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  • Three to Try - Noodle Doodle

    Three to Try - Noodle Doodle

    27 June 2014

    We all adore the spices and noodles of Asian food so here are three different places for you to perhaps try.

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  • SOMETHING FOR BONO AND THE BOYS ON THEIR WORLD TOUR

    SOMETHING FOR BONO AND THE BOYS ON THEIR WORLD TOUR

    25 June 2014

    I spoke recently to two men, both involved for many years solely in the world of women's fashion and accessories, who by adding 'something for the boys' to their repertoires, have found that it has greatly enhanced their businesses.

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  • Restaurant Review - Sage Restaurant, Midleton

    Restaurant Review - Sage Restaurant, Midleton

    25 June 2014

    Since first opening Sage Restaurant some five years ago, in a tucked-away premises off Midleton’s Main Street, in East Cork, chef patron, Kevin Aherne, has continuously moved forward.

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  • Restaurant Review - HX46

    Restaurant Review - HX46

    16 June 2014

    ‘HX46 — Cafe and Pan Asian Casual Dining”, emblazoned on a smart, pale-grey shop front in a row of shops on Harold’s Cross Road in D6W, had me hitting the brakes for a better look.

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  • Our Latest Great Place To Eat - McLaughlin's Restaurant @ The Castletroy Park Hotel

    Our Latest Great Place To Eat - McLaughlin's Restaurant @ The Castletroy Park Hotel

    16 June 2014

    The four star Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick is home to a most attractive restaurant, McLaughlin’s, which has a bright elegant atmosphere with lots of light enhanced by cream colours and elegant decorative touches.

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  • Our Latest Great Place To Eat - McGettigans Cookhouse & Bar Cork

    Our Latest Great Place To Eat - McGettigans Cookhouse & Bar Cork

    11 June 2014

    The first branch of McGettigan’s opened its doors way back in 1964 with McGettigan’s Pub on Queens Street in Dublin and their brand has certainly come a long way since then. Today they boast a successful chain of modern Irish restaurants.

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  • The man behind O'Crualaoi's Cork

    The man behind O'Crualaoi's Cork

    10 June 2014

    Driving from East Cork to Kinsale, which we do fairly frequently, I have had to restrain myself on many occasions from jumping out of the car, in the line of traffic through Carrigaline, to join the queue of eager customers hovering around a barbecue outs

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  • Restaurant Review - 64 Wine Sandycove

    Restaurant Review - 64 Wine Sandycove

    10 June 2014

    Some years ago, Gerard Maguire visited Martel, a small town in the south-west of France and, while sitting with his wife, having a glass of the local Bergerac wine with a salad of duck confit, he was struck by the perfection of this simple repast.

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  • THREE TO TRY - COOL BASEMENTS

    THREE TO TRY - COOL BASEMENTS

    06 June 2014

    Here are suggestions for three cool basements in Dublin and Galway with cracking food to try out.

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  • Restaurant Review - Saison

    Restaurant Review - Saison

    06 June 2014

    Tucked away in a totally secluded alcove, one could be forgiven for thinking that it was gone midnight, rather than a little after midday. The basement of 21 Kildare Street has had more column inches written about it over the past number of years than a

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  • Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Galileo's

    Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Galileo's

    06 June 2014

    It was a lovely bright Sunday morning, spring was in the air, the daffodils were peaking through and the ‘urge was on me’ to point the car in some direction out of Dublin!

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  • The Caterer

    The Caterer

    05 June 2014

    Looking recently at the movie The Women, a 2008 remake of the acerbic and amusing 1939 movie, based on a play by Clare Boothe Luce on the lives, loves and dramas of a group of Manhattan wealthy socialite friends, all I could think was plus ca change.

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