Smokehouse project got a royal boost

THE newly-built smokehouse in Bandon, Co Cork, owned by fishmonger brothers Pat and Paul O’Connell could create up to eight jobs next year.

Having seen a surge in cross-channel enquiries since Pat’s celebrated photograph laughing with Queen Elizabeth II in Cork’s English Market on May 20, the brothers seized the opportunity to open a new facility.

“After the Queen’s visit, everyone in the English Market has seen a huge surge in interest. We just thought it would be a sin to waste that opportunity,” said Pat O’Connell.