Foraging about in the spiritual home of the Greens

TRAIPSING through a sea of organic and eye-catching produce untainted by genetic modification, John Gormley yesterday visited what could be seen as the spiritual home of the Greens.

In Cork’s English Market as part of a walkabout to show support for local Green Party candidates, Mr Gormley got acquainted with a giant monkfish, called it wrong when identifying John Dory as Sea Bream, sipped coffee at the Farmgate and soaked up the gloriously aromatic delights of an emporium dedicated to taste.

Some shook his hand and wished him well, but one trader, who did not wish to be identified, chastised him on behalf of party colleague, Trevor Sargent. Mr Sargent, she said, had passed through the market on a previous occasion without a single word of encouragement to local producers.