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Cookery Feature - JIBRIN - Celebrating the Food of ...
Cookery Feature - Special Summer Flavours
If reminders were needed that simple is best for summer foods - to enjoy them at their freshest and relish their true flavours - we’ve had p ...EURO-TOQUES IRELAND FOOD AWARDS 2025 - HONOURING IR ...
Ashford Castle Estate made a wonderful setting for this year's Euro-Toques Ireland Food Awards a heartfelt celebration of Ireland's food producers ...Explore Ireland's:
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Win a Short Break for Two at Fota Island Resort
'Enjoy Your Own Private Island' is the promise at Fota Island Resort. One of only a very few resort hotels in the country, this renowned 5-star hotel and spa is situated on its own private island amidst the tranquillity of Cork Harbour, yet it is just 15 minutes drive from the hustle and bustle of Cork City
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Nothing But the Best - give Irish Flowers this year!
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From Tide to Table by Georgina Campbell
Paperback edition of From Tide to Table - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Buying, Preparing & Cooking Fish and Seafood by Georgina Campbellmore...
2024 Award Winners
IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - HOTEL
Gregans Castle Hotel Ballyvaughan, Co. ClareOne of Ireland’s top food destinations for many years, Simon and Freddie Haden’s quietly luxurious and restorative country house hotel ...
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Thomas Connolly Sligo, Co. SligoEverybody loves a good old fashioned Irish pub complete with cosy snugs and grocery shelves behind the bar, but too many are closing and we need t ...
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Osteria Lucio Dublin 2‘The food of friendship’ is what they say on their website and, when it comes to explaining why Osteria Lucio might be the restaurant ...
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Sadlers Restaurant & Bar Fethard, Co. TipperaryA new venture from the team behind the Cashel Palace Hotel (and with a good kitchen team overseen by their Director of Culinary, Stephen Hayes) an ....jpg "CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - RESTAURANT & BAR")
more...SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - HIDEAWAY
No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa Limerick, Co. LimerickThere is something seriously enticing about the idea of a hideaway in a city, somewhere special to retreat to away from the hustle and bustle. And ...
more...3-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024
Foyles Hotel Clifden, Co. GalwayAs many will know, the Guide has a soft spot for traditional three-star hotels, which so often provide an unassuming, authentically Irish and kind ...
more...CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - NEIGHBOURHOOD RESTAURANT
No. 14 at the Georgian House Comber, Co. DownA lovely listed building dating back to 1722, No. 14 Georgian House makes an atmospheric setting for this thoughtfully structured enterprise by th ...
more...SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE
Ballyvolane House Fermoy, Co. Cork‘Proper country houses’ that have not been over-modernised and remain true to their roots are becoming a rarity these days, but Justin ...
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Ursa Minor Ballycastle, Co. AntrimAll over Ireland, there’s been an exciting increase in the number of small bakeries with a deli or café in recent years and this one, ...
more...PET FRIENDLY DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024
Seaview House Hotel Ballylickey, Co. CorkFinding the right place to stay can make all the difference to a holiday or short break when travelling with your four-legged friend. But it&rsquo ...
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Farmgate Lismore Lismore, Co. WaterfordThe Newcomer award is always exciting and every year the nominations list is very long indeed. Even at a time when the talk is mainly of closures, ...
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Barnahown Mitchelstown, Co. CorkYou don't have to be seeking an active holiday to love Barnahown, but it must help - with wonderful mountain treks and bike trails nearby, you won ...
more...MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AWARD 2024
Ashford Castle Cong, Co. MayoThe ‘Memorable Experience’ award is one that resonates with everyone – and it’s interesting to see how many of those exper ...
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Dromoland Castle Hotel Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. ClareThe ancestral home of the O’Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, Dromoland Castle is one ...
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Ristorante Rinuccini Kilkenny, Co. KilkennyEstablished in 1989 by Antonio and Marion Cavaliere, this well-known restaurant is in a semi-basement in the impressive terrace opposite Kilkenny ...
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POTA Café Inverin, Co. GalwayHalf an hour west of Galway city on the Wild Atlantic Way, Cork chef Diarmuid O’Mathúna’s vibrant bi-lingual café is bil ....jpg "IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - CAFE")
more...‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - HONEY
Leahy Beekeeping & Sliabh Aughty Honey Loughrea, Co. GalwayNear Loughrea in East Galway fourth generation conservationists, Leahy Beekeeping, produce the gorgeous Sliabh Aughty Honey - and it’s not o ...
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Deerpark Inn Virginia, Co. CavanNobody does it better than Richard Corrigan when it comes to creating a sense of authentic Irish atmosphere - and with terrific local food, friend ...
more...INNOVATION AWARD 2024
Ballykilcavan Farm & Brewing Company Stradbally, Co. LaoisIt's hard to get your head around the story of a place like Ballykilcavan Farm in deepest Laois, where the Walsh family has worked the land since ...
more...SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE
Teach de Broc Ballybunion, Co. KerryBallybunion has long been a popular seaside resort, welcoming visitors from near and far since the 19th century. And, since 1994, many have wisely ...
more...SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2024
Wren Urban Nest Dublin 2The 2007 closure of Andrew's Lane Theatre caused a lot of angst, but its eventual replacement with 'Dublin's most sustainable hotel' has proved a ...
more...BIJOU FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024
Restaurant Chestnut Ballydehob, Co. Cork‘Small’ is not the word for this famously big-hearted little restaurant – but ‘bijou’ describes the former pub well, ...
more...FAMILY FRIENDLY HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2024
McWilliam Park Hotel Claremorris, Co. MayoIn new ownership since 2018 and recently revamped, this well located, well-run and fairly priced hotel makes a good base for exploring the wider r ...
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OX Co. AntrimConsistency is one of the main themes of this year’s awards and - when a respected reviewer comments that “We had dined here before an ...
more...BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024
Elephant Rock Hotel Portrush, Co. AntrimThe rise of the boutique hotel is a welcome trend in Irish hospitality and, at its best, this is a genre that is providing a wonderfully quirky mi ...
more...TASTE OF THE WATERWAYS AWARD 2024
Purple Onion Bar & Restaurant, The Tarmonbarry, Co. RoscommonIreland’s inland waterways are nothing short of a national treasure yet – despite the very welcome recent opening of greenways and blu ...
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Hanora's Cottage Ballymacarbry, Co. WaterfordIt’s been a tough time for Irish hospitality over the last few years - but the resilience of the industry is extraordinary and the way that ...
more...SEAFOOD CHEF OF THE YEAR 2024
Goldie Co. CorkAt the helm of this small but very exciting fish restaurant in Cork city centre, Goldie, the talented young owner-chef Aishling Moore’s cour ...
more...IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE
Rathsallagh House Dunlavin, Co. KildareThe O’Flynn family’s large, rambling country house on the Wicklow-Kildare border is just an hour from Dublin, but it could be in a dif ...
more...IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE
Castlewood House Dingle, Co. KerryRun by Brian and Helen Heaton - who have both worked in some of Ireland’s finest hotels, and for whom nothing is too much trouble to ensure ...
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During the three centuries that this extraordinary place has been in the Leslie family it has changed remarkably little - and its fascinating history intrigues guests as much as the unique featu ...
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Right in the heart of Georgian Dublin, opposite Government Buildings, this luxurious hotel comprises four meticulously restored Grade 1 listed townhouses built in the 1760s and, behind them, a con ...
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Catherine Treacy’s fine purpose-built guesthouse is set in private walled gardens just a couple of minutes walk from the town centre and offers a high standard of accommodation at a fairly m ...
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