Tomorrow is the deadline for applications to Going for Growth,a peer support programme which helps women grow their business. Afric McGlinchey spoke to entrepreneurs, Oonagh O’Hagan, Siobhan Lawless and Marion Murphy Cooney, about what they learned on the programme

In the run-up to offering a happy gluten-free Christmas, The Foods of Athenry has clocked up four UK Great Taste awards, three new product launches, two Blás na hÉireann medals and a sales launch in the UK.

Should you find yourself at the Electric Picnic this weekend, do swing by the Theatre of Food (www.electricpicnic.ie/food).

Gluten-free products will be heading from the fields of Athenry to the town of Rugby, England, exactly one year after a fire destroyed The Foods of Athenry’s bakery.

Paul and Siobhan Lawless started an artisan food firm when their daughter became sick, writes Oliver Moore