The headlines rang out like an air siren in the night. “Chip shops are being battered,” one unfurled. “The death of the Irish chipper,” another insisted. And a sombre, “A funeral for fish and chips” to top them all off.  One doesn’t need a degree in potato economics to see that the humble Irish chipper had fallen on hard times, with stalwart traders such as Munchies in Bayside, The Palm Beach Takeaway in Ballybrack and the 73-year-old Jackie Lennox’s in Cork closing their doors following several dedicated decades of trade.  Mercifully, from ashes rises a phoenix, one with a fresh…

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