There was a call to support struggling artisan food producers at the Irish Food Writers' Guild as it presented its annual food awards.
Cork dominated the awards with six of the seven gongs going to producers in the county.
Ballyhoura Mountain Mushrooms received one of the prestigious awards - an Irish grower of specialist mushrooms including Shiitake, Oyster, Eryngii (King Oyster) Golden Oyster, Rose Oyster, Lions Mane "PomPom", Velvet Pioppino & Nameko. They also supply a range of foraged Wild Irish Foods including Wild Mushrooms (Chanterelles, Ceps, Hedgehog, Saffron Milk Caps, Blewits, Chicken of the Woods, Hen of the Woods), Wild Garlic, Three Cornered Leek, Sorrel, Wood Sorrel, Wild Strawberries, Burdock, Pig Nuts.
Congratulations to the team there on their award. As the writers Guild chairwoman Lizzie Grimes said: " These small producers really need the support of the public."