Kevin Thornton is confident an autopsy on the horse Flogas Sunset Cruise will exonerate him of any wrongdoing.

The Michelin-star Dublin restaurant Chapter One has increased its accumulated profits to €308,734.

Chef Kevin Thornton has said losing his Michelin star left “a void” as he confirmed his Dublin restaurant is to close after more than two decades in business.

More than 50,000 music fans will this weekend converge on Laois village Stradbally for Electric Picnic, the 13th outing of the music and arts festival.

Boom time is back with two of the capital’s best-known hotels reporting a sharp increase in profits for last year.

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Now that we are properly into 2016, I have had some further thoughts on wine experiences I enjoyed last year.

A new policy to give every schoolchild at least one hot meal a day has been launched by the Green Party.

WE’RE all still on a high from the Litfest. Apart from all the antics and stimulating talks, forums and panel discussions in the Grain Store and Big Shed, there was also a packed schedule at the Ballymaloe Cookery School with three and sometimes four events running simultaneously. This week I want to share some of my personal highlights.

The weather gods smiled down on the third Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine, as 8,000-plus visitors from more than 30 countries streamed through the gates of Ballymaloe House, in East Cork, over the weekend to watch Irish and international stars of food and wine strut their culinary stuff.

The world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School served up tasty profits last year as they nearly topped €180,000.

JUST a week to go to the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine May 15-17, there’s a mouthful! 

The Foodie Forum incorporating the Gastronomy West Symposium (Tuesday, February 3) at GMIT, in Galway, may be just three years old but already comports itself with a swagger befitting its rapidly-growing status as one of the country’s premier food events.

Joe McNamee reveals some new year highlights in the food and drink world.

The group that operates the five-star Fitzwilliam Hotel and the Bailey pub in Dublin returned to profit last year, recording a pre-tax surplus of €1.9m.

Though it had been some time, at least a couple of Ice Ages, since The Menu had last trod barefoot through the fields to school, several years ago he returned to the groves of Academe.

Losses narrowed sharply last year at one of thecountry’s most exclusive restaurants — the Michelin-starred Thornton’s — owned by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton.

An Irish Michelin star chef is taking a stand against genetically modified foods and hormone treated meat which could end up in Ireland.

Summer in Ireland is festival season. Liz O’Brien picks some of the nation’s favourites — and reveals the people who work long and hard behind the scenes to make your summer happen.

A jar of tummy-tuck fat and the chance to wear a “fat-suit” are sure to be two of the hit exhibits at Trinity’s “Fat: It’s Delicious’ installation.

Twelve leading thinkers will be asking us to change the way we see our world at TEDx Dublin today.

Michelin-starred restaurant Thornton’s, which is owned by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton, dipped further into the red last year.

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There is just something irresistible about a baguette, especially when it’s fresh out of the oven.

One of the country’s most exclusive restaurants, the Michelin-starred Thornton’s, owned by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton, dipped into the red last year.

Jamie Oliver has laughed off reports that he has been hired to do the catering for the upcoming wedding of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

LUNCH is the new dinner.

NATURE is my God.

Ipswich 3 Northampton 1

Liverpool 2 Northampton 2 (after extra-time, Northampton win 4-2 on penalties)

ONE of the country’s most exclusive restaurants, the Michelin-starred Thornton’s, owned and operated by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton, returned to profit last year.

IRELAND’S first eco-friendly pub has opened its doors with an interior entirely designed and fitted out from a recycling drive.

Anarchy, funk, nostalgia, surrealism: that's how the organisers of Electric Picnic 2008 are describing this year's event at Stradbally Hall Co Laois.

Punk legends The Sex Pistols are among the headline acts confirmed today for this year’s Electric Picnic music festival.

ANGRY farmers last night joined Ireland’s largest supermarket chain in rejecting claims by a top chef that chicken sold in shops is akin to poison.

SO MANY of the habits surrounding the food we eat, the sustenance we give to our children, are shaped by fashions advanced by television’s high-kitchen evangelists.

AS MICHAEL Flatley moves to acquire property in Kerry, the Lord of the Dance star is planning to discard a very precious possession in Limerick.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce claims he is the envy of his Coca-Cola Championship rivals after snapping up veteran striker Andy Cole.