Irish producers are hoping that an unlikely addition to 2016’s must-eat healthy foods will pay dividends for a key part of the Irish cooked breakfast.

Work on a €12.1m plan to erect flood defences in a Co Cork town should get under way next autumn, according to OPW Minister Simon Harris.

The man behind the success of the renowned Clonakilty Black Pudding is to have a street named after him in the town.

Exports of Clonakilty black pudding to Britain are soaring — up 67% — growing from 1.5 tonnes to 2.5 tonnes every week.

A massive community effort to tackle the aftermath of the flood helped restore relative order to Clonakilty within hours.

Three West Cork schoolboy entrepreneurs who created a drink made from seaweed have landed a prize worth €20,000 to help kickstart their business.

Clonakilty Black Pudding managing director Colette Twomey has been knighted at a special food industry ceremony in France.

A €15,000 prize fund, four ‘warhorses’ and one blindingly good business idea — that’s Clon’trepreneur, an initiative by a West Cork town determined to stimulate local employment.

Cork City FC have been awarded an Airtricity League Premier Division Licence for the 2012 Season, it was confirmed today.

A divisional pharmacy manager for Boots Ireland, Mary Rose Burke, has scooped the title of Businesswoman of the Year.

AS the 2011 recipient of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award, Colette Twomey joins a distinguished gallery of Ireland’s most esteemed and admired entrepreneurs.