News & Events

The National Dairy Council is delighted to present a show garden at this year’s Bord Bia Bloom. After a two-year hiatus, Ireland’s largest gardening, food and family festival will take place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin from Thursday, June 2nd to Monday, June 6th.  Designed by Cork landscape designer Sean Russell, the National Dairy Council […]

The National Dairy Council (NDC) is delighted to announce three new Sports ambassadors for 2022. Rower Paul O’Donovan – the Skibbereen native who made history at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when he and Fintan McCarthy won Ireland’s first-ever rowing gold medal, winning the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final; GAA player Vikki Wall – a key player for […]

Containing 100% real farmers, Irish milk and Irish cheese, ‘From the Ground Up’ showcases: • The things that make Irish dairy the best in the world [Ref1] • Ireland’s connection to the land • Dairy farmers’ actions on sustainability • Granola in the wild The National Dairy Council’s media campaign – ‘From the Ground Up’ […]

We teamed up with our friends at The Irish Food Writing Awards for the 2022 St. Patrick’s Festival to host a panel discussion that debated the question – is there an Irish cuisine? We were joined by Jess Murphy of Kai Galway, dairy farmer Louise Crowley, food writer Joe McNamee from the Irish Examiner, chef Damian Grey of Liath Restaurant in Blackrock in Dublin […]

Dairy Chef is back! After two years of cancellations, the third year of this culinary student competition will be held at GMIT in Galway on Wednesday 6th April 2022. The competition is organised by the French Embassy in Ireland, in partnership with NDC (National Dairy Council) and CNIEL (Centre national interprofessionnel de l’économie laitière) and […]

National Dairy Council welcomes Vogue Williams as a special dairy ambassador for 2022 Vogue Williams, broadcaster, DJ and businesswoman, has been announced as National Dairy Council Dairy Ambassador for 2022. Breaking the news on her Instagram feed, Vogue said she was “super proud…….I feel like this is a pretty perfect partnership because of my love of […]

Sustainability, industry action on emissions reduction and dairy’s social importance should be clearly and widely communicated to avoid curtailment of Irish dairy production, says industry body Ireland’s dairy industry must unite and demonstrate the steps farmers are taking to reduce emissions and make dairy production more sustainable if it is to resist calls for a reduction in […]

Who doesn’t love a cheeseboard! At Christmas, we have even more reason to indulge in the taste and versatility of cheeses, either as a snack or as the centre point to a meal. Ireland has the best starting point when it comes to cheesemaking, its milk.  Our milk has been described as ‘the grand cru’ […]

The National Dairy Council is delighted to announce a new specialist online training programme focusing on nutrition and cheese production for the staff of SuperValu and Centra stores nationwide.  The training programme is funded by an EU programme designed to support the Foodservice industries impacted by Covid in Ireland, France, Denmark, Belgium and Northern Ireland. […]

79% believe Ireland’s 18,000 family dairy farms are thinking about the environment Three-quarters still believe that Irish, grass-fed dairy is amongst the best in the world New research[1] by the National Dairy Council – conducted as part of the ‘From The Ground Up’ awareness campaign – has found that, when they thought about it, 68% of people […]

Wednesday 20th October is World Osteoporosis Day, it is estimated that worldwide, an osteoporotic fracture occurs every 3 seconds. Osteoporosis is a disease which gradually weakens bones, leading to painful and debilitating fractures with the most common sites for a fracture to occur being the hip, wrist and spine. This disease occurs when bone mass […]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. has today launched Back to School healthy eating campaigns with Kellie Harrington, Ireland’s Olympic gold medallist and School Milk and Food Dudes ambassador. Launching the campaign at Kellie’s former primary school, St Vincent’s Girls National School, North William Street, Dublin 1, Minister McConalogue said “I am […]