Jim Ryan is rightly is proud of the Ryan’s Farm track record as ‘suppliers of farm fresh food since 1928’, but there is nothing old-fashioned about their business.
Believing the way forward for Irish farmers is to deal with customers ... more...
Fourth generation farmers, the Robinson family - Lorna and Sam,sons Robert and Richard, with occasional help from their nursing daughter, Clare - focus on beef (Aberdeen Angus/Limousin cross heifers), lamb (Texel cross) and free-range egg production on ... more...
This quality Irish meat company now also produce under the Moyallon brand, with well known food pioneer and former owner of Moyallon Foods, Jilly Dougan, still actively involved.
Peter Hannan's remarkable company is one of Ireland's most innovative an ... more...
Lough Derg Chocolates is another of the good news stories to have come out of the recession - as Malachy and Elaine Dorris will be happy to tell you if you meet them out at events, they may have lost their old jobs, but now they have their own successf ... more...
A smart navy and white building on the corner of Parliament Street and Market Square, this popular daytime restaurant was opened by the owner-chef, Ray Foudy, in 2017 - and It now has a staff of 15 plus some part timers and always seems to be full ... more...
Brehon Brewhouse is set amongst the rolling drumlins of Patrick Kavanagh country in County Monaghan – hence the inspiration for the names of their Stony Grey IPA and Shanco Dubh porter. Open since April 2014 but already in the process of expand ... more...
Husband and-wife team Valentina and Owen Doorly are behind Il Valentino and are passionate about Italian food. Their Grand Canal Basin bakery may boast a modern, super stylish interior – with oranges, pinks, modern plastic seating and leather ban ... more...
One of the unsung heroes of the Irish food scene, oats are widely grown, inexpensive, nutritious and extremely versatile. There's much more to oats than breakfast but, whether in porridge or other oat-based dishes like granola, their slow-release energ ... more...
When Michael Finegan returned from four years managing dairy farms in New Zealand to take over the family farm in 2005, he wasted no time in developing a new focus for the 260 acre farm near Slane, which was a mixture of tillage, drystock and dairy goa ... more...
They work through the night at Swiss baker Jonas Hein and his Irish wife Layla O’Brien’s certified organic bakery and, thanks to the excellence of their rustic continental breads and their hard work selling directly to the public through fa ... more...
A selective companion guide to our famous broad-based online collection, the ‘glovebox bible’ includes a uniquely diverse range of Ireland's greatest places to ...