A small island off the north coast of Ireland has emerged as an unlikely potential supplier of edible seaweed to Japan — a country whose own stocks have been hit by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

A small island off the north coast of Ireland has emerged as an unlikely potential supplier of edible seaweed to Japan – a country whose own stocks have been hit by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

WE’VE gone crazy for seaweed in recent times; I’ve woken up to phenomenal variety of sea vegetables around our coast.

Bed and breakfast owners have called on tourism authorities to introduce compulsory licensing urgently for all, as well as a grading system to reduce the threat posed by a growing number of unapproved B&Bs.