News Archive
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Heiko Riebandt joins The Lodge at Doonbeg as Executive Head Chef
26 June 2013
The Lodge at Doonbeg is delighted to announce that Heiko Riebant has been appointed Executive Head Chef. He joins Doonbeg from The Sheen Falls Lodge Hotel in Kenmare, Co. Kerry where he has been Executive Chef since 2009.
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WATERFALL FARM ENNISKERRY
24 June 2013
Michael and Hannah Keegan are a young couple who farm pedigree Lleyn sheep on 170 acres in the shadows of Powerscourt Waterfall in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, aptly named Waterfall Farm.
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Restaurant Review - NEDE
24 June 2013
Since departing Noma, the legendary Copenhagen restaurant, Yannick Van Aeken and Louise Bannon have caused a flutter in the foodie arena and divided the Critics....
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Adrift @ Dunmore House Hotel
21 June 2013
Clonakilty in West Cork is definitely worth exploring. With its colourfully painted houses and Georgian Squares, it is lovely little town to stroll through, bursting with blooming flower baskets in the spring and summer.
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Restaurant Review - Las Tapas de Lola
19 June 2013
Rule No. 1 in any business is not to leave potential customers hanging on a phone for 15 minutes before they hang up, as happened when I called up to book at table at Las Tapas de Lola. It is enough to make you tear your hair out, as is being told that,
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Dermot & Noreen Fetton open The Cloisters Ennis
17 June 2013
WHEN visiting the splendid Castlemartyr Resort in East Cork three or four years ago, I met the delightful Dermot and Noreen Fetton. At the time they were both on the managerial team of The Dromoland Collection, which had taken over the management of...
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Brasserie On The Corner
14 June 2013
The City of the Tribes has been raising its head in the foodie arena in the past couple of years with some really good eateries and one of those is undoubtedly Brasserie on the Corner. There is a lovely atmosphere here, plenty of buzz, excellent service,
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Brambles Bistro Terenure
12 June 2013
Brambles is a well know family owned group of some 20 excellent daytime cafes in high profile Shopping Centers, Museums, and other venues principally in the Dublin area.
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My childcare nightmare in my own home
10 June 2013
I went down the route of even more expensive childcare in my own home as I felt he would be safest there. What could go wrong under our own roof?
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10 GREAT RESTAURANTS TO VISIT THIS SUMMER
10 June 2013
The first question asked of a restaurant critic is “what is your favourite restaurant”. For me a good restaurant is not always about twiddly bits of artwork on a plate, it can be good produce simply cooked, wonderful aromatic spices from Asia....
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - The Forge Bar and Restaurant
07 June 2013
The village of Moycullen is on the main road between Galway and Oughterard both of which you pass through en route to Clifden. Nowdays Moycullen has become a really happening village raising it’s profile both in relation to food and retail.
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The Punnet Health Food Store - Glasthule
03 June 2013
"We met in a smoothie bar in Gran Canaria," explained Darragh. "I did my Leaving Cert in 1998 and James was going into fifth year. Twenty-seven students went from Blackrock College, where I was, and from St Mary's, where James was a student. We all got.
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Jarek's Kitchen
03 June 2013
'My mother is a chef, which is how I learned to cook, I got my passion for food from her," explained Jarek Baryga of Jarek's Kitchen.
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Dublin's Best Gastropubs
03 June 2013
The Restaurants Association of Ireland and Sunday Life Magazine 2013 Irish Restaurant Awards are taking place in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, on June 10, Eight establishments have been shortlisted for Best Gastropub in Dublin.....