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Ireland’s top dietitians cut out the jargon on starting the year well January 2023: So, you’ve maybe over indulged just a little over the festive season and now its January and you are guilting yourself into a spin about how to lose those extra pounds. Or maybe you just want to make a fresh start […]

Dairy products remain a popular staple– playing a role in 92% of Irish consumers’ diets More than half of Irish consumers (66%) believe meals would be less enjoyable without dairy When buying dairy products, consumers value its healthy and nutritional benefits (77%) and taste (66%) 59% believe that the dairy sector can feed the world […]

Half of Irish 18-25 years olds are unaware of key risk factors for Osteoporosis including the fact that low calcium intake particularly during the teenage years can increase the risk of this disease later in life. Only a third identified low levels of physical activity, smoking or excessive alcohol as other important lifestyle risk factors […]

The cream of Irish athletes and Farmers come together.  This week the National Dairy Council will launch the next phase of its campaign – ‘From the Ground Up’. The campaign highlights the hard work and commitment required by top athletes and dairy farmers to be top of their game.  It is designed to (re)build pride […]

13 families recognised as the ‘cream of the crop’ for Irish Dairy 14th September 2022: The National Dairy Council (NDC) and Ornua are pleased to announce the Connelly family, from Tuam, Co. Galway – supplying the Aurivo Co-Op – as the overall winner of the 2022 NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. The prestigious annual […]

Click Here to watch the videos. When we think about Back to School, there is a lot of preparation involved before the start of each new academic year and this is just as true for teenagers returning to school. Most Irish school going teenagers eat a packed lunch from home and making sure that it […]

Only three weeks to go to one of Ireland’s top outdoor festivals of the Summer and probably the hottest and most anticipated! Fear not, as signing up for the National Dairy Council Tour De Picnic 2022 17km run or 80km cycle is your final chance to nab a golden ticket to the festival of the […]

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 […]