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...
The Murphy family's cosy first floor Killarney restaurants elegant black furniture, polished floors, bare tables and blinds mean that a lot of hard surfaces all add up to a good bit of noise, but nobody seems to mind.
Roast breast of Carrigcleena Ayle ... more...
In the fish retail business for five generations, the Morgan family has been fishing for salmon and herring since the 1890's and, travelling by horse and cart, “cadging” their fish in neighbouring counties
The shop, which is attached to th ... more...
Located in the former offices of the Northern Whig newspaper and convenient to the city’s now fashionable Cathedral Quarter, this is an impressive neo-classical bar of grand proportions.
The high ceilings of the old press hall have been retained ... more...
Slane Castle has long been renowned as a concert venue that has drawn some of the biggest global names in music to this tiny County Meath village – think U2, Madonna and the Rolling Stones, to name just a few. But its new state-of-the-art whiskey ... more...
Overlooking the River Lagan opposite Andy Scott's Beacon of Hope sculpture in downtown Belfast, the location of one of Northern Ireland's most exciting restaurants seems appropriate - and owners Alain Kerloc’h (former restaurant manager at Deane ... more...
A recommendation from some very happy guests led us to Michael and Anna McDonald’s delightful property just outside the attractive town of Castlecomer – a place long admired for its elegantly wide tree-lined main street and, more recently, ... more...
It was the loss of the sugar beet industry that brought this Golden Vale farm back into commercial potato production after a long lapse - and inspired seventh generation farmer Ed O’Donnell to use them to make O’Donnell’s Crisps, whic ... more...
The Savoy Hotel is not the largest hotel in the city, but it is one of the most luxurious and scores highly where service is concerned.
Although starkly modern from the street, the interior of this Limerick hotels gentler with warm colours and a mixtu ... more...
The popular Sneem black pudding originated in this little butchers and is still made here, baked like a big cake and sliced as required.
Kieran Burns is a fourth generation butcher and it was his grandmother, Margaret (Clifford) Burns, who came up wit ... more...