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Although she had no involvement with spirits that we know of, St Brigid was known to have turned bathwater into beer and is one of the patron saints of brewers. With that in mind, the Powerscourt Distillery is set to honour Ireland's patroness of brewing, healing, poetry, and fire with an immersive St Brigid's Day event on Sunday, February 4, their third annual celebration of the feast.
There was a huge Wicklow presence at UCD in Dublin for the premiere of ‘Dinner 2050: Future of Food in Ireland’, a documentary exploring how Ireland will eat in 2050.
More women are taking the leap into business ownership in Ireland. For start-ups using support from Enterprise Ireland, the 2012 statistics were stark, with just 8% of applicants being female. However, by 2022 it had increased to 37%. Siobhán Howe speaks to the female owners of some Irish businesses that have been set up in the last five years to hear their stories the challenges, the sacrifices, the determination, and at the core the love of what they do that drives them to continue.