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# Wine
This year
2023
Alcohol Labelling Laws
Wine industry lobby group launches EU-level challenge to Irish rules on alcohol health warnings
The CEEV filed a formal complaint yesterday which requested that the Commission open an infringement procedure against Ireland.
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May 16th 2023, 5:15 PM
European Parliament
Mick Wallace: 'Mistake' not to declare financial interest as paid company advisor
Mick Wallace MEP also said that his claim that he owned three wine bars in Dublin was “inaccurate”.
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Feb 20th 2023, 4:25 PM
Last year
2022
revenue seizure
Tobacco, beer and wine with estimated value of over €300,000 seized at Rosslare Europort
Close to 26,000 litres of beer, over 11,800 litres of wine, and around 77.5 kilograms of ‘roll your own’ tobacco were seized.
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Sep 26th 2022, 12:32 PM
big cellar
Oireachtas to splash out €300,000 on its own brand of wine to sell in Leinster House
The parliamentary authority is looking for a “young, clean, fresh, fruity” style of white wine to put its own label on.
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Jun 16th 2022, 9:14 AM
All time
Widlfires
New wildfires hit wine country near San Francisco
The fires in the famed Napa-Sonoma wine country came on the third anniversary of deadly wildfires that erupted in 2017.
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Sep 28th 2020, 8:15 PM
Revenue
More than 1,100 litres of wine seized from van which travelled to Ireland from France
The estimated retail value of the wine was almost €16,000.
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Sep 14th 2020, 9:50 PM
evening quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about wine?
Wine not try this quiz, to celebrate the weekend.
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May 15th 2020, 9:30 PM
long and wineing road
Warm winters threaten to put a permanent chill on German ice wine production
For the first time in years Germany’s vineyards will produce no ice wine.
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Mar 1st 2020, 6:10 PM
tipple
Drinking a bottle of wine a week carries the same cancer risk as smoking 5-10 cigarettes, study finds
The researchers said even moderate drinking increases the risk of developing cancer in your lifetime.
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Mar 28th 2019, 11:41 AM
remedies
Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you'll be hungover - study
“The only reliable way of predicting how miserable you’ll feel the next day is by how drunk you feel and whether you are sick.”
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Feb 8th 2019, 7:32 AM
'Wine is not comparable to other alcohols': French minister causes stir with bold alcohol claim
Guillaume blamed binge drinking among young people largely on spirits.
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Jan 19th 2019, 8:15 AM
Labour Court
Tesco worker fired after removing bottle of wine worth less than €20 from store
Although the retail worker successfully sued the supermarket, the Labour Court found she contributed to her dismissal.
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Jan 3rd 2019, 5:23 PM
grapes of wrath
€10,000 worth of smuggled wine seized at Dublin Port
The 660 litres of wine were in a van that had arrived from France via Holyhead.
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May 12th 2018, 4:21 PM
Supermarket Sweep
These are the top-selling goods we've stocked up on for Storm Emma
Confirmed: Ireland has gone bread mad (but we also like a sneaky bottle of wine in a snowstorm).
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Mar 1st 2018, 7:36 PM
wine o'clock
A little bit of wine can help 'clean the mind', scientists say
Alcohol helps the systems that flushes the bad toxins out of our brains, the researchers said.
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Feb 2nd 2018, 9:47 PM
113 years young
Day of mourning declared as 'World's oldest man' dies in Spain
There was some controversy over whether Francisco Nunez Olivera was actually the world’s oldest man.
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Jan 30th 2018, 4:41 PM
peak oirish
Dara Ó Briain was extremely confused by an Irish Peat Wine he came across in Knock Airport
Oh the puns.
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Jan 29th 2018, 8:00 PM
all the wine
Growing size of wine glasses contributing to rising levels of drinking
The capacity of wine glasses has increased sevenfold in the past 300 years.
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Dec 14th 2017, 6:20 AM
lunch crunch
Poll: How much would you usually spend on a bottle of wine?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
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Oct 19th 2017, 12:45 PM
cheap wine
5 foods that alcohol should not be added to under any circumstances
Eating and drinking should be two separate activities.
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Jul 18th 2017, 4:54 PM
grapes of wrath
The wine industry in Europe could be in trouble due to global warming, researchers warn
Work made impossible by the heat, and losses in productivity could see the wine industry facing challenging times, they said.
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Jul 16th 2017, 9:30 AM
Renegade Spirits
'We're making whiskey for wine drinkers, not just something to get s**tfaced with'
The firm behind Waterford Distillery has €20 million to spend on getting its product ready for market.
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Apr 22nd 2017, 10:00 AM
food and drink
'What happens when your father, the founder and managing director of the company, dies?'
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Westmeath-based firm Wines Direct.
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Mar 12th 2017, 8:15 AM
booze cruise
Revenue has seized 360 litres of wine discovered on van coming back from France
The wine valued at over €5,000 was discovered in a van at Dublin Port.
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Mar 6th 2017, 5:14 PM
red or white?
Over 780 litres of smuggled wine seized at Dublin Port
This seizure is part of operations targeting the illegal importation, supply and sale of alcohol in ‘the shadow economy’.
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Feb 9th 2017, 4:48 PM
Hero
People are loving this Mam's hack for drinking wine on the train
GAMECHANGER.
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Jan 23rd 2017, 8:22 PM
Sauvignon Blanked
France's 'wine police' are working to make sure your wine is actually as good as the label says
A wine baron was jailed last month for a “moon wine” fraud.
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Dec 24th 2016, 10:15 PM

time please
Pint of the black stuff the most popular drink in the Dáil bar
Since 2015, Guinness has been the most popular drink in the Dáil bar.
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Dec 23rd 2016, 10:00 PM
open that door
9 fancy advent calendars you should treat yourself to for December
Who says kids get to have all the fun?
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Nov 14th 2016, 10:38 AM
wine not?
This Dublin cellar bar's chalkboards speak to every wine lover
Not that you needed encouraging.
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Sep 13th 2016, 9:57 AM
splashing out
A resurgent economy has Ireland drinking fancy wine again
But excise duty is holding the Irish wine industry back, according to an industry report.
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Sep 6th 2016, 8:50 AM
Wine
14 things you'll get if you know rosé is the greatest type of wine
Rosbaé.
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Aug 4th 2016, 9:30 PM
wine o'clock
17 things you'll only understand if you're a woman who loves her wine
Bottoms up, ladies.
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Jun 12th 2016, 1:00 PM

eurodizzy
There's a ten-storey wine theme park opening in France tomorrow
GIVE US ALL YOUR TICKETS!
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May 31st 2016, 4:33 PM
Wine
This Dublin restaurant is launching a 'bottomless wine brunch'
But there’s one little drawback.
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May 26th 2016, 11:55 AM
Looking Back
'Enjoy the wine and the mince pies' - Our writers review the 2015-16 Premier League season
Defining memories, regrettable predictions and players of the season are among the topics discussed.
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May 15th 2016, 7:30 AM
massive haul
191 litres of wine and over 300,000 cigarettes seized
The seizure was made in Belturbet, Co Cavan.
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Apr 15th 2016, 7:11 AM
wine o'clock
9 things everyone does when ordering wine in a restaurant
“I’ll have your second cheapest wine, please.”
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Apr 6th 2016, 6:35 PM