Web Design & Development

Francis is the owner of Croan.ie, the website design and development company. Croan.ie offers Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), e-Business consulting, website design, web development, web site hosting and website optimisation services in Ireland from its offices in Kilkenny and Cork. […]

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Business Development Consulting

For many start-ups and for some small & medium food manufacturers, running a business can be a confusing and isolating role. While Local Enterprise Offices can provide invaluable tools, navigating the services available can sometimes be as confusing as establishing […]

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Web Education & Training

Having worked with Internet technologies since 1994 (that’s right – 1994!) I have witnessed the web evolve from a communication tool to the World’s most important marketing delivery channel. I can customise and deliver a wide range of internet marketing […]

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Smallholding & Lifestyle Training

All of these courses are hosted at Croan Cottages, the smallholding where I have lived since 2003. Introduction to Smallholding, these two day courses cover all of the basics: Living with Livestock:an introduction to sheep, goats pigs and cattle, Keeping […]

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Latest Blog

The Kitchen Garden 9th of February 2018

  On the show today we talked about St. Valentine and how the day is celebrated in restaurants. We were delighted to be joined in the studio by Kilkenny man and local restaurateur Garret Byrne from Campagne. Garret has earned […]

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The Kitchen Garden 2nd of February 2018

This week on the show we talk about the arrival of Spring and St. Brigid. We are joined in the studio by Dec Gilmore from Nude Nutrition to talk about his work, how we can turn new year resolutions into […]

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The Kitchen Garden 26th of January 2018

On the Kitchen Garden this week we talk to Eleanor Duggan from The Little Green Grocer in Kilkenny about Fermented Foods, Gut Health and Food as a medicine. We also have Paul O’Donnell, Chairman of Mid Kilkenny Beekeepers in the […]

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