For Love Island winner Greg O’Shea, dairy foods play a crucial part in a balanced diet.

While the first set of Olympic boxing qualifiers are just over a month away, you might expect the ins and outs of the tournament to be all-consuming for Kellie Harrington.

Greg O’Shea says his commitment to his Irish sevens team mates was always going to override “two weeks on television” as the Love Island winner looks ahead to potential Olympic qualification.

Bloggers and social media influences like Ellie Kelly, Katie Moran and Gary Pineda have all been rapped by the advertising watchdog for failing to indicate that their posts contained sponsored content or part of a brand ambassadorship.

Helen O’Callaghan says a healthy lunch is vital brain food.

A new survey by Sustainable Dairy in Europe reveals that 82% of us believe that what we eat has a direct effect on preserving the planet.

Food waste is one of the world’s biggest sustainability issues, but one which is easily preventable with the introduction of education.

Once we sloshed cow’s milk over our cereal but now it’s all about choice. But do we risk losing key nutrients by switching to non-dairy options, asks Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

Thumbs-up choices, feelgood trees and wellness walls – pupils at St Patrick’s NS, Trim, are as familiar with these concepts as they are with their daily carton of milk, which comes courtesy of the School Milk Scheme.

Osteoporosis can strike at any age as Instagrammer Nathalie Lennon discovered when an extreme fitness regimen put her at risk of developing the bone disease. Clodagh Finn reports

HOW sports nutrition has changed. When ten-time All-Ireland hurling champion Henry Shefflin first started playing with Kilkenny, he used to make regular visits to the chipper after training.

Tipperary might be champions of effing Ireland, at senior and minor, but the family that did most to put them there won’t be shouting about it. Noel and John McGrath won All-Ireland senior medals with Michael Ryan’s men, and brother Brian captained the Premier to the minor title. It crowned a tumultuous year for the family. But their feet never left the ground.

A 10-point action plan for the survival of farming in hill areas was launched yesterday by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA).

I HAVE always admired the delicate carvings of a butter stamp and remember my grandmother showing me one when I was very young. 

Sprint hurdler Derval O’Rourke has joined the National Dairy Council’s Moo Crew to help promote the health benefits of dairy, a balanced diet and exercise to primary school children.

Upcoming agri events.

West Cork is the venue for a celebration of dairy farming excellence this Friday, with a morning seminar followed by farm walk on an award-winning dairy farm.

WE all know dairy foods are rich in calcium. But lots of us don’t realise just what nutritional punch milk packs.

A leading immunologist has called for a national food-allergy strategy to improve patient diagnosis and care.

Dairy farmer Teddy Cashman has been elected as chairman of the National Dairy Council.

Rob Kearney made his appeal count as arguably Ireland’s most marketable rugby player last year with accumulated profits at his firm jumping to more than €220,000.

FROM the family farm in the Cooley Peninsula, Co Louth, to the grounds of the Aviva stadium, rugby player Dave Kearney’s life has largely been lived out on the green fields of Ireland.