Food watchdogs in Britain have launched an urgent inquiry into beef produce after a number of products were found to contain horse meat.

While it may be true that the Irish like their Guinness, it's even truer they like their whiskey as well.

An Irish science adviser tells Chris Barton why research is still key to growth.

The new season of Downton Abbey sees the Grantham sisters moving with the times.

Jill Worrall is schooled in the etiquette of Guinness drinking as she absorbs the unparallelled atmosphere of Ireland's pubs.

Jill Worrall takes in the dramatic scenery of Inishmore during a wild-weather cycling trip.

The largest of the Aran Islands, situated off the west coast of mainland County Galway, is home to one of the most spectacularly-situated and beautifully-preserved Stone Age forts in the world.

Jill Worrall heads across choppy waters to visit a former monastic site on a rocky Irish outcrop.

These two rocky outcrops off the coast of County Kerry support large gannet and puffin colonies. The larger of the two islands, Great Skellig, was also once home to a remote Christian monastery and is now a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Roje Adaimy visits a grand location that has played host to royalty and rock stars.

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers

OutKast's André 3000 is set to play music icon Jimi Hendrix in a new biopic, according to a report.

The commemoration of the Titanic tragedy acquires a bizarre dimension.

The Ring of Kerry, An Mhor Chuaird, is an eye-filling sort of place. Beginning and ending in the fine city of Killarney, it's a 180km road circuit out and around the Iveragh Peninsula that has some of the best scenery in Ireland.

Greg Dixon dons his walking shoes to visit the ancient sites in the Ring of Kerry.

Irish hospitality abounds in Galway's pubs, museums, parks, festivals ... and pubs.

Once, the Celtic Tiger was an example for New Zealand. But in Dublin, finds Chris Barton, boom has turned to hangover.