Volunteers from the multinational tech company harvest food fresh from Fota Gardens, writes Peter Dowdall.

This year marks the fifteenth edition of the annual event.

Despite talk of missions to Mars and a renewed interest in returning to the moon, nothing can match the awesome feat of that first lunar landing 50 years ago today, writes Dan Buckley.

Brendan Grace's son-in-law has spoken of the comedian's illness and his willingness to return to the limelight.

Blackrock Road’s Modeligo by Menloe has some serious, high-end and well-heeled neighbours, says Tommy Barker

From Arkle v Mill House to Kauto Star v Denman to Native River v Might Bite, the Cheltenham Festival has produced some epic duels down the years. It’ll be no different this week and the three showdowns below certainly won’t be for the faint-hearted, says Darren Norris

A book of condolence has opened in the State-owned Killarney House for the last member of the McShain family, who donated the house and grounds to the people of Ireland.

An Garda Síochána received almost €1.5m from promoters and organisers to police some of the largest events held in the country last year — but received no external payment towards the cost of providing security for the Pope’s visit.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has taken the first major step towards launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency.

IRISH companies are striving to keep pace with data analytics skills shortages while third-level colleges race to make up ground on a five-year lag on industry-wide demand for skills in this area.

The four-storey Tinvane House, in Tipperary, has 12 bedrooms and could be used as a hotel or as a B&B, says Trish Dromey

Where would our top chefs eat if they had the pick of world’s restaurants? And who would they dine with? Four of the biggest names in Irish food reveal their dream 24 hours of dining to Joe McNamee.

Ideally, any newly-opened restaurant should hit its marks from day one; surely it shortchanges customers to do otherwise? That said, I have always thought it only fair to allow a grace period for ‘bedding in’ before reviewing any new arrival. So why, oh why, am I reviewing Restaurant Chestnut on its opening night? asks Joe McNamee.

Former communications minister Pat Rabbitte has said his retired garda driver told him of rumours on the Garda “grapevine” about Maurice McCabe, including that he could not be trusted with children.

Kilkenny teenager Mark Power is gunning to become the youngest winner of the West of Ireland since Rory McIlroy in 2006 after he completed two impressive wins on the opening day of matchplay combat at Rosses Point.

Last year, Democrats and Republicans alike agreed that if anyone could bring order to the Trump White House, it was the retired four-star US Marine general. Were they wrong?

Here’s what’s going on in the world of Irish food... 

On arriving outside the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen, Co Cork, Minister Michael Ring was told that he’d brought the sunny weather with him. “We have it 52 weeks a year, so we have,” came the instant reply.

Pigeon House, Poolbeg (Dublin Theatre Festival)

As one of 20 teams still standing from a starting field of 1,800, Thurles Golf Club have plenty reason to be proud heading into this week’s AIG Cups and Shields finals at Carton House.

The €45.6m purchase of the John Cleary Developments’ Capitol development in Cork city by a German pension fund “is a major confidence boost for the city” and a positive omen for new development, according to Goodbody investment analyst Colm Lauder.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has given a "green light" to systematic torture inside detention facilities, allowing officers to act with "almost total impunity", an international rights group said.

For investors in general, unless one is lucky enough to be a vulture fund picking up cheap assets in the ‘Great Irish Firesale’, the last few years have been incredibly difficult in many respects and incredibly easy in other respects.

Leinster won the Boys U14 Interprovincial Championship in style, beating Ulster 4-1 to complete a clean sweep at Blarney.

David Lyttle’s US journey was more of a jazz-playing road-trip than a conventional music tour. Along the way he played at Art Blakey’s house and used an assault rifle as a percussion instrument, writes Alan O’Riordan

Kinsale’s John Murphy will be hoping for some help from the leaders as he goes into the final round six shots off the lead in the East of Ireland Amateur Open at County Louth.

Ariana Grande has visited young fans injured in the Manchester terror attack in hospital.

Towering ambition, Munster passion and a long-proven New York track record in building skyscrapers and working on Manhattan’s ‘Ground Zero’ rebuild are behind soaring plans for an extraordinary Irish site that’s been dubbed “the key to Cork’s docklands future”.

Global 21st-century tech giant Facebook, along with Chinese firm Huawei and US cyber security company Alien Vault, are to keep company with a repolished Cork pearl, the 18th century-founded Oyster Tavern, as the line-up for the city centre’s €50m Capitol shops, office and bar development is confirmed.

THE death, yesterday at the age of 89, of Bishop Eamonn Casey, Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh after a long illness suffered in a Co Clare nursing home, could be an occasion to rehearse all of the hurt and outrage provoked by his deceit, hypocrisy and betrayal.

This prolonged game of when he will or won’t stand down is long become a costly joke which is being played on the public, writes Daniel McConnell.

A multi-million euro private medical investment at Cork’s historic Lotamore House has just come to completion, after an 18-month-plus gestation.

THE timing of the European Parliament decision to pass a non-binding resolution calling for visa requirements for US citizens visiting Europe in a row over America’s refusal to lift travel restrictions for citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland, or Romania will not smooth Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s path to next week’s White House shamrock visit.

There is growing pressure for a public inquiry into an alleged orchestrated smear campaign and attacks by agencies of the State against Sgt Maurice McCabe, which the whistleblower says he and his family endured during an eight-year “nightmare”.

Another historic and protected Georgian building in Cork has been gutted by fire.

Our creaking health system is overwhelmed by our unhealthy relationship with alcohol, writes Alison O’Connor.

Two generations of Glen hurlers gathered around the one table at the Oriel House Hotel in Ballincollig last Saturday.