The Menu wrestled with his conscience as he was dearly tempted not to advertise at all a Slow food West Cork dinner (April 27) in Pilgrim’s Restaurant, in Rosscarbery, and instead snaffle up the tickets himself, for it is an asparagus feast, a tasting menu based around the sublime green spear, which is just now coming into season.

VENTRY/ST COLMAN’S WALK, CO KERRY

A YOUNG German tourist was saved by a light on her mobile phone after she went missing in Co Donegal.

Former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam died today in a hospice, a family spokesman said.