In the last part of our series on Cork food producers, KATE RYAN chats to Michael Twomey about his lifelong dedication to the trade, and the innovations he has introduced along the way

As we continue our series with Cork’s food and drink producers, KATE RYAN talks to Mark Riordan of Hive Mind — who maintains land for bees at his family farm in Myrtleville, develops colonies, keeps them healthy and then harvests and jars honey for his sponsors

As we continue our series on Cork’s food and drink producers, KATE RYAN visits Ireland’s only brandy distillery at Longueville House in Mallow

In part three of our series on Cork food producers, KATE RYAN catches up with the duo behind Ballinrostig Organic Cheese to talk ancestral influences, going organic and the environment

As we continue our series on Cork’s producers, KATE RYAN visits Caherbeg Free Range Pork Farm in Rosscarbery, which was set up almost 20 years ago by the Allshire family.

In a new series on some of Cork’s food producers, KATE RYAN talks to Gerald Kelleher, of Olives West Cork, who runs a smokehouse, is a successful market trader and farmers’ market advocate