DECADE AGO

In August 2015 sterling hit an eight-year high against the euro in the summer, peaking at €1.44 for £1.

Different times for sure for the currencies.

Once again the business analysts were  predicting that a glut of oil would drive prices down.

Reasons given included Opec production and Iranian oil coming on stream following the recent nuclear agreement made between that country and the US.

Ten years ago feels like a very foreign place.

The summer of 2015  turned into a cold damp squib for much of Ireland, very different from now.

Also  news arrived mid-summer that the All Ireland and UK Mushroom Conference was once again set to take place in Monaghan later in the year.