Food and tourism is a combination that works at least as well as any ingredients you might pair on a gourmet plate.

A hearing into objections against the granting of a licence for a salmon farm in Bantry Bay has heard that, were the development to go ahead, it could prove a “tipping point” for local families who have fished the area for generations.

TRADITIONAL fishermen, anglers and sailors, bed and breakfast-owners, hoteliers, harbour commissioners and environmentalists along with peninsula residents — it’s a disparate bunch.

The economy has been struck a massive body-blow which will deliver it into a recession this year, it was warned today.