WHEN it comes to bread, coeliacs have it tough. Bread, mostly made from rice flour, is often heavy, grainy, and tasteless, and hardly worth the extra cost compared to regular bread.

The new Reboot Ireland political party will focus “doggedly” on the indigenous economy, particularly on small and medium enterprises, a meeting held by the movement in Cork heard last night.

The crucial role of everything from lip gloss to Twitter, and customer relationship management software in making sales was covered at the Cork Chamber annual conference.

Sales of the 100,000 gluten-free mince pies being produced by Cork company Delicious this Christmas, have been boosted by a gold medal in the annual UK Great Taste Awards.

ENTREPRENEURIAL talent in the near €20 billion Irish food and drinks industry needs to be continually nurtured, the inaugural Cork Food Forum was told in Ballincollig

SOME of the country’s top food industry analysts will gather in Cork later this month to discuss the future of the multi-billion euro industry.

DELICIOUS Gourmet Foods broke new ground for Ireland’s specialist food sector when produce from the Delicious bakery, the only coeliac-dedicated artisan bakery operating in Ireland, scooped a coveted gold award at the prestigious Great Taste Awards 2008, Britain’s most authoritative, independent standard for Britain’s fine food sector.