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Seasonal goodies: British Queens are now in season. The best I’ve had this year have come from Mary and Patrick Walsh.

For a selection of summer berries contact: Mary & Patrick Walsh, Shanagarry, Co Cork, Tel. [phone]; Sunnyside Fruit Farm, Rathcormac, Co Cork. Tel, 025-36253; and Nick Westendorf, Tel. [phone]

Visiting Galway this summer — perhaps for the arts festival or race week — see the revamped Eyre Square and enjoy the buzz of this cosmopolitan city.