Not that The Menu ever needs an excuse to head west to the City of the Tribes but surely the return of the annual Galway Food Festival (March 29-April 2) is as good a reason as any.

The menu consents to being showered by Father’s Day gifts from his progeny; less grudgingly, if those gifts are designed to appeal to his innate gluttony.

The future is wide open for for the craft beer industry if it sticks to its guns, reports Leslie Williams.

The Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine is next weekend and there are lots of drinks-related events. 

While The Menu has dragged offspring around a few ‘open farms’ in his time, he usually ends up in a staring match with an equally bored animal, both largely marking time.