Aengus Cox

Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent

Possible ban on labelling plant food with animal terms

The European Commission is set to consider a ban on plant-based food products from being labelled with terms such as 'sausage', 'burger', or 'steak'.

Business • 25 Jun 25

Daniel (Dan) Browne came from a farming background in Douglas, Co Cork and started his career as a research scientist

Dawn Meats co-founder Daniel (Dan) Browne dies at age 88

Dawn Meats has announced that its co-founder Daniel (Dan) Browne, has died aged 88.

Agribusiness • 25 Jun 25

Average farm income up 87% to just under €36,000

There was a substantial recovery in family farm incomes across all types of farming last year, according to a new report from Teagasc.

Business • 23 Jun 25

The report said asking prices nationally are now 40% higher than at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020

House asking prices rose by average of 12% in last year

Asking prices for houses have risen by an average of 12.3% to €357,851 in the past year, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report.

Ireland • 23 Jun 25

Figures suggest more people are shying away from traditional sunspots like Greece

Decline in holidaymakers going to hotter destinations

Travel agents say there has been a noticeable trend of holidaymakers looking to avoid rising temperatures and extreme weather in continental Europe during the summer months.

Europe • 16 Jun 25

A curlew foraging in the grass on Bull Island, Dublin. This bird feeds on insects, worms, and small aquatic animals.

Warning over risk to endangered birds' nests from dogs

Conservationists are warning of an increase in recent weeks of the nesting sites of endangered breeding waders, such as the curlew, being destroyed by dogs.

Environment • 15 Jun 25

Counterfeiters frequently print fake labels to place on empty bottles (Pic: Alliance Against Counterfeit Spirits)

€90m in counterfeit food, drink seized in EU last year

Over €90 million in counterfeit food and drink products were seized across the European Union last year, according to the EU's Intellectual Property Office.

Europe • 11 Jun 25

Significant drop in people buying health insurance - HIA

There has been a significant drop-off in the number of people buying health insurance, according to new figures from the Health Insurance Authority.

Ireland • 11 Jun 25

Food business in car workshop among May FSAI closures

An unregistered business operating in a shed building, where the other half of the shed was a car workshop, was among the reasons for the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's (FSAI) latest enforcement action.

Business • 10 Jun 25

Data centre electricity usage increased by 10% -CSO

The amount of electricity used by data centres increased by 10% between 2023 and 2024, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office

Business • 10 Jun 25