Allen hits out at marine board for salmon farm plan

Celebrity chef Darina Allen and the international Slow Food organisation have clashed with Bord Iascaigh Mhara over its proposed 500-hectare organic salmon farm off the Aran Islands.

In a letter to Simon Coveney, the agriculture and marine minister, the renowned owner of the Ballymaloe Cookery School accused BIM of placing information in part two of its environmental impact statement (EIS) that incorrectly “created the impression that Slow Food supported and endorsed the proposed project”.

In the letter, Ms Allen stated that BIM, which is spearheading the project, took “a passage from the Burren Smokehouse website allegedly without the knowledge or permission of the owner and added that she is a member of Slow Food and Good Food Ireland”.