Parents for the planet: Life is like a box of Fairtrade chocolates

Chocolatier Rhoda Kirwan wants lovers to consider buying Fairtrade for Valentine’s Day.

Ms Kirwan studied fashion design in college and opened a ladies’ tailoring business, before a 10-year stint with a software company while her children were young. She then took a cookery course at Dublin Cookery School, she specialised in chocolate-making and trained with Vancouver’s École Chocolat.