Some of the attendees at the mushroom conference were spotted at breakfast in the Hillgrove after 11.00am on the Friday morning. A cluster of hangovers were also spotted in the vicinity. Some revellers had kept the hotel bar open until after 4 in the morning, celebrating the successful conclusion to another All Ireland conference. Descriptions of activities at the after business wind-down session included schmoozing, informal management counselling (sticking with the theme of refining management) and as the night wore on and intoxication levels rose, there was the odd blue between friends, but also small huddles were overheard laying plans for no less than global domination of the mushroom world. Stalker is still waiting to hear of other juicy morsels of gossip from the late night revelry– thus far though, people are remaining tight-lipped.