Following the welcome return of indoor dining, the awesome eateries in Dublin’s ILAC Centre have a new “Feed Your Soul” campaign, running from 11th October, to welcome workers back to offices, as city dwellers and shoppers begin to enjoy the new normal. As part of the “Feed Your Soul” campaign, the ILAC’s dining brands will be offering a…
Compass Group Ireland is supporting the future of sustainable horticulture and helping to reduce food miles under a new contract with Ireland’s first commercial vertical farmer. The foodservice provider is supporting Brian O’Reilly, a former mushroom farmer, and his brother Aidan, who have launched the first commercial hydroponic farm in Ireland to grow basil, baby…
: Gourmet Gifts, the sister company of Irish restaurant group, Gourmet Food Parlour, launches its Christmas gift collection. The expert team from Gourmet Food Parlour launched Gourmet Gifts in 2020 to meet increasing demand from customers who wanted simplified gifting solutions with an emphasis on Irish brands and products. For those who prefer to shop online, the…
A Carlow company has been playing their part in helping to create a safer environment for runners and walkers at night, as the dark evenings close in, with their creation of an innovative LED running belt which allows users to safely walk or run at night and be visible for up to 500 metres in…
October is National Reuse Month, and to help us play our part, Cork County Council and Cork City Council have launched an innovative circular economy initiative called Revive Paint, which involves the production of good quality, affordable paint by two Cork based social enterprises using paint which they collect from local authority civic amenity sites. The social enterprises involved are Northside…
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (28th Sept) announced a $200m investment in Cork Airport and a full recovery of its pre-pandemic passenger capacity with the reopening of its 2 aircraft base. This investment will bring 20 routes to Cork, including the introduction of new services to Birmingham and Edinburgh which are unserved following the collapse…
Britvic Ireland, the largest Soft Drinks Manufacturer in the Republic of Ireland has been awarded Origin Green Gold Membership for 2021, joining a committed group of leading food and drink companies who have been recognised and celebrated by Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme for excelling in their sustainability targets and demonstrating best-in-class environmental performance among…
It forms part of the manufacturer’s wider commitment to ‘move the dial’ on sustainability, as the company continues to reduce its impact on the natural environment. With domestic water and energy wastage an increasingly important issue, alongside electricity coming to the fore as a sustainable energy source for the future, Triton is perfectly positioned to…
A consortium of 5 youth organisations, led by ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation is launching the second #YouthClimateJusticeChallenge, with partners Gaisce The President Award, The No Name Club, Irish Girls Guides & Young Irish Film Makers. The Youth Climate Justice Challenge is aimed at encouraging and empowering young people to take on local action projects on Climate Justice and…
Origin Green members are continuing to make progress across a range of sustainability initiatives, according to Origin Green’s Progress Update Report 2021 launched earlier today by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. At the virtual event, Bord Bia also announced that 50 Irish food, drink and horticulture companies had achieved gold membership status based on exemplary…