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Slainte Handmade Health Cuisine, Clonakilty, Co Cork - specialising in gluten/wheat free, dairy free, sugar and yeast free products - a range of cakes, breads and quiches, using locally produced organic products where possible.

Also special orders, birthdays, Christmas and Halloween, gift baskets. Tel: [phone]; [e-mail]

Dunbrody Abbey Cookery School, Dunbrody, Campile, New Ross, Co Wexford. Tel: [phone]. Autumn Course programme now available [e-mail]; www.cookingireland.com