A father-of-four has lost two stone after walking the equivalent of five marathons as he became the first person in the UK to catch all of the Pokémon Go characters available in the country.

There’s great excitement at Ballymaloe this weekend for the third Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine, which by now is affectionately known as the LitFest, a mega two day celebration of great food and drink and food writing. 

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

A FEW months ago I wrote about a new young chef called Stevie Parle who is making waves on the London food scene.