The awards honour those who work for a better future for LGBT people in Ireland and worldwide.

Picnics can be fussy, fancy things; glamorous outside lunches featuring a perfect wicker basket with straps for ceramic plates and cutlery, romantic affairs with prosecco and tiny sandwiches, a sort of afternoon tea on a blanket, write William Murray and James Kavanagh.

Green is an everyday colour - Join us and our panelists, Irish Examiner gardening columnist Peter Dowdall, James Kavanagh and William Murray of Currabinny, and Juanita Browne of the National Biodiversity Centre at The Glucksman Gallery on May 28 for an evening of discussion on how the green agenda and sustainability play a role in all areas of life.

A variety of local and succulent seafood is on the menu for the second annual Courtmacsherry Seafeast in West Cork on Sunday afternoon.

A Co Wicklow Stud farmer has launched a High Court challenge against An Bord Pleanala's decision to allow a solar power facility to be built on lands adjoining his property

The idea of animal rights means many different things to many different people, but there is a consensus around wanton animal cruelty. The industrialisation of farming makes it an ever more challenging issue.

A Carlow man whose farm was “strewn with skeletal remains” has lost an appeal against the severity of his three-year prison sentence for “shocking” levels of animal cruelty.

They won Cookbook of the Year for their compilation of recipes inspired by local ingredients. James Kavanagh and William Murray – the duo behind Currabinny – will have the same focus on Irish produce in their new ‘Weekend’ food column, writes Esther McCarthy.

They won Cookbook of the Year for their compilation of recipes inspired by local ingredients. James Kavanagh and William Murray – the duo behind Currabinny – will have the same focus on Irish produce in their new ‘Weekend’ food column, writes Esther McCarthy.

They won Cookbook of the Year for their compilation of recipes inspired by local ingredients. James Kavanagh and William Murray – the duo behind Currabinny – will have the same focus on Irish produce in their new ‘Weekend’ food column, writes Esther McCarthy.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

IT’S not often you see Snapchat and sexual health education in the same sentence. But that didn’t stop social media influencer and entrepreneur James Kavanagh.

We are super excited to have three new Michelin star restaurants in Co Cork: The Mews in Baltimore, West Cork under chef Ahmet Dede; Ichigo Ichie in Cork city owned by chef Takashi Miyazaki and Chestnut in Ballydehob with chef Rob Krawczyk (a Ballymaloe Cookery School alumni).

Erin McGregor, sister of UFC king Conor, has started a floss dance challenge in a desperate bid to raise money to help save the life of a teenager she has been secretly helping.

Ladies and gentleman, Ireland’s Cute Cúig

Want to cook up the perfect barbecue this summer? The duo at Currabinny compile their top tips and recipes for Ciara McDonnell.

The country’s second- biggest trade union, Fórsa, has divided sharply on the referendum on the Eighth Amendment during a discussion at its annual conference in Killarney.

This year, it was all about drama, statement and see-through clothing.

"Damn it! I hate when I accidentally set The Gay Agenda™ back 100 years."

TV3 is to change its name as part of a major rebranding of the station later this year.

Sorry Graham, we have to give it to Tubs this week.

Ryan, present yourself!

Here's what you need to know this lunchtime. 

A festival highlight.

As Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney prepares to face his former Kildare charges in tomorrow night’s All-Ireland Qualifier at Croke Park, Brendan Crossan learns that ‘Geezer’ still holds a special place in the hearts of the Lilywhites.

Grab the nearest person under the age of 35 and ask them who you should follow on Snapchat. More often than not, you’ll hear the name, James Kavanagh.

Helen O’Callaghan hears some fond memories from family meal times through the recollections of celebrities and their mothers.

Coffee-drinking rode out the recession, and its enduring popularity means new entrants to the market, such as Frank and Honest, have to find a new angle, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

An Irish social media star has launched a sex education initiative with a twist.

“Is mise, Stephen Fry”

More and more people aspire to be bloggers and digital influencers for a living now that they’ve seen how successful some have become. If you want to know how you can do it too, read this.

Thanks to ‘Hiddleswift’, the slogan T-shirt is very much back in vogue, says Ciara McDonnell.

The Project Arts Centre in Dublin's Temple Bar has received complaints about a 'Repeal the 8th' mural on the front wall of its premises.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Do you miss James?

By now, everyone’s who’s anyone is on snapchat - and it’s extremely likely that if you’re on snapchat, you’ve heard of James Kavanagh.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.