JUST a week to go to the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine May 15-17, there’s a mouthful! 

Major Wall Street indexes finished the day just short of where they started, despite plenty of news.

The Dow Jones industrial average notched its third record high close in a row on Wednesday, even as other market indexes ended lower.

WE PACKED our bags recently and headed for the US ready to launch the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine in New York.