Good food to boost Irish tourism

The recent passing of Myrtle Allen is an opportunity to stand back and acknowledge what can be achieved in the Irish food industry with some vision, ambition, and hard work.

Mrs Allen helped put high-quality, sustainable Irish food on the map. In so doing she inspired a number of world-class restaurant and artisan food entrepreneurs to pursue their own dreams and create myriad businesses serving domestic and international customers.

Such pioneering work needs to be built upon by developing a network of restaurants and food producers. They could then use technology to market their output.