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What would the Irish diet look like without food imports?

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, John Gibbons explored Ireland's food supply writing that “Desp...

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10.15 26 Aug 2026


What would the Irish diet look like without food imports?


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Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, John Gibbons explored Ireland's food supply writing that “Despite the notion that Ireland is a 'food island', we import four fifths of our food and adding that we could be in a very “bad place if world food supplies dry up”...

So, is it time to implement a more natural diet without the need to rely so heavily on  food imports for our diets?

Joining Ciara to discuss this is Lisa Fingleton, author of ‘The Local Food Project’.


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