There is no excuse for plastic sandwiches. Ireland has come of age and scattered around the country are Good Food Ireland members brimming with the best. Pick up a picnic and head for the hills, writes Clodagh McKenna.

Porter is Ireland's drink. Has been for years. It's a long and fascinating story. John Wilson dives into a pint.

What you get may not be fancy, but it can certainly be good. Caroline Workman seeks out the best of what Good Food Ireland members are championing all the time in Northern Ireland - local, fresh and seasonal.

Inis Oírr may be the smaller of the Aran Islands but Good Food Ireland member Maurice Keller is blown away by the beauty, the welcome and the food.

The perfect wine list is not nearly as difficult as some would have you believe. It should be short and to the point.

Nothing ever really stays the same. Jeanne Quigley on how seriously some of the country's leading owners take improvements. If there is one common thread, it's the importance of the customer.

Do you know your blaa from your moss? Fancy whiskey in your porridge? Jeanne Quigley talks to Good Food Ireland members and sorts out Ireland's unique products and steps neatly away from the mass market.