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Packaging and transport accounts for 40% of a winery’s climate emissions

It’s a good idea to start with a selection of stalwarts that will tolerate less-than-ideal growing conditions

What needs to happen to save ourselves, our species and planet? Eight climate-conscious individuals offer their take

Sorcha is flirting with the fireman while the focking house is on fire, but there’ll be focking war if she finds out about the fireworks

Traybakes make an ideal pairing with a cup of tea or fresh from the oven with ice cream

Planning to move house and garden? Create a list of what to take with you and prepare well in advance

Named after a town in Derbyshire and not because it is simply baked well

It brought pasta to the Irish and was favoured haunt of politicians and celebrities. Now it’s back for party season

A day off from cooking and a Sunday treat, the focus is on family meals

Simone Gannon: I felt like my body was floating, an almost surreal sensation of weightlessness

At 53, I know I will never experience fatherhood, but I’ve been a proud uncle for three decades

Singer-songwriter Nell Mescal from Maynooth on overcoming scoliosis surgery, dropping out of school before her Leaving Cert and her dream of headlining Croke Park

Winner Dinners: Gareth Mullins, executive chef at Anantara The Marker Dublin Hotel, loves to cook this warming pie with his daughter Georgia Mae

Affordable cocktails and bistro dishes in a fun, glamorous room - just don’t expect crowd pleasers like fish and chips or fish pie

Real Irish honey is a glorious thing, richly flavoured from whatever flowers the bees that produce it were feeding on ... industrial honey is often little more than sugar water

With plum and dark sage tones as a reference, these new menswear collections offer practical and stylish options for layering this winter

An influx of young chefs is putting the edgy Mediterranean city on the culinary map with smart restaurants and trendy wine bars

How to Drink Better: If you’re wary of the spittoon, do pour out any wine you don’t want to finish

Seán Moncrieff: Towards the end, on two separate occasions, I felt a shudder run through me

Faith used to be a set menu with very limited choices. Perhaps to survive, and to give people what they need, it needs to become a buffet

Ask Roe: ‘I’m worried about making the wrong decision and regretting it’

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: JP is running the marathon and I’ve turned up to cheer him on, but Honor’s telling runners they’re out of their focking minds

Each of this week’s wines won Gold Stars in the recent National Off-Licence Association awards

‘Conscious unbossing’ is the new buzz phrase in Gen Z-based employment, but is it just individualism repackaged?

Is a screwcap naff? Is orange wine made from oranges? Do decanters make a difference? Our wine critic addresses common concerns of budding oenophiles

Fionnuala Fallon: Great garden designers and landscape architects are like artists, marrying together practical, environmental and aesthetic elements

They might seem simple, but good soups balance flavour and texture

Sophie Morris has become a hit on Instagram, where she opens people’s eyes about the ultra-processed foods we eat. The good news? Healthier is not always pricier

Whether you’re searching for budget-friendly options or simply trying to plant without excavating big chunks of your garden, this approach makes sense

A hug in a bowl on these longer nights

A hug in a bowl on these longer nights

Authentic Italian bases nicely mottled with a char, and good flavour

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, academic and musician Paul Muldoon on growing up in a nationalist family in Co Armagh, life in Belfast during the Troubles and moving to the US

Mini packages for beauty lovers designed to be opened as a countdown to the festive season: what’s not to love?

Michelin quality, faultless food in one of the best hotels in the world. I would go back in a heartbeat

Galway designer’s creations have been seen on Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan and fashionista Sinéad Burke

Want to escape the bleak midwinter? Here are some excellent options to consider, from South Africa to Tenerife

The wildlife expert on her new book of Irish biodiversity, staying hopeful, and why dandelions are better than daffodils

How to Drink Better: I have never found sniffing the cork to be of any use, but others swear by it

Surely it’s vital to tell them to discover what pleases them and to get to know their bodies, or is this still taboo?