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Eat your way around the country’s food festivals
Rosalind Skillen
Food lovers, listen up. Here is a flavour of what to expect from some of the summer’s food festivals around the country.
16 April 2025 Neven
Neven Maguire: a plate full of Easter flavour
You can’t beat succulent roast duck, so why not give it a go for this year’s Easter Sunday feast?
16 April 2025 News
We need to buy Irish now more than ever
The Irish agri-food community is bracing itself as increased export tariffs to the US come closer to being a reality. How can consumers help?
Forged by fire – sealed with skill
After a serious accident, acclaimed craftsman Patrick Brennan reforged his life and is creating bespoke chef knives at his workshop in Kilkenny.
16 April 2025 News
Mayo AD plant gets green light
Working with 71 farmers in the area, nearly 18,000t of cattle slurry, 9,500t of pig slurry, 12,000t of poultry manure, 20,000t of wholecrop silage and 5,000t of grass silage will be used as feedstock
16 April 2025 News
Lack of planning prevents farmers from diversifying
Styles maintained that the problem among the farming community in terms of diversification up to now has been a lack of planning.
16 April 2025 News
Simplifying food systems in Co Westmeath
Pat Lalor’s farming journey shows the benefits – for food producers and consumers - of keeping things simple, consistent and grounded, writes Brendan Dunford.
16 April 2025 News
New scheme launched to support setting up producer organisations
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the Early-Stage Support for Producer Organisations (ESSPO) scheme on Wednesday 16 April, which is a multi-annual measure under the CAP Strategic Plan.
16 April 2025 News
€30m research call launched for innovation in agri food and bio-based economy
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State Noel Grealish made the announcement on Wednesday 16 April for the call with a budget of €30m.
16 April 2025 News
€38,000 scholarship available to agri-food innovators
The programme is delivered by the UCD school of bio-systems and food engineering, in partnership with Teagasc, at the AgTechUCD Innovation Centre at UCD Lyons Farm in Co Kildare.
15 April 2025 News
Heydon to meet Irish companies on last day of US trade mission
In collaboration with Bord Bia and Enterprise Ireland, the final leg of the visit will be in Chicago before the trade mission concludes on Saturday 12 April.
11 April 2025 News
The perfect dessert centerpiece for your Easter table
This tart combines two of our very favourite desserts – Banoffee and baked custard – and the result is sweet, creamy and downright delicious, writes Janine Kennedy.
10 April 2025 Recipes