Groundhog Day is the best film ever made about working in media

Journalists love citing this time-loop comedy about terrible reporter assignments

Minister to consult Cabinet over call for Rusbridger’s resignation

State commission chairman apologises again for publishing Greenslade blog in Guardian

Focus intensifies on impact of tiny plastics on human body

Irish researchers helping international effort to close knowledge gap

Nitrite-free meats have lower cancer risk, study suggests

Advice should be revised as ‘not all processed meat has same risk’, say researchers

Schitt’s Creek: the funniest sitcom you’re (probably) not watching

The underrrated comedy about newly-broke millionaires struggling with small town life has become a comedy gem

Nitrite-free rasher predicted to ‘revolutionise full Irish breakfast’

Northern Ireland-based company uses fruit and spice extracts in bacon-curing process

Food chain is an easy target for criminals, says safety chief Alan Reilly

‘About 50 times more manuka honey on the market than is produced’

The future of food: from insect burgers to smart fridges

Think of a world where we eat bugs, smart fridges tell us what to cook, and eggs do not involve hens. It’s almost here

The Rewrite review: Hugh Grant’s fringe may be gone, but the comic timing is still there

The year of the horse

Tesco’s Everyday Value burger is back on the shelves, Irish beef exports have risen, and nobody has been prosecuted. But regulators insist the ‘horse meat’ scandal of January 2013 has taught the meat industry a very expensive lesson

Food chain put under the microscope

A new institute for agrifood research at Queen’s University aims to be the best of its kind in Europe