dining with the stars at Itsa; and say goodbye to Thornton’s

Home Front: Design, people and events

Author and ceramic artist Edmund de Waal and furniture designer Joseph Walsh will be the headline speakers at a two-day design conference at Collins Barracks

Food File: Refuelling, butcher training and a well-earned sherry

The latest food news from around the country

‘Sweet, juicy beef’ from Co Down wins top Great Taste award

Hannan Meats first company to win top prize for a second time as Dunnes Stores sticky toffee pudding takes Republic of Ireland award

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Teresa who? It’s finally time to recognise one of Irish theatre’s seminal works

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