RAIN BLIGHT
7/20/2012 The unrelenting wet weather is threatening agricultural livelihoods all over Ireland and the UK.
CONTROLLING COSTS
7/20/2012 A timely piece by David Totten in this month’s issue focuses on what can be done to limit costs in these tough economic times.
OLYMPICS SCANDAL
7/20/2012 Stalker was amazed to learn of the original Olympics doping scandal that rocked the world of sport back in the day.
TOP COMPANIES
7/20/2012 The Irish Times top 1000 companies, compiled in association with KPMG, had one mushroom industry listing as far as Stalker could see this year.
CHEF SPEAK
7/20/2012 Stalker caught one of Jamie Oliver’s cookery shows the other day.
HOUSE CONVERSION
7/20/2012 Glenarm estate in Co Antrim is rightly famous for its walled garden and fine castle...
STAYCATIONALS
7/20/2012 Nice to get away, even if it’s not too far...
PISHLUGS
7/20/2012 Before Met Éireann was issuing flood alerts, our ancestors relied on the behaviour of Mother Nature to predict the weather.
CONFUSION SAYS
7/20/2012 There was a story emanating from China about a mushroom mix up to end all mushroom mix ups.
RISOTTO NO GO
7/20/2012 Stalker noticed the story at the end of June about the BA steward who was laid low by a mushroom risotto and was then sacked.
DEADLY
7/20/2012 An item about a Finnish mushroom guide book caught Stalker’s eye this month.
WETTEST JUNE
7/20/2012 The meteorological records just keep on tumbling, as June 2012 was anointed the new champion of wet, wet, wet weather.
OIL DOWN
7/20/2012 Petrol prices have started climbing again recently - it's hard to keep track of what is happening with oil, petrol and diesel pricing.
BANKING NEWS
7/20/2012 Stalker had a little frisson of schadenfreude over the discomfiture visited upon the banks in the UK over the Libor rigging scandal.
SILVER LINING
7/20/2012 Stalker enjoyed one letter into a UK national paper this month noting the upside of the bad weather.
