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Living Life: saucy hit in Spidéal for Blasta
Dee Laffan
The Builín Blasta brand is becoming a household name for its much soughtafter condiments range, writes Dee Laffan.
18 September 2024 Features
A ‘Pure’ winner in Wicklow
One of three winners of this year’s Grow with ALDI, Pure Bea is a Wicklow-based company that adds flavour to mealtimes in a natural and healthy way, writes Dee Laffan.
7 August 2024 l2
Fond memories chart 80 years of farm heritage for John Laffan
John Laffan from Castleiney, Co Tipperary shares farming stories with his daughter, Dee Laffan, as he looks back on the advancements in agriculture over the last eight decades.
Travel: Paris, Je t’aime
On a whistlestop 48-hour tour of Paris, Dee Laffan found herself lost in the local food scene.
10 July 2024 Travel
Preserving the past with food conservationist Max Jones
From a booley in west Cork, traditional food conservationist Max Jones is on a mission to help people feel more connected to their food and learn the story behind it, writes Dee Laffan.
26 June 2024 Features
Chef Anna Haugh: 'dairy was always a huge part of our diet'
For Anna Haugh, cooking is in her bones and sharing is her nature. Now, in her debut cookbook, she shares recipes that come straight from the heart and her family table, writes Dee Laffan.
22 May 2024 Living Life
Author Ali Dunworth raises a glass to the Irish pint
Whether it’s a wedding, funeral or in the airport, having a pint is part of our culture. In a new book by Ali Dunworth, she pours this phenomenon onto the page, writes Dee Laffan.
15 May 2024 Features
Brendan Courtney: 'we actually got rid of sizing in our collection'
As the latest Lennon Courtney collection drops this week, Dee Laffan chats to one half of the design duo, Brendan Courtney, about juggling a multi-faceted career and learning to speak Irish again.
8 May 2024 Fashion
Femme frequency: ‘the women and their stories on the podcast are incredible’
Sarah Benner and Caroline Lyons are on a mission to spotlight inspiring women with powerful stories on the island of Ireland with their What a Woman Podcast, writes Dee Laffan.
8 May 2024 Living Life
Booker prize winner Paul Lynch playing by the book
Paul Lynch may have gotten kicked out of his English Leaving Cert class but that didn’t stop him from going on to become a Booker Prize winner, writes Dee Laffan.
24 April 2024 Features
10 blooming great garden centres
With the recent improvement in weather, there is no better time to check out these garden centres, writes Dee Laffan.
24 April 2024 Living Life
Holly Loftus: 'the stereotypical image of a blacksmith is often a big man'
The craft of bladesmithing, the art of making knives, has seen a sharp increase in the past few years, and Irish bladesmith Holly Loftus has carved out her place among the best, writes Dee Laffan.
17 April 2024 Living Life