Darina Hilda Allen (née O'Connell; born 13 June 1948) is an Irish chef, food writer, TV personality and founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School.

A graduate in hotel management of the Dublin Institute of Technology, she is the author of several successful books on the topic of Irish cuisine.

She is a leader of the Slow Food movement in Ireland and instrumental in establishing a network of farmers' markets in the County Cork area.

He was caught as part of the Gardaí's Operation Amethyst, which tracked internet users who paid for child pornography with credit cards.

Tim Allen was sentenced to community service and placed on the sex offenders register after offering to pay €40,000 to a children's charity in India.