Sean Gallagher loves desserts — anything with a biscuit base with ice cream and chocolate sauce.

More than 700 followers of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, 85, have taken over a convention centre and most of a hotel in Killarney this weekend for a private retreat of mindfulness and meditation.

WITH international financial meltdown and personal worries about work, bills and so much more, clearing your head has never been so important.