Monster pike makes Pascal’s day!


ANGLING enthusiast, Pascal Brissaud, the head chef at The Watermill Lodge and Restaurant, could hardly believe his ears when he heard that a 30-lb pike had been landed by a Dutch guest at his fishing lodge attached to the restaurant.


Ex-Quinn buyout bid ‘within days’


THE proposed buy-out bid for the Aventas Group by a local consortium which, if accepted, would bring back senior management from Sean Quinn’s time, is expected to be formally tabled within days.