HOME-GROWN Irish food, grocery and alcohol products are making a dramatic recovery in the consumer market, with some of the country’s top selling grocery brands originating from within our borders.

Shoppers in Ireland are making more of an effort to buy Irish, according to retail publication 'Checkout'.

Conall O Fátharta says Tesco’s strategy will boost imported own-brand products at the expense of familiar Irish brands – as well as Aldi and Lidl

Hurricane Ike ravaged south-east Texas early today, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should have heeded calls to evacuate made futile calls for rescue.

ON THE first St Patrick’s Day while at university in Texas in 1964, I was interviewed by the local daily newspaper as I was the only person from Ireland among more than 15,000 students.

A GIRL who developed a severe stammer after being bitten by a dog when she was aged five was awarded €425,952 damages in the High Court yesterday. She received scars to the cheek and lower lip in the attack.

IN the good old days, there was always one thing on which you could rely. It was up there with the soothing quality of Barry’s Tea, the freshness of Brennan’s Bread, the reliability of Dunnes Stores prices.

TOP of the pops and Ireland’s biggest-selling brand, Coca-Cola, has no fear of losing its fizz.

The dire warning from the master of the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street is chillingly stark: overstretched services means cutting corners, which puts safety at issue and compromises patient care.

SOUTHERN Health Board chief executive Sean Hurley yesterday entered the controversial row over the role of consultants, insisting they accept accountability for how the public’s money is spent.

IT'S time to bite a few bullets. The Cabinet's top quartet were in defiant form yesterday as they promised delivery on the most radical reform of the health service in 30 years.

THE Achilles heel of Health Minister Micheál Martin’s plan to reform the health system is the lack of any commitment to fund this ambitious programme to streamline a crisis-ridden and creaking service.

HEALTH board chief executives have undergone formal media training to stave off criticisms of their staff contained in two soon-to-be-published health reports.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) and the Health Service Employers Agency (HSEA) are due to return to the Labour Relations Commission today in an effort to resolve the eight-week-old strike by public health doctors.

VALUE for money will be the key to a radical reform planned for the health service, Tánaiste Mary Harney said yesterday.

POLITICAL point scoring by local politicians is putting unrealistic demands on health boards and stopping them from providing a proper service, according to the head of the Southern Health Board.