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December 2025

<!--StartFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> <!--StartFragment--><!-- x-tinymce/html --> Welcome to the December Edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter  To confirm that recordings of presentations and panel sessions from our 2025 Foodservice seminar are

International Year of the Potato launches in Ireland

International Year of the Potato launches in Ireland The United Nations has chosen 2008 as the International Year of the Potato. This world-wide celebration is aimed at raising awareness of the importance of the potato and of agriculture in general. Ireland will mark the

Spanish Livestock Buyers visit Ireland with Bord Bia

Spanish Livestock Buyers visit Ireland with Bord Bia This week, eleven livestock buyers and feedlot owners travelled to Ireland with Bord Bia on an Irish cattle-focussed itinerary. Bord Bia provided the group with a presentation on the Irish cattle output and breeds

SeptemberFest 2008(2)

SeptemberFest 2008 Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin - Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September Bord Bia, in conjunction with the OPW, will host Ireland’s first ever national independent drinks festival at Farmleigh House and gardens in the Phoenix Park, Dublin this

What a Difference a Week Makes….

What a Difference a Week Makes…. food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert Probably an understatement to say that our world has been rocked over the past 7 days. Flights grounded, events cancelled, panic-buying in supermarkets and unfortunately we are witnessing a decimation in out

Retail market in Ukraine

Retail market in Ukraine market watch After the crisis that occurred in Ukraine in 2014, due mostly to political reasons and loss of their main trade partner : Russian Federation, the Ukrainian economy has been slowly stabilizing. Alla Barinova, Manager Moscow, Bord Bia –

Price inflation in France following the implementation of the Egalim law

Price inflation in France following the implementation of the Egalim law market watch As detailed in a recent food alert, the French Food law Egalim was voted on the 2nd of December and will be implemented as of 1st of February. Image by xb100 on Freepix.com Stéphanie Lahad

Student Cooks Up Winning Pork Dish

Student Cooks Up Winning Pork Dish Pork Experience – from Farm to Fork Bord Bia awarded He Bin, a Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology student, with the overall prize at the Bord Bia Irish Pork Competition Final 2007 which took place in Tralee Institute of Technology. The

April 2026

<!--StartFragment--><!-- x-tinymce/html --> Welcome to the April Edition of Bord Bia's Ireland Market Foodservice Newsletter  There is finally a feeling of spring in the air (for now!) and preparation for Bord Bia Bloom 2026 is in full force. We are already looking forward

Bloom in June

Bloom in June Minister announces Ireland’s most spectacular gardening event The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mary Coughlan, T.D. today announced the launch of Bloom 2007, billed as the biggest and most spectacular gardening event ever to be staged in Ireland. Bloom,

Half of garden enthusiasts began gardening as a child – Bloom Research

Half of garden enthusiasts began gardening as a child – Bloom Research The Rose is voted the most popular garden flower by Ireland’s gardening community Research released today at Bloom, Ireland’s largest garden, food and family festival brought to you by Bord Bia, has

Export Growth set to Resume in 2010, Bord Bia

Export Growth set to Resume in 2010, Bord Bia Outlook for Ireland’s Food Sector Improving, Bord Bia A sustained decline in the value of sterling combined with the economic downturn and severe difficulties in the global dairy market created unprecedented challenges for Irish

Bord Bia’s London Office Brexit Update: 6th – 12th July 2019

Bord Bia’s London Office Brexit Update: 6th – 12th July 2019 food alert,Food Alerts,FoodAlert,Brexit Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt went head-to-head this week in the first televised debate of the Conservative leadership contest. The debate was a heated and bitter affair,

Bord Bia Awarded €3.2 Million for ‘European Dairy – Where Nature Meets Science’ Campaign

Bord Bia Awarded €3.2 Million for ‘European Dairy – Where Nature Meets Science’ Campaign <!-- [if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-IE JA AR-SA <![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions

Cork Grower Harvests First Queens Potato Crop of the Year

Cork Grower Harvests First Queens Potato Crop of the Year Bord Bia announces new season harvest of Queens potatoes at Griffin’s farm in Carrigaline Irish consumers are expected to buy 13,000 tonnes of Queens this year Early season Queens potatoes are soon to be front of