News Archive
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HOTEL BREAKS NEW YEAR
30 December 2014
There's still time for you to treat yourself, or your beloved, and the family to a New Year's Eve break away. Just think of the bliss of having everything served up to you and no washing up to do.
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The Best & The Worst of Dining in 2014
23 December 2014
It's that time of year again when Sunday Independent restaurant critic, Lucinda O'Sullivan, takes a look back at the good and not-so-good dining experiences of her culinary year. The award goes to . . .
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Restaurant Review - Fallon & Byrne at the People's Park
22 December 2014
The greatest psychological uplift for Dun Laoghaire in recent times is not the monstrous building - and equally monstrous waste of money - that is the new dlr LexIcon library on the seafront, but rather the opening of Fallon & Byrne's new restaurant, caf
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A Christmas Feast Fit for a Maharajah
22 December 2014
In 1965, the American novelist Arthur Hailey wrote a blockbuster called Hotel, which went on to be a movie and subsequently a TV series. With a changing colourful 'cast' coming through their doors every day, hotels can provide the ultimate backdrop..
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Beeftro Dundrum
16 December 2014
Beeftro, a purveyor of “Viandes de Qualite”, in the Dundrum Town Centre, is one the finest steakhouses around. It started in Monaco as the less expensive sibling of Beefbar, owned by Riccardo Giraudi.
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Restaurant Review - Balfe's
15 December 2014
From the moment we crossed the threshold, we loved what Balfes had to offer. It had a natural, uncontrived air, and while it's reminiscent of Paris or Madrid, its retro, urban, white-tiled decor- brown leather banquettes and marble-top tables - captured
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Christmas Shopping Lunches
15 December 2014
Every year, I resolve to have my Christmas shopping done by December 1, but every year I fail. Maybe it's just as well, because, had I done it earlier, I would have missed out on the amazing atmosphere that is out there on the streets of Dublin right now
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Restaurant Review - Loam
12 December 2014
Loam is the new, long-awaited restaurant by Enda McEvoy. Why long-awaited? McEvoy is a Cavan-born chef who has been cooking in Galway for some time, both in the former Sheridan's on the Dock, and Aniar when it was awarded its first Michelin Star in 2013.
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - Henry's Bar & Grill
10 December 2014
Located in one of the most beautifully scenic settings that our country has to offer, Henry’s Bar & Restaurant in Cashelgarron, Co. Sligo rests just at the foot of the famous Benbulben.