The Irish dairy sector is a huge contributor to growth in economic activity across the rural Irish economy, supporting over 60,000 jobs, according to food economist and consultant Ciaran Fitzgerald.

Ailin Quinlan talks to Guny Patel, chairperson of the town’s Chamber of Tourism & Business and owner of the popular Kinari boutique.

Seán Cronin’s 52nd-minute try against Scarlets in last Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 grand final didn’t win the game, but it went a long way toward convincing the Welsh side they were going to lose.

Ciaran Fitzgerald was captain of the Ireland rugby team back in 1985 when they were going for the Triple Crown. Ireland and England were deadlocked at 10 points apiece and a draw would have ended Ireland’s ambitions. Fitzgerald famously asked his teammates “where’s your ‘effing’ pride” before an important lineout. 

As Six Nations’ Grand Slams go, the one Rory Best collected amid the snowflakes at Twickenham beats them all.

A legend, a leader, a braveheart, a kind, loving and spiritual man were among the accolades used to describe Willie Duggan at his funeral Mass, when more than 1,000 people gathered to say farewell to a giant of Irish and international rugby.

Hearing about the sudden passing of a former team-mate is always shocking. When the first of many texts started to arrive early yesterday, I was stunned. 

Longford 1-9 Wicklow 1-5: A strong second-half performance saw Longford secure a home semi-final with O’Byrne Cup champions Dublin on Sunday.

A High Court judge yesterday dismissed a damages action by a man who sustained injuries after he fell out the third-floor window of a Kinsale hotel.

The Connacht team bus will leave the Sportsground shortly after noon today for The Strand Hotel in Limerick where the players and management will have a light meal, run through their plans for the match and then head for Thomond Park. 

The owners of a Kinsale hotel where a man claimed he fell from a third-floor window and ended up with life-changing injuries have applied to the High Court to have his action for damages dismissed.

The girlfriend of an Englishman who has sued claiming he suffered life-changing injuries when he fell out of a hotel window in Kinsale yesterday told the High Court it was not true to say that on the night she and Jason Platt were arguing and that he threatened to jump.

An Englishman who has sued a Kinsale hotel, claiming he fell 8m from a third floor bedroom window, yesterday denied in the High Court he had jumped after a row with his girlfriend.

A man on a Valentine’s weekend at a Kinsale hotel fell 8.2 metres from a third-floor bedroom window as he tried to flick ash from his cigarette, he claimed before the High Court yesterday.

Ever since they first turned out for a rumble on the left bank of the Taff, Ireland have usually made a point of picking something up in Cardiff. 

Angry beef farmers have begun a 48-hour protest outside every meat factory in Ireland in a row over low prices for cattle.

Farmers have agreed to hold two weeks of ‘intensive negotiations’ with meat industry chiefs to avert a crisis in beef production.

A bishop has spoken of his regret at the use of corporal punishment during his time at a teacher.

When the chips were down in Paris, England’s dinner-suited players found themselves cast in the role of hapless bystanders among the pilgrims in downtown Rome, near the Vatican.

NUI Galway has inked a deal with Connacht Rugby to help promote both sporting and academic excellence in the province.

Three key areas of confrontation at the Aviva today

Anyone expecting the French to pitch up in Dublin on Saturday and roll over after losing their opening three games in the Six Nations for the first time since 1982 had better think again.

It’s a 27 years ago but for Willie Anderson the drama experienced at Lansdowne Road on October 19, 1985 feels like yesterday.

Ireland’s dairy sector will create 15,0000 jobs after EU milk quota restrictions end in 2015, said independent economist Ciaran Fitzgerald yesterday at the National Dairy Council conference.

A senior army officer who coordinated security for UN agencies in war-torn Syria has assumed command of the Defence Force’s 1st Southern Brigade.

The jobs of 110 employees of the Kinsale-based Blue Haven Collection are expected to be secured this week when negotiations with the Revenue Commissioners are concluded.

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THE Blue Haven Collection is investing in its food division with the development of a new production facility and extension of its product range.

THE form book meant nothing as Dublin duo James Cluskey and Barry King turned on the style on the second day of the Green Property Irish Men’s Open at the Fitzwilliam Club.

FORMER Davis Cup player John McGahon last night followed current Ireland representative Barry King out of the Irish Close Championships, at the Donnybrook Club.

IRELAND will find it hard to produce enough high quality beef to meet growing overseas demand in the coming years, predicts Bord Bia chief executive Aidan Cotter.

CORK CITY marched to the top of the Airtricity First Division following an emphatic victory over Mervue United at a windy Turner’s Cross last night.

WHAT a shame a pulsating Six Nations game was decided by one moment of controversy.

ONE of Cork’s leading hotel and food companies is planning to expand and add jobs this year following a 12% increase in turnover last year.