A circuit court judge praised the actions of three brave children, the gardaí, and the local community as he jailed a man for 13 years for trying to abduct a girl in Co Laois last March.

The exceptional bravery of a 10-year-old boy who clung to the window of a moving 4x4 to rescue his sister has been commended.

WHEN I was a child my brothers, sisters and I ran home up the hill from the village school in Cullohill every day for lunch. How lucky were we? 

The students at Ballymaloe Cookery School are piled into the demo theatre on a dark, cold November afternoon to see Rory O’Connell and his sister, Darina Allen, give a traditional Thanksgiving dinner masterclass.

A Laois Fine Gael councillor wants corporal punishment brought back with stripping and whipping dealt out to the culprits of crime.

CONSUMERS spent more than €7 million on new potatoes last year — and they are expected to fork out even more this season.

I HAVE lived through a lifetime of emotions in the last few days: joy, helplessness, gratitude, guilt, relief, loneliness, deep sadness — and not necessarily in that order.

AFTER decades of being pushed to the edge of the plate as nothing more than a garnish, watercress is suddenly enjoying a renaissance. Chefs are using the peppery little salad leaf in myriad ways.

THE hippest ingredient right now, according to Britain’s best cookery writer Nigel Slater, is culinary nostalgia. His book Toast — the Story of a Boy’s Hunger is in its 11th edition and has been in the bestseller list for over a year.

SHROVE Tuesday is around the corner. Mere mention brings happy childhood memories flooding back — suddenly I’m standing in our kitchen in Cullohill, mum is by the Esse dressed in her pretty flowery apron, her silver grey hair arranged in a neat bun.