As part of on going investigations The Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) with the assistance of officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are conducting planned searches at locations in Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Westmeath and Kilkenny.
Bread is one of those things that everyone enjoys. Fresh from the oven is particularly impressive and your own enjoyment from producing the bread and seeing others eat it is great all round motivation. This recipe is a traditionally Irish Soda Bread. The result is delicious. Sever with salada, cheese or just with butter.
The promotion of Irish food this Christmas continues as the Brussels Sprouts are into harvest. Demand over the coming weeks will increase for the traditional vegetable on most Christmas dinners. With one north county Dublin farmer saying that 33% of the total crop will be harvested during the month of December to meet the demand. Minister of State, Tom Hayes, at the Department of Agriculture visited Enda Weldon's farm in north County Dublin this week as part of a wider promotion of the consumption Irish vegetables by Irish consumers.