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Food

childhood obesity

Hot school meals: How can we do better for the children in Irish schools?

Dr Catherine Conlon

13 Apr

10.4k

SCHOOL MEALS

Parenting: The pearl clutching over hot school lunches is a bit much — at least they're eating

Margaret Lynch

8 Apr

11.1k

saturday serving

The Hungry Hooker: Jonny Murphy shares simple recipes for St Patrick's weekend

Jonny Murphy

15 Mar

10.4k

nutrition

Hot school meals: They're so important, but we could be offering much better food

Dr Catherine Conlon

Updated 11 Feb

16.1k

Mental Health

Opinion: When in the grip of anorexia, New Year's resolutions were huge for me — not anymore

Louise

11 Jan

5.9k

recipes

Christmas Fare: Some seasonal recipes for you to try over the holidays

Alex Petit

24 Dec 2024

7.2k

Food Safety

Dublin pub The Bankers among seven businesses served with closure orders by the FSAI last month

11 Dec 2024

35.1k

Irish book awards

Excerpt: Our food history lies in the folds and crevices as much as the grand narratives

Dorothy Cashman & Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

20 Nov 2024

4.4k

Food Safety

Rat infestation and live maggots among reasons for food business closure orders last month

12 Nov 2024

53.2k

failte ireland voices

Different pathways to success: I became a chef and lecturer despite having dropped out of school

Alex Quilter

31 Oct 2024

9.1k

not the full irish

Hotel breakfast standards slipping due to 'counter-productive' cut-backs, Georgina Campbell warns

15 Oct 2024

20.4k

Food Safety

Popular Dublin pub Hartigan's among 12 food businesses issued with closure orders last month

15 Aug 2024

34.6k

Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Tuesday: Some tasty twists on the old favourite recipes

Alex Petit

Updated 13 Feb 2024

11.6k

stars in their eyes

Three Irish restaurants awarded new Michelin Stars

5 Feb 2024

62.2k

Dublin Airport

New Supermac's among major overhaul of food offerings at Dublin Airport

10 Jan 2024

36.1k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should restaurants reduce portions to cut down on food waste?

5 Jan 2024

31.7k

Food

Christmas Fare: Head Chef Alen Pavlic from O'Neills on Pearse St shares some winter recipes

Alen Pavlic

22 Dec 2023

9.5k

christmas fare

Saturday Serving: Three dinner party recipes from Alex Petit to wow your guests this season

Alex Petit

2 Dec 2023

11.6k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Do you check the salt content of food?

14 Nov 2023

18.2k

saturday serving

Recipes: Lemon drizzle and blackberry crumble cakes to warm you up in the cold

Shane Smith

4 Nov 2023

16.2k

Hard Hit

Disasters in last 30 years have caused losses of $3.8 trillion in crops and livestock

13 Oct 2023

4.3k

craving

Some ultra-processed foods should be labelled ‘addictive’, scientists suggest

10 Oct 2023

23.5k

The Morning Lead

Going to bed hungry: Parents are ‘doing without’ food as cost-of-living crisis hits

6 Oct 2023

22.8k

spice box

Saturday Serving: Pickle's Sunil Ghai shares some recipes from his first book

Sunil Ghai

9 Sep 2023

14.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: Safety sheet used to show an edible coating is risky is actually for a cleaning fluid

28 Apr 2023

6.2k

Wellbeing

Nutritionist: 'I'm calling BS on toxic diet culture'

Niamh Orbinski

27 Apr 2023

14.7k

The Daily Poll

Poll: How often do you eat McDonalds?

26 Apr 2023

39.9k

Closure Orders

Dead rats and cockroach infestations: Eleven food businesses faced closure orders last month

17 Apr 2023

54.9k

Food Safety

Nine food businesses told to close last month for breaches of food safety laws

8 Mar 2023

37.3k

Tayto

Top Tory Tom Tugendhat performs U-turn after tripping up over Tayto tweet

7 Feb 2023

35.1k

saturday serving

Recipes: Pastry chef Shane Smith has some seasonal dishes for you to try

Shane Smith

4 Feb 2023

14.3k

M&M's announces 'indefinite' suspension of iconic spokescandy mascots

23 Jan 2023

58.8k

Food Safety

'Black mould' and 'haphazardly'-stored meat: Six closure orders against food businesses in December

10 Jan 2023

37.7k

CHRISTMAS SHOP

Inflation led to surge in Christmas grocery spend compared to 2021

9 Jan 2023

8.4k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Do you batch cook your meals?

18 Oct 2022

34.8k

food waste

UK labour shortage causes unpicked food to rot in fields

15 Aug 2022

36.2k

Grain

First Ukrainian grain shipment since invasion began reaches Turkey

Updated 2 Aug 2022

18.3k

Cost of Living

Inflation once again: McDonald's hiking the price of a cheeseburger for first time in 14 years

27 Jul 2022

31.4k

Kilkenny

Tánaiste expects controversial €200m cheese plant to meet climate concerns as sod is turned

22 Jun 2022

22.0k

breadbasket of europe

Helping Ukraine harvest their wheat crop will help mitigate food challenges ahead, says OECD Sec Gen

14 Apr 2022

17.3k

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