News Archive
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3 to Try - Tempting Tapas
30 August 2014
With lots of tapas eateries around the country, here are three you might like to try.
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The Kerry Food Story
29 August 2014
TJ O'Connor is one of those great people involved with the training of young people going into the hospitality industry. He is Head of Section, Hotel, Culinary and Tourism Department at the Institute of Technology in Tralee, Co. Kerry. He has just launche
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Restaurant Review - Salt Yard Kilkenny
27 August 2014
Kilkenny has been hitting the news on the culinary scene in a big way in recent times, with the awarding of two Michelin stars in the county, one to the Lady Helen Restaurant at Mount Juliet in Thomastown, and one to Campagne in Kilkenny city. There is al
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RESTAURANT REVIEW - THE WOOLLEN MILLS
26 August 2014
The Woollen Mills was where your granny, for more years than Harry Moore might have cared to remember, went to buy knicker-elastic, tweeds and buttons and bows. It was in business for over a century before closing its doors in recent years - James Joyce..
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The Silk Road Kitchen
26 August 2014
So, I come to Abraham Phelan, who has been doing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food here for many years in his very popular Silk Road Cafe, located in the Chester Beatty Library in the grounds of Dublin Castle...
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Waterfront House Restaurant
19 August 2014
On a recent trip to Co. Sligo, we found ourselves in the restaurant at Waterfront House in Enniscrone and we couldn’t have been happier that we did. Enniscrone of course is a stunning location in itself, a total Mecca for surfers...
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IRISH FOOD PRODUCERS SHINE AT GREAT TASTE AWARDS
18 August 2014
Well now it's official - we have great taste! Irish food producers have had tremendous success at this year's Great Taste Awards, run by the Guild of Fine Foods in the UK. What is so exciting and satisfying about all of this is that it endorses Ireland's
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THE SCALES ARE FALLING FROM OUR EYES
18 August 2014
Fishmongering seems to run in the family says Lucinda O'Sullivan as she meets scions of the Wright and Rogersen families
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - La Bella Donna
16 August 2014
On a recent visit to Donegal, I discovered La Bella Donna, an Italian restaurant on Bridge Street in Donegal Town. The restaurant itself is beautifully decorated with classical Roman look making you feel as though the Colosseum could be just outside...
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WW1 - FINDING BILLY MORRIS IN THE SOMME
12 August 2014
Last week saw the commemorations of the 100th anniversary of World War I, which spanned four years from August 3, 1914 until November 11, 1918. Very many Irishmen and women fought in the Great War and it is only now that they are being properly honoured
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Restaurant Review - Amuse
12 August 2014
Inventive Franco-Asian tasting menus are the order of the day at chef Conor Dempsey's chic new venture, says Lucinda O'Sullivan, who was utterly delighted by what she found at Amuse....
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Russborough Tea Rooms
12 August 2014
Russborough House, in Blessington, Co. Wicklow, is one of the finest stately homes in Ireland. A wealthy Dublin brewer named Joseph Leeson, who later became the first Earl of Milltown, built it in the 1740’s...
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Clodagh's Kitchen Blackrock
08 August 2014
A decade or so ago a young lady from Cork sent me a recipe for chicken liver pate, which she was selling in Midleton Farmer’s Market. Since then she has moved rapidly up becoming one of our foodie stars. I speak of course of Clodagh McKenna.
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Eating Out is Party of the Holiday Experience
07 August 2014
I am taking a look at places to eat in holiday spots. After all, eating out is very much part of any holiday experience. Starting in east Cork, you are spoiled for choice. In Ballycotton, Pier 26 eatery at the Inn by the Harbour...
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Lucinda in Ireland's Holiday Hotspots
07 August 2014
In the second part of a series looking at excellent places to eat on Les Cotes d'Irlande, ?Lucinda takes you on a whistle-stop tour of eateries in Wexford, ?Kerry and Donegal
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Festival fun under an August moon
07 August 2014
This month's festivals are kicking off across the globe, but there is much to savour at home, says Lucinda O'Sullivan