Owned by the Redmond family, this unpretentious and well-run hotel contributes much needed amenities to the Gorey area, offering quality accommodation and providing facilities for functions both large and small, including conferences, weddings and all ... more...
With its special brand of relaxed professionalism, the Kelly family’s renowned beachside hotel sums up all that is best about the Sunny South-East for many regular visitors.
Perhaps it’s because its history in the same family spans three c ... more...
A stylish and warmly welcoming sister restaurant to the popular Aroi in Kilkenny, Aroi Carrigaline opened just in time for Christmas 2022. Here, behind a deceptively narrow frontage, the building opens up to reveal an impressive two-storey restaur ... more...
Everyone feels at home in this famous old bar, especially visiting and local sailors. It's choc-a-bloc with genuine maritime artefacts such as charts, tide tables, ships' clocks, compasses, lanterns, pennants et al - but it's the Bushe family's hospita ... more...
There's no shortage of good food in Dunfanaghy but Tara Alcorn and her Brazilian partner Anderson Rodrigues brought something different to this popular holiday destination when they opened Casa Café and Deli in April 2021. Opening a new bus ... more...
Next to Enniscrone Golf Club and overlooking the town's magnificent Blue Flag beach, the Diamond Coast Hotel is popular with locals, families, wedding couples, Golden Years guests, golfers and tourists. And no wonder - it has a lot going for it o ... more...
Formerly O'Looney's, this smart modern two-storey restaurant was acquired by the Vaughan family, of Liscannor's famed Anchor Inn, in 2021 - and, despite what might have been an inauspicious opening (during the pandemic), it got off to a flying start.
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Esther Barron and her husband Joe Prendergast's business dates back to 1887, and this wonderfully traditional bakery still uses the original Scottish brick ovens to make breads with real flavour and an old-fashioned crust; the range is wide (and well w ... more...
The charming little riverside town of Newport has always been a delightful place and, as the Great Western Greenway walking and cycling route, and the Gourmet Greenway food trail now pass through it, it has become much livelier. The many walkers and cy ... more...
Brother and sister, Dermot and Hannah Ward, run this lovely little café and garden centre just outside Birr.
Hannah trained with Darina Allen at Ballymaloe Cookery School and that wholesome philosophy is seen in the delightful café, wher ... more...
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