Recently, I spent a very pleasurable few hours at the Country Market in Bandon which is about to celebrate 40 years since its establishment in December 1976. 

The Rooster has taken centre stage for Irish potato growers exhibiting their products at the week-long Fruit Logisitica trade fair in Berlin, Germany.

A WHILE AGO, I remember asking a friend — in the kind of way that indicated I wanted an honest answer — “How are you?”