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When singer Mariah Carey launched her own cream liqueur, she chose the name Black Irish to reflect her ancestry. The brand is now live in the US but, although made in Ireland, it can't be sold in the EU yet as a group of Irish drinks veterans own the trademark for their own Black Irish drink.

As the world entered a destructive pandemic, the Irish dairy multinational had a bigger challenge on its hands: the sports and health nutrition brands at the core of its success story were running out of steam. A shock treatment delivered during lockdowns appears to have worked.

The urgent need to stop carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels is nothing new, but farmers and food processors were hoping the different gas released by livestock could be stabilised. The IPCC’s new report shows it must go down too.

Kerry Group has regained most of the ground lost to Covid-19. As it prepares to complete the sale of its consumer foods division, the core taste and nutrition business looks increasingly like a pharmaceutical multinational acquiring innovations to bolt onto a central industrial and commercial platform.

From wage subsidy schemes to public-private partnerships, recently filed accounts show that some companies have benefited handsomely from state handouts triggered by the pandemic – whether they needed them or not.

The Donegal fishing business Atlantic Dawn has survived the sudden death of its founder and increasing environmental scrutiny of large trawlers. Yet Karl McHugh, the second-generation leader of the group, warns that it is now under severe threat after Irish mackerel quotas were sacrificed in the trade deal between the EU and the UK.

The market's response to Total Produce's merger with Dole says it's going to be great for shareholders. Who are they, how will the deal work, and how will they benefit?

Competition authorities have just cleared ABP’s final takeover of both Linden Foods in Northern Ireland and Slaney in the Republic, which employ over 2,000 people. The northern half of this portfolio cemented growing profits as the pandemic hit.

Foodcloud is an unusual non-profit: it has merged, invested and scaled itself to the point where it's a significant European player. This is its story.

The founders of the ice-cream parlour business have sold a significant stake to the food-focused private equity firm. Hilliard Lombard and David McKernan plan to grow the chain to between 10 and 15 outlets within two or three years.