What better way to wake up than knowing you have a big breakfast waiting and you’ve got all the time in the world to get there. Ireland has hundreds of hotels — from five-star luxury to everyday comfort — and when it comes to golf you’ll never have to look too far for somewhere to rest your head.

Joe McNamee basks in the comforts of Ireland’s only organic hotel, the Brooklodge Hotel & Wells Spa, in Macreddin Village.

It would be an exaggeration to say that Paul McGinley’s course design style is based on ‘Little Old Lady Theory’ but it’s not too far from the truth.

Got an appetite for a holiday?Ahead of the Irish Examiner Food Festival, Pól Ó Conghaile has the perfect menu — a selection of 10 great gourmet breaks at home and overseas

ON-FARM food production is a virtually untapped resource in Ireland, with just 0.4% of farmers taking the direct sales route, said one industry expert.

Ireland's inaugural Food Summer School gets underway today in Co Wicklow .

AWARDS are two a penny these times, so much so that they often come and go with minimum publicity.

I USED to think Shillelagh was a placename invented for American movies.

The fifth Eurotoques food forum and fair will take place at Brooklodge, Macreddin, Co Wicklow on Sunday, September 3, 2006.

Last week’s recipe for Willie Scannell’s Gratin of Potato and Wild Mushrooms featured a number of mistaken fractions and measures due to a technical error.