The weather gods are set to look favourably on tomorrow’s highlight of the fifth annual Waterford Festival of Food, with thousands expected to flood into the streets of Dungarvan to sample the best in artisan fare.

Angela Hartnett worked alongside Gordon Ramsay for years, so the Michelin star-holder should be well able for anything the Waterford Festival of Food throws at her today.

Thousands of foodies are expected in Dungarvan this weekend as the fifth Waterford Festival of Food celebrates the best of local artisan food producers.

An award-winning food blogger and writer will return from her adopted home in London to her native Dungarvan next month to help showcase the best of local food and pass on some of her expertise.

A PARADE of pigs will get the fourth annual Waterford Festival of Food under way today with cooks, experts and foodies set to descend on the region for the weekend.

DNA samples were needed to identify a man who was murdered and whose body was dumped in a slurry pit, an inquest has heard.

THE tempting aroma of the best of locally produced food will fill the air in Dungarvan for three days in April when gourmet and culinary whizzes from across the country gather in the coastal town.

TRADERS in Dungarvan’s 200-year-old Grattan Square are warning that some of the proposals from consultants for a €3 million revamp of the town’s most historic central landmark represents a high-risk strategy that will impact negatively on business and will put many of the 300 jobs involved in jeopardy.

PROPOSALS for a €3 million revamp of Dungarvan’s historic central landmark, Grattan Square, have encountered an unexpectedly hostile reaction from business interests and may well force the Town Council’s architects to rethink their overall plans for the area.

DUNGARVAN’S most historic central landmark, Grattan Square, is set for a €3 million revamp.

WATERFORD people are already digging deep and embracing the true spirit of Christmas. They are giving more than ever, as seen in the early days of fundraising for the 27th annual WLR FM Lions Club Christmas Appeal.