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Cork direct provision residents refuse meals over ‘low standard’
- Social Affairs
- February 18, 2021, 18:51
A group of direct provision residents in Co Cork have started refusing to eat meals prepared in the centre, saying the food is not nutritious enough f(...)

Mental health supports ‘immediately’ needed for direct-provision residents
- Social Affairs
- November 23, 2020, 01:12
Mental-health supports and services are urgently needed for vulnerable people who continue to live in direct provision while the Government lays out p(...)

‘Distressed’ resident in direct provision centre forced to sleep outside
- Politics
- November 19, 2020, 21:57
A direct provision centre put a resident out of his accommodation rather than phone for an ambulance when the man sought mental health support, the Dá(...)

Department announces Covid-19 self-isolation facility for asylum seekers
- Social Affairs
- March 23, 2020, 20:35
An “off-site self-isolation facility” for asylum seekers suspected of contracting coronavirus is to be piloted as part of a range of measures to try a(...)

The hipster-food glossary: what will we be eating this time next year?
- Food & Drink
- March 3, 2017, 11:30
Modern food moves at a bewildering pace. Where once, influences from star chefs would disseminate slowly and new products could take years to establis(...)

Beerista: The best in craft lagers
- Drink
- February 25, 2017, 06:00
Lagers are a bit uncool – or certainly have been since the whole craft beer thing started. Now, that’s starting to change with Irish microbreweries wi(...)

Why won’t my GP tell me my blood type?
- Consumer
- February 6, 2017, 01:00
A reader contacted us with an interesting query in connection with blood. She needs to know what blood type she is ahead of a trip to a hazardous part(...)

Beerista: Here’s to the responsible drinker this Christmas
- Drink
- December 23, 2016, 12:30
One of the reasons that I love craft beer is that it encourages a more appreciative approach to drinking. Trying something new or a little different (...)

Why craft beer has the big breweries worried
- Drink
- September 30, 2016, 14:00
Big breweries, it seems, are getting very nervous about the growth of craft beer. In the beginning, it all looked like a fad – was there really a mar(...)

Una Mullally: Irish restaurants have lost the plot
- Opinion
- October 5, 2015, 01:00
Recently, a mob arrived at a cafe in east London in a protest against gentrification. The Cereal Killer Cafe has been an object of derision since its (...)