LIKELY LADS ON TOUR
9/24/2008 Stalker has heard that there will be a couple of visitors doing a tour in Ireland during the last week of September.
ZEN MUSHROOMS
9/24/2008 Browsing the Walsh Mushroom website early in September, Stalker was struck by the slogan on the site - Todays Quality is Tomorrows Growth.
MUSHROOM FARM DEATHS
9/24/2008 Once again a tragic accident on mushroom farm has highlighted the issue of safety in the industry.
DEATH CAP WELL NAMED
9/24/2008 There were warnings in the national press and media this summer about the potential for poisonings by mushrooms.
TO WASH OR NOT TO WASH
9/24/2008 Purchasing some fresh produce lately in Tesco - dammit yes, one has to admit to shopping there sometimes....
CMP AGM
9/24/2008 Stalker is aware that CMP are holding their Annual General Meeting in Mullingar during the last full week in September.
CHICKEN FIRM TAKEN OVER
9/24/2008 Cappoquin Chickens in Waterford sold to
Derby Poultry Processors.
CLIMATE CHANGE FOR PEAT'S SAKE
9/24/2008 Climate change will lead to the loss of up to forty per cent of the suitable climactic areas for Irish Peatlands by 2075, an international conference on botany was told at the start of September.
NO OLYMPICS HERE
9/24/2008 Just a note to advertisers running up to the Olympic games in London in 2012.
OIL DOWN
9/20/2008 One immediate effect of the downturn in confidence following the banking collapse of Lehman Brothers was a sharp dip in the oil price.
FUNNY OLD WORLD
9/20/2008 It's always a sign when the terminology of things change, it generally means that things have got worse.