Person: Thomas Quigley

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home and gardens

What makes heather honey so special?

Thomas Quigley explains what is involved in the production of heather honey, a premium product made from nectar collected from the common purple plant, which has a unique flavour and consistency with a tangy, pungent flavour that makes it a rare.

home and gardens

Making honey: Sweet things in life are hard won

home and gardens

Watch out it’s wazzie time!

home and gardens

The mid-air sex lives of bees

rugby

Waterpark crowned underage kings in Thomond

comment-analysis

The Bessborough Centre: Providing vulnerable families with building blocks for good parenting

We depend on bees to make flowers fruit and plants thrive

Blanketing our countryside in late April were seas of white and yellow blossoms providing a wonderful vista if you were out and about. 

Sat, 06 Jun, 2015

‘Definite physical indications’ found at Bessborough of possible shallow graves

A leading archaeologist said there are "definite physical indications" there could be unmarked shallow graves in the grounds of the Bessborough mother and baby home.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2014

Fears hundreds of babies buried in unmarked graves

The dozens of teddy bears left at the gates of a Cork City mother and baby home in memory of the babies and children who died there, were moved overnight to a Little Angels’ plot within its grounds.

Tue, 10 Jun, 2014

Learning to be parents

As this week’s review into child deaths in care revealed, childhood neglect often continues from generation to generation of a family.

Fri, 22 Jun, 2012

Cork crowned Junior Football champions

Cork 0-15 Roscommon 0-12

Sat, 22 Aug, 2009

Pregnant women advised to avoid pre-packed salads

Pregnant women have been urged to avoid pre-packed salads and coleslaws, as well as soft cheeses and pates, to cut down their risk of infection by the bacterium listeria.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2008

Annual economic cost of gastroenteritis estimated at €135m

THE economic burden of gastroenteritis on the island of Ireland is more than €135 million a year.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2008

Barbecue chefs beware poisoning

IT IS hardly the weather to be thinking about barbecues.

Fri, 13 Jul, 2007

Poor children twice as likely to die by 15

Children from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to die before the age of 15 as those from affluent homes, a shock new study revealed today.

Tue, 27 Feb, 2007

Dustin pushes Safefood seasonal message

GO on you good thing and don’t wash your turkey this Christmas!

Thu, 08 Dec, 2005

Food board urges restaurants to review hygiene procedures

THE Food Safety Promotion Board has urged all restaurants to review their premises and hygiene procedures to reduce the risk of food contamination.

Sat, 13 Aug, 2005

Food safety improving in restaurants

A new study has shown that eating out in Ireland is safer than ever.

Fri, 12 Aug, 2005

Safefood calls for better food safety training

Safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board, says a shortage of technical expertise is preventing food manufacturing plants from achieving the highest standards in food safety policy.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2004

Consumers warned to take care with BBQ food

The Food Safety Promotion Board have warned people to take care when using barbecues as the good weather continues to bring people outside to eat.

Mon, 24 May, 2004

France and Denmark have banned Red Bull, but 32 million cans were sold here last year

Colette Keane writes the debate on the controversial but phenomenally successful drink looks lightly to continue.

Tue, 17 Feb, 2004

Comic Relief cash given to former IRA bomber

COMIC RELIEF chiefs in Britain were involved in urgent discussions yesterday following revelations that donations were given to an organisation run by a former IRA bomber.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2003

Families risk food poisoning, says board

MOST people are still unsure how to cook a turkey which could have potentially lethal consequences, the Food Safety Promotion Board has warned.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2002

Teachers cop food safety homework

TEACHERS were getting the homework for a change yesterday, much to the delight of their pupils.

Wed, 09 Oct, 2002

No risk to humans from foot and mouth outbreak

The Food Safety Promotion Board has moved to reassure consumers that they are not at risk from the current outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

Thu, 22 Feb, 2001