The public has a “market right” – a right to access the market – and that is a common-law property right protected by the Irish constitution, says Toby Simmonds.
The Menu: Cork is the country s breadbasket and that s official and dine at home kits from Jacques Restaurant and Commodore Hotel are worth sampling
English Market-based butcher Tom Durcan, one of this year s recipients of the prestigious Irish Food Writers Guild Awards. Photographer Paul Sherwood
Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 10:45
Joe McNamee Cork: the country s breadbasket
It is probably not the greatest pandemic-related hardship by more than a country mile, but The Menu is genuinely disappointed to once more miss his annual trip to the Big Smoke for the Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards, when he gathers each year with his fellow food scribes to pass a wonderful day of wining and dining to celebrate an always splendid collection of Irish food producers and personalities.