Hot tip

* Deasy’s Harbour Bar and Seafood Restaurant, Ring Road, Ring, Clonakilty, Co Cork — their delicious seafood is well worth a detour. Tel [phone] for reservations.

* Glebe Brethan Farmhouse Cheese wins Gold at World Cheese Awards. This gruyère-type cheese is made from unpasteurised Montbeliarde cows milk by Mairead Tiernan in Dunleer, Co Louth. Made in 45 kilo wheels, the cheese is matured on spruce timbers for a minimum of 4-6 months. It is mellow, fruity and creamy when young, becoming more aromatic with spicy, nutty flavours. Great to see some new cheese coming on stream in Ireland. For more details, email [e-mail]

* Celtic Market in Patrick St, Cork, on Sunday September 10. As part of the folk festival this September, a Celtic Market with up to 30 food stalls will be held, and there will be a number of events, including a Céilí Mór, Live Music and Street Theatre. Enquiries: Rose-Anne Kidney, Festival Market Manager, Cork Folk Festival, Festival House, Grand Parade, Cork. Tel [phone]