When it comes to keeping cool, Northern Ireland people believe there's just no licking an ice cream, especially when there are more than 100 flavours to choose from.

Maud's the ice cream makers of Glenoe, near Larne has eight outlets in the Republic of Ireland stretching as far as Cork as well as 28 shops across the province.

Set in the quaint Co. Antrim village, tours of their factory, (a white-walled cottage-style building, disguising the latest hi-tech ice cream making machinery), are available from 10am-4pm, Monday to Saturday.

The company is also Northern Ireland's only producer of handmade Belgium Chocolates.