Very much with the zeitgeist for wild and foraged foods, Lucy Deegan and Mark Cribbin’s enterprising north Cork company not only grows a unique range of speciality mushrooms - comprising everything from shiitake and oyster mushrooms to velvet pip ... more...
This landmark 1970s city centre building is one the largest hotels in Northern Ireland, and the most famous.
Particularly striking when illuminated at night, it has undergone many changes since first opening in the ’70s and has recently been ren ... more...
In a fine central riverside site just a short distance from the quayside bus station, this conveniently located budget hotel could prove a very useful base for both a stay in the city and a departure point for trips into the county.
The hotel recent ... more...
This stylish modern hotel is in a lovely location overlooking the Slaney estuary and has excellent amenities, including a superb health and fitness club, and the new Riverwood Treatment Rooms.
Public areas include an appealing contemporary bar, The Dr ... more...
Situated in the lush Clogher Valley, Fivemiletown Creamery is a long-established producer of well known cheeses including Ballybrie, Ballyblue (blue in the brie style), Ballyoak (smoked brie style), Oakwood and the Fivemiletown Creamery cheddars.
But, ... more...
Right in the heart of this thriving town of Nenagh, in a corner premises of a small but select shopping precinct, you’ll find Grainne Moylan's bakery-café, long a favourite eating place for young and old, and now housed in bright and attra ... more...
Like many other Irish brewers, owners Emma Devlin and Cathal O’Donoghue’s love of good craft beer began abroad, when they were living in New Zealand. After returning to Ireland, not one but two home brewing competition awards in 2013 spurre ... more...
This colourful and funky little cafe/bar on Howth's west pier has a couple of tables outside and, inside, it’s small, simple and cosy with a seating bar along the wide window overlooking the harbour, where diners can sit on high stools watch the ... more...
A small, locally owned operation based at Raphoe has, in a very short period of time, become established as a successful producer with a nationally recognised brand.
Donegal Rapeseed Oil Company (www.donegalrapeseedoilco.com), was set up by Austin Dui ... more...
The D6 village of Ranelagh has become a culinary phenomenon in recent years, with restaurants opening (and, sadly, closing) at a rate matched only by Dublin’s busiest city-centre boulevards. Host opened in autumn 2017 as the passion project of co ... more...