News Archive
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Black Pig in Donnybrook
27 February 2012
I think we could safely say that from the start of the package holiday in the 1960’s holidays to Spain were best known for sun, sea, sand and sex! Food and fun to the tourist was limited in their mind to paella, Sangria, followed up with a good belt of..
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EDIBLE AT SCIENCE GALLERY TCD & MODERNIST CUISINE
22 February 2012
EDIBLE/MODERNIST CUISINE Did you know that in Ireland we consume on average over 400 grams per day of beer against the world average of around 80 grams per day. On the good side we apparently also consume over 200 grams per day of oranges against the
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Restaurant Review - Two Little Crackers
22 February 2012
I am writing this review on a Saturday evening, having failed to secure a table in a number of Dublin restaurants. Well, perhaps I could have had a table if I was prepared to play the two-sittings game -- 6pm or 9pm -- or sit in the upstairs function r
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Designing Women Are Jewels of the Downturn
13 February 2012
FROM time immemorial jewellery has always had a fascination for people. It is the ultimate declaration of love, as we saw recently with the auction of Elizabeth Taylor's fabulous jewels, including the famous 33.19-carat diamond ri
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Restaurant Review - Pearl Brasserie
13 February 2012
'How would you like to be, down by the Seine with me? Oh what I'd give for a moment or two, under the bridges of Paris with you." So goes the romantic song crooned by the sultry Eartha Kitt. We can't all be under the bridges of Paris at the drop of a hat
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Two Industrious Self Starters -A Soapmaker & Linen Producer
06 February 2012
I never cease to be in awe of the number of brilliant people who have the 'get up and go' to start their own business. As seen at the recent Showcase
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Restaurant Review - Cinnamon, Ranelagh
06 February 2012
How difficult can it be to process an order for two starters and two main courses? It seemed all too much, says Lucinda O’Sullivan, for the staff at Cinnamon. A shame, as the food was good
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Our Latest Great Place to Stay & Eat - Trim Castle Hotel
03 February 2012
The lush wonderful lands of Co. Meath are aptly named the Royal County for they have attracted the great and the good down through the centuries including Empress Elizabeth of Austria, a noted beauty about whom the romantic movies ‘Sissi’ were made....