Celebrating the best mussels in Ireland, the Connemara Mussel Festival offers three full days of great cuisine, live entertainment, cultural exhibits, activities, arts and crafts and a whole lot of fun over the May Bank Holiday weekend, April 29th to May 1st. The School of Culinary Arts at GMIT has developed an exciting food programme, with demonstrations from award winning chefs.Pictured launching the cookery programme are: Gerry Coyne, Festival Committee Member, Tim O’ Sullivan , executive chef at Renvyle House Hotel, head chef at Ashford Castle Jonathan Keane, and Cait Noone, head of GMIT’s College of Tourism and Arts. Photograph by Martina Regan