Re-engaging with nature is incredibly grounding, healing, and therapeutic — never more so than when the fruit of your labour yields food for the table.

Tasty authenticity that packs a punch

There are so many reasons to put true value back on a favourite Irish ingredient

Before the arrival of the potato and before the enormous impact of British colonialism, Irish peasants had the best diet in all of Europe

The next time you’re at a farmer’s market, enjoy that coffee, relish that pizza, but do also seek out and support the actual farmers as well.

This summer Denis Cotter is handing over the reins at Cafe Paradiso to Dave O’Mahony, a man who began his career at the iconic restaurant as a teenager washing dishes.

Many customers find cooking from scratch hugely beneficial for physical and mental wellbeing

A multiplicity of delicious food options saw the entire town packed from the highest hill right down to the harbour

Some 83% of the fruit and vegetables we consume are not Irish. We now import 70,000 tonnes of potatoes each year — as well as tens of thousands of tonnes of apples, carrots, onions, and cabbage. In a Special Report, we investigate where our food comes from and why it matters.

With the announcement that the Midleton Distillery is to get a facelift worth €250m, Joe McNamee looks at the history of Irish whiskey, where it’s at today, and how much it is worth to the Irish economy