MIRACLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
12/26/2001 A grower from the area near the metal bridge over the Blackwater lent his wife the car to go on a shopping trip to Craigavon.
DILLON DELIVERED
12/26/2001 John Dillon has succeeded in his bid to become president of the IFA. The first deputy president ever to take the top job, he has managed to fend off some very strong bids from the rival contenders.
Fantastic Fancom Seminar
12/24/2001 Drumsill Hotel Co. Armagh was buzzing with the latest updates and news from Fancom.
Tipperary Contract
12/24/2001 F McKenna have supplied a turnkey operation for 6 new houses with Fancom controls to an established grower in Tipperary recently.
Play Misty for me
12/24/2001 Stalker has heard about the great results from the Reldair Humidification systems supplied by JF McKenna.
CORPORATE ANTHEMS
12/24/2001 Stalker has only recently become aware of the phenomenon of corporate anthems - a truly mind-boggling concept! Do they exist among the companies that make up the mushroom industry?
Congratulations!
12/24/2001 Many mushroom farmers hopes were dashed last month when Leonne McKenna married a non-mushroom man Laurence McVeigh in Armagh.
Donegal Party
12/24/2001 Stalker has heard a rumour that Malachy McLaughlin from JF McKenna is laying on a special 40th birthday party
COMPATIBILITY COCK-UP
12/24/2001 The old adage that if something works one ought not to fix it, has generally stood the test of time.
VISIT TO ITALY
12/24/2001 Spotted recently on in Treviso, Italy, was a group of very distinguished UK growers who were investigating the Italian mushroom scene.
SYLVAN TOUR AND FARM WALK.
12/24/2001 DARD invited growers on a tour of the Sylvan factory and also offered the chance for two separate farm walks in Co Meath in December.
SEASONS GREETINGS
12/24/2001 We have also received greetings sent from Francis Donnelly who represents Italspawn in Ireland, to all their customers here in Ireland.
ANNUS HORRIBILIS
12/24/2001 2001 managed to be the embodiment of the notion of a bad year, locally and globally.
MYSTERIOUS SHAPES
12/24/2001 There seems to be a proliferation of misshaped mushrooms appearing around the country, according to sources.
