News Archive
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3 To Try - P is for Pleasure
26 March 2014
With some great eateries out there around the country here are three suggestions for you to try out.
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Restaurant Review - Peruke & Periwig
26 March 2014
Set in a compact, three-storey Georgian house on Dawson Street, Peruke & Periwig is the latest offering from the people behind Wagamama, the Vintage Cocktail Club and the Liquor Rooms in Temple Bar. Tourists, trendies and young-bucks-about-town may
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Chic niche boutiques streets ahead
26 March 2014
It's busy, it's buzzy, and it's jam-packed full of quality goods. Go visit Drury Street, says Lucinda O'Sullivan
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Marianne Weidner opens 4th Oska Shop at Avoca Mount Usher
18 March 2014
Passion and change are the two words that drive Marianne Weidner. Marianne has recently opened her fourth OSKA shop, this one at Mount Usher Gardens in Ashford,Co Wicklow.
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3 to Try - Gastropub Grub
18 March 2014
I must say I love the casual ethos and restaurant grub on offer in Gastropubs- here are three great places you might like to try.
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Restaurant Review - S Caviston@Goggins - Closed Before Review Published!
18 March 2014
I guess you are skating on fairly thin ice when you set out to review a new food element in what has been your local pub for the last 30 years. You are damned if you do, and you are damned if you don't!
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Oyster Grill Restaurant @ Hotel Meyrick
14 March 2014
The city of Galway is famous as a hub for visitors of all kinds, with thousands flocking to the city of tribes every year. Whether they’ve come for a relaxing retail getaway, an oudoorsy adventure holiday or for one of the many popular festivals.
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Our Latest Great Place To Stay - Hotel Meyrick
12 March 2014
Known far and wide as the city of tribes, Galway City is the thriving hub for culture and tourism in the west of Ireland. With beautiful beaches along its coasts and a buzzing social atmosphere both day and night, the city is a pleasure to explore.
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Restaurant Review - Frites Haus
11 March 2014
Oh dear! I've had a couple of iffy experiences with "take it or leave it" service of late. I hope we're not heading for the situation of restaurants losing the plot again. Restaurants are opening all over Dublin, but, in this era of tight belts, they need
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The Royal Treatment in our own Glass Tower
10 March 2014
ANGELA Merkel was entertained there last week, as was Queen Elizabeth during her state visit in 2011. I'm talking about the CCD – Convention Centre Dublin – the dramatic, tilted glass tower on the northside of the Liffey docklands that gives the leaning
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Restaurant Review - Drury Buildings
05 March 2014
An orchestra without a conductor, a ship without a captain, a circus without a ringmaster. It felt a little bit like that at the new Drury Buildings on our midweek visit for dinner.
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Kelly's open new chapter in its book of welcomes
04 March 2014
AS I thumbed through The Book of Kelly's, a fascinating history of Kelly's Resort Hotel at Rosslare Strand, Co Wexford, I thought, 'This is going to have to be updated!'