News Archive
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Restaurant Review - Cleaver East
29 August 2013
What is it about men and their weapons? Thirty years ago, Marco Pierre White launched his cleaver clutching, tousle haired, moody, sexy-chef image –- today he promotes stock cubes and steak houses! Now Michelin starred chefs, Oliver Dunne of Bon Appetit,
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SABA Lobsterfest is back!
29 August 2013
Lobsterfest, the annual shellfish shindig at Saba, is back from Monday 9th until Sunday 22nd September. Diners can enjoy exquisite lobster fresh from the waters of Inisboffin or freshly shucked Carlingford Lough oysters to sip, slurp and sup!
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Chefs and limelight are a recipe for trouble!
28 August 2013
EGO – three little letters for a very powerful word that can destroy people and their families. Other ways we have of describing misplaced supersized ego is 'losing the plot', 'believing one's own publicity', 'carried away with themselves' or
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Our Latest Great Place To Eat - The Cloister Restaurant
28 August 2013
Dermot and Noreen Fetton are two of the most experienced people operating within the hospitality business in Ireland today. Both spent many years working in 5 Star establishments; the legendary Dromoland Castle and the Castlemartyr Resort in East Cork.
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END OF SUMMER FAMILY HOTEL BREAKS - GRAB THEM!
19 August 2013
AS AUTUMN leaves approach, many families like to seize the moment and head off for a last precious few days of fun before the school year begins.
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RESTAURANT REVIEW - REUBEN'S RESTAURANT AT THE STEP HOUSE
19 August 2013
It was a scorching Sunday morning as I decided to hit the road for somewhere, rather than the road to nowhere around the house! I am a last minute traveller defined by my family of men as bonkers for, on a previous impulsive Sunday a few years back,
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Restaurant Review - La Dolce Vita/Village Bistro
16 August 2013
Early Bird and Value Menus are the midweek mainstay of many restaurants, so it is in a restaurant’s own interests to make them as inviting as possible. We took in a few recently, during the lovely summer evenings.
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Makers & Brothers
14 August 2013
RIVERDANCE brought Irish dancing into today's world giving it a modern edge – and brothers Jonathan and Mark Legge are aiming to do the same with Irish crafts and design...
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A Caviston's Greystones now open for Dinner
08 August 2013
Amy Caviston of A Caviston's in Greystones is now opening her brilliant seafood cafe restaurant for dinner.....
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MARBELOUS CITY FOR ARTS, CRAFTS AND FOOD TRAILS
05 August 2013
FOOD tourism is a huge industry around the world and something that has been growing in Ireland in the past few years. There is no doubt but that when businesses in a region or town band together it proves to be to everyone's advantage.
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Restaurant Review - Copper Bar
05 August 2013
Will it be third time lucky, we wondered, as we arrived at the new Copper Bar in Sandyford Industrial Estate. Certainly the signs looked good. The place was busy and had life about it, but this is a building with a story. The Sandyford Estate was....