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Murphys Ice Cream has spread its wings from Dingle and Killarney, with two new shops in Dublin. Joint-owner KIERAN MURPHYshares his recipe for one of their new summer flavours – sea salt ice cream with chocolate sauce

WHEN IT COMES to summer, at least in memory, the days are sunny, lazy and worry-free. This year, we have already had so many sunny days that it feels like a real summer, and it’s triggering memories that have been dormant these past few years. There’s the smell of pollen, cut grass and barbecue smoke on clothes, the tired buzz of insects overwhelmed by abundance, music outdoors, ripples of contented laughter, the slipperiness of suntan lotion, the heat of the skin after a day at the beach, and the softness of truly ripe fruit. The senses awaken.