No mucking around as festival unveiled

A BUNCH of craft “pigs” fashioned by local schoolchildren helped unveil the programme of events for this year’s Waterford Festival of Food, expected to attract thousands of visitors to the south-east.

The Pig Fair in Walton Park in Dungarvan saw a team of judges, including RTÉ south-east correspondent Damien Tiernan, Sean Óg Duffy of Truly Irish Country Foods, sponsors of the fair, and local artist Danny Cunningham, select a crafty pig to be the festival mascot.

Now in its fourth year, the Dungarvan-based food festival runs from April 14 to 17 and sees the return of many popular events but also includes a Food Camp, Barbecue by the Quay and a Mind/Body/Spirit morning.