If there’s one measure of social injustice in Ireland that, for a decade, has remained stubbornly resistant to change, it’s the now annual count of families judged to be living in food poverty, which is defined as the inability to afford or have access to an adequate and nutritious diet.

The Christmas lights were officially switched on at Temple Street Children's Hospital by patient Jake and The Coronas.

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.

We are on the cusp of a revolution in consumer tastes, which will rock the agri-food industry to its core, regardless of the Climate Change Advisory committee recommendations for a substantial reduction in the cattle herd to meet Ireland’s 2030 greenhouse gas emissions targets.

It follows reports that drivers have been attacked, robbed and even shot at, by youths armed with a pellet gun.

Tesco has reported a 5% rise in annual revenues for its Irish operations to just under €2.7bn.

Mandate is to lodge a pay claim with Tesco on behalf of the 8,000 workers it represents.

The Irish arm of retail giant Tesco sacked a worker after she admitted taking a bottle of wine valued at less than €20 out of a store and not paying for it.

Tesco says its Sligo store will remain open during a strike by workers there tomorrow.

A union representing 40,000 retail and bar workers wants its members to be paid a minimum of €15 per hour — more than 50% higher than the national minimum wage.

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Tesco Ireland has said it will not increase the prices of its own-brand carbonated soft drinks after the introduction of the new sugar tax next month.

Irish homes and businesses dump over a million tonnes of food each year. You can’t eat it all, but Ellie O’Byrne spent January living on out-of-date food in the fight against waste

Tesco Ireland says it’s not affected by plans to "simplify" its operational structures in the UK.

Tesco Ireland has reported a rise in sales over the Christmas period.

Tesco is refunding and compensating customers in the UK who complained that the turkey they bought for their Christmas dinner was "rotten" or "gone off".

Tesco has apologised after some UK customers complained the turkey they bought for their Christmas dinner was "rotten" or "gone off".

Dunnes Stores has overtaken SuperValu and Tesco Ireland to become Ireland’s best-performing supermarket chain, boosted by a spike in consumer grocery spending around the time of Storm Ophelia in mid-October.

Tesco shares fell up to 4% yesterday as a strong contribution from international assets to its first-half earnings suggested the British retailer is not immune to Brexit effects.

Retail giant Tesco plans to eliminate surplus food waste from its network of Irish stores within three years, diverting it instead to people in need.

Tesco are creating another 85 jobs in Dublin thanks to the opening of its 149th store.

SuperValu has gained an edge over its supermarket rivals just as the grocery market has slipped into deflation for the first time in two years.

Tesco Ireland has temporarily put the brakes on German discounter Aldi’s Irish expansion plans.

Consumers are facing a vegetable shortage as poor weather across Europe is hitting supplies to super-markets.

Supermarket chains and retailers have been urged to follow Tesco’s example by providing and promoting lower-sugar soft drinks on their shelves.

Who picks the wrapping paper, the music and the decorations in our top stores? Vicki Notaro meets the people who make your festive shopping special – including the woman at Boots who works on Christmas all year round

Christmas FM returns to the airwaves at lunchtime today, playing continuous Christmas classics right up to December 25.

The gloves are off in the supermarket planning wars involving the UK’s Tesco and German discounter Lidl.

SuperValu say their stores may experience supply issues because of a price dispute with Unilever.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney expects to appoint a new water commission chief by this weekend, as he goes to Brussels to stop the EU fining Ireland for suspending water charges.

The Irish grocery market has continued its solid growth in recent weeks, but the lure of potentially cheaper goods in the North — as sterling continues to weaken — is being viewed as a real threat.

British supermarket giant Tesco has reported near 9% sales growth in its Irish operations for the first quarter of its financial year — the three months to the end of May.

The Irish arm of retail giant Tesco is attempting to slow the store expansion of German rivals Aldi and Lidl here.

Consumer spending on grocery products enjoyed a further strong rise in the past three months; a period also notable for Tesco Ireland further eating into SuperValu’s market share lead.

A woman left permanently disabled after slipping on grapes while shopping in a Tesco store has been awarded €1.4m damages by a High Court judge.

Tesco has confirmed it is investigating an incident at its store in Ballincollig, Co Cork, in which a shopper appears to have been struck by a container wrongly placed on a travelator.