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Cork Free Choice Consumer Group: Fruit, the best to buy. Alan Sloane, organic fruit importer will tell us about the best fresh and dried fruits available during the Christmas season and also throughout the year.

Admission is €6 including tea, coffee and tastings, on Thursday, November 29, at 7.30pm at the Crawford Gallery Café, Emmet Place, Cork

* Georgina Campbell’s Ireland — The Guide 2008: All the best places to eat, drink and stay — dubbed ‘the glovebox bible’, this is the 10th annual edition of the indispensable guide for independent travelers. A truly comprehensive guide to the most delightful places for the discerning traveller in Ireland to eat, drink and stay — north and south — it provides the perfect reference for planning holidays and short breaks.