Here is a selection of people who are starting interesting new roles with public and private organisations in Ireland.

Research from PwC shows that 31% of food-related SMEs have stalled investment since the 2016 Brexit referendum

Michael Creed From taste trails to Michelin Star restaurants, Cork ticks all the boxes, writes Minister Michael Creed

The big winner in the National Dairy Innovation Awards was the Limerick-based start-up, Anuland, at the National Dairy Show last Saturday in Millstreet.

Last weekend St James’ collected the Carbery junior football championship title, edging out Ballinascarthy in a closely-fought final at Timoleague.

Efforts by Ireland and other EU countries to find new dairy product export destinations are threatened by the Indonesian government’s proposal to increase import tariffs.

Carbery Rangers will face champions St Finbarr’s in the Cork SFC third round following a pulsating victory over west Cork rivals Castlehaven in Skibbereen on Saturday night.

TJ Sullivan, chairman of Drinagh Co-op, will succeed Peter Fleming as chairman of Carbery Group; while Paddy Ryan, chairman of Lisavaird Co-op, has been appointed vice-chair of the organisation.

Robert McNamara joins the Irish agri-food trade mission to Japan and finds Irish beef is cooking up a storm in Tokyo, where discerning customers are insisting on high-quality food and knowledge about its provenance.

West Cork-based Drinagh Co-op increased its operating profit of €0.8m during 2018, with the creamery’s milk volumes up 6% versus 2017, its mill output up 30% and store sales up 10%.

Cork and Kerry played out a thrilling John Kerins Cup U20 League draw in Clonakilty last night.

As Leinster and Munster discovered to their cost in Europe this past month, knowing the threat that is coming your way and being able to deal with it are different matters entirely.

Joe Dermody talks to directors of Carbery Group, which has just published its accounts for 2018.

A selection of Cork hurlers are looking at four games in 10 days if the county progresses to the Allianz League final.

The UK is urgently seeking to conclude what it calls "continuity trade agreements" with as many governments outside the EU as it can before the end of March deadline.

The last man to lead Duhallow to a Cork senior football title has robustly defended the involvement of divisional teams in the county championship.

Ornua is celebrating success after winning 14 awards (3 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze for cheese and 1 bronze award for salted butter) at the Global Cheese Awards in Frome, Somerset.

Carbery held open days for its suppliers and their families this week to mark 50 years since production commenced at the site in Ballineen, Co Cork.

Best of the breeds after gap of more than quarter of a century in Carbery’s Cork Beef Bull Championship

Killeen Farmhouse, Co Galway, was the big Irish winner at the 2018 British Cheese Awards which took place at the Royal Bath and West Show in Somerset, England.

The main transportation and industrial corridor through West Cork is served only by a regional road.

The Cork footballers will enjoy a seven-week run-in to their Munster SFC semi-final on June 3.

Eight companies have been placed on a watchlist by the environmental watchdog and could ultimately lose their licence if they continue to damage the environment.

The launch of Ireland’s best-known food brand in the world’s 11th largest economy boosted last week’s Irish trade mission to South Korea and Japan, led by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed and Bord Bia Chief Executive Tara McCarthy.

Jason Hawkins has been named as chief executive of Carbery Group, the global food ingredients, flavours, and cheese manufacturer headquartered in Ballineen, Co Cork.

The dynamic of their relationship has changed. The pendulum has moved back up the N71.

Ireland’s food and farm industries are in a state of suspense due to the Brexit question mark over the main market for their produce, the UK.

Four Cork girls will be among contestants from across Ireland, and indeed overseas, vying for glory at this year’s 46th annual International Miss Macra Festival.

Blue Jean Country Queens from across the country, and from overseas, will be under the spotlight in Athboy, Co Meath, this bank holiday weekend, as the 30th annual festival gets under way.

One massive performance and victory against Tipp will guarantee Peadar Healy’s charges a place in the last 12 of the All-Ireland series.

Eoghan Cormican looks ahead to the action in the Cork club championship this weekend.

Failure to increase pay rates and imposition of new tax rules means Junior and Leaving Certificate exams could be left with no teachers to supervise or correct them, a teachers’ union official has warned.

The Brexit threat is the gravest agri-business has ever faced in Ireland, bosses at Dairygold have warned. Dairygold chief executive Jim Woulfe said dairy, beef and rural industry faced a crisis if a hard Brexit occurred, an event which he said had “gigantic repercussions” for Ireland.