If you’ve been finding it hard to source a really good cheddar, this could be the place to look. Kate Carmody, a bio-chemist by profession, has been making distinctive cheddar cheeses on the family farm in North Kerry since 1987 and has been cert ... more...
This lively, youthful café-restaurant just off Grafton Street does quality informal food at reasonable prices and is specially noted for its gourmet pizzas - try the Bowery, for example, an Italian sausage pizza with roasted cherry tomatoes, moz ... more...
Very obviously a former pub - the name is writ large on the wall in traditional style - Michael Copley's charming gallery and coffee house just west of Kilcrohane offers organic and seasonal refreshments in a quirky setting and makes a great place to t ... more...
Situated just outside Kenmare on the Ring of Kerry Road (take the turn off for Sneem), Una and Dermot Brennan's smart boutique hotel is sleek and modern, offering all the flair and comfort of a custom-built hotel but with the service and intimacy of th ... more...
Renowned medical herbalists, Jorg Muller and Karin Wieland, specialise in blending organic and herbal teas for discerning, health-conscious tea-lovers.
Accolades include a Euro Toques award in 2009, for their organic whole leaf: “an innovativ ... more...
One of Dublin's most desirable addresses, especially for business guests, this discreetly luxurious Dublin hotels a gem of a place - an oasis of calm just a couple of minutes walk from Grafton Street.
A ground floor bar, lounge and restaurant all link ... more...
Carol and Patrick Rooney of Derrycamma Farm near Castlebellingham are members of the recently established Oriel Food Group (orielfoodgroup.ie) of quality food producers in the ancient region of Oriel, which is mainly in what is now known as Co Louth.
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To grab a table at the front of Eileen and Sam McNicholl's atmospheric pub, Connolly’s of Leap, is to be noticed outside one of West Cork’s coolest venues. Inside, the walls drip with musical history; but for now, the iconic but diminutive ... more...
Fergus and Anne Maxwell’s bar and informal restaurant in this recently by-passed town, has an inviting black and white frontage with well-maintained window boxes, and there’s a welcoming atmosphere in the comfortable, low-ceilinged receptio ... more...
Bramley Lodge is always busy - from eight o'clock every morning right through until the evening, the car park of Gillian Kearney's restaurant-cum-foodstore is full. On the junction to Cobh just off the N25, it is well situated, but there's more going f ... more...