Rural Life
Understanding nutrients in food is 'key' to dental health
A dentist from a farming background has said understanding the importance of nutrients in food is “key” to proactive dental...
Food
Agri-Business
Tom Arnold to chair Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee
Tom Arnold has been appointed as the independent chair of the Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee (IARDC). The Tánaiste and...
Agri-Business
FSAI recalls several batches of spinach leaves due to listeria
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a recall notice for several batches of spinach leaves due to...
Dairy
CSO: Price of dairy products down by 14% over 12 months
Producer prices for dairy products dropped by almost 14% in the year to June 2024, according to the Central Statistics...
Agri-Business
Kantar: Grocery inflation at lowest level since March 2022
Grocery inflation remains at its lowest level since early 2022, despite a slight increase in the latest data published today...
Dairy
Producer prices for dairy products down 15% in last 12 months
Producer prices for dairy products fell back by 15.4% over the 12-month period to May 2024, according to the Central...
Rural Life
CSO: Consumers pay 6c less for bread this year than last year
The national average price for 2L of full fat milk decreased by 3c to €2.16 in the year up to...
Environment
Food waste: Over two thirds of Irish households use a brown bin
Consumers and businesses are being urged to use a brown bin, recycle their food waste and reduce their carbon footprint....
Agri-Business
Kantar: Grocery price inflation down over 13% in a year
Grocery price inflation stood at 2.6% in the 12 weeks to May 12, 2024, down 13.3% compared to the same...
Rural Life
1 in 10 people on the planet go to bed hungry every night - UN
Hundreds of millions of people across the world experience hunger on a daily basis, according to a representative of the...
Agri Politics
Gorman calls for ban on below-cost buying and selling of food
The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Francie Gorman has said that a ban on below-cost buying and selling...
Agri-Business
CSO: Producer prices for food products fall over 6% in a year
Producer prices for food products fell by 6.6% in the 12 months to April 2024, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....
Rural Life
Food refill store launched at GIY in Waterford
A store where customers can refill containers with food they purchased, thereby reducing plastic waste has been launched in Co....
Agri-Business
85% of food businesses cite input costs as threat to growth
85% of Irish food businesses have reported input costs and inflation as the biggest threat to the growth of their...
Agri-Business
€165,000 in funding for food waste reduction project
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is to provide €165,000 in funding for a food waste reduction...
Rural Life
CSO: Consumers pay more for potatoes but less for milk and bread
The national average price for a 2.5kg bag of potatoes increased by 61c to €4 in the year up to...
Environment
Bord Bia expects 100,000 visitors to Bloom 2024
Embracing the outdoors for health and wellbeing, planet-conscious living and quality Irish food are some of the many themes that...
Agri-Business
Sinn Féin TD questions Irish agri-food exports to Israel
Ireland sent food and live animal exports worth over €13.5 million to Israel between last October and January. The information...