Our guide to great food and great service across Ireland
Best of lists don’t happen overnight. They take months of planning, research, collaboration and, of course, eating out.…
Bought for €115m by Michael O’Flynn 20 years ago, work now set to begin at Long Mile Rd site
The expression ‘It’s a long road with no turning’ has an Irish resonance. The phrase was the title…
Marina Market boss on his plans for a Cork events centre
Cork developer Tom Coughlan is convinced his Marina Market location in the heart of Cork Docklands is the…
‘Growing up in Cork I never understood why we didn’t film more here’
It is the morning after the Oscars and, like many of us, Éanna Hardwicke is proudly talking about…
‘We were surrounded by Brits who weren’t as funny as us’
As a longtime fan of Kevin Twomey and PJ Kirby Galang’s hit podcast, I’m Grand Mam, interviewing the…
I spent a day with The Young Offenders filming a very Cork wedding — here’s what I learned
On a bright but blustery morning on Cork’s northside, the corridors of Terence MacSwiney Community College hum with…
‘There’s no use learning Irish if you don’t care what happens to Ireland’
Doireann Nà Ghlacáin: It all started on a night out. We were sitting in 777 having what were…
‘You can have it all — just not all at once’
A mainstay in Irish make-up bags, POCO Beauty has grown quickly in the two plus years since it…
The Smiths, Rolling Stones, Damon Albarn…Â Eight great gigs at the Savoy in Cork through the years
The Athy tenor had sung in various Cork venues through the decades, but the Savoy concert had a…
Cork star on Peaky Blinders, Irish Oscar hopes, and turning 50
It is a big year for Cillian Murphy. Yes, he has a busy schedule ahead in terms of…
The city centre enters a new golden age after decades of change
Statio Bene Fida Carinis — A Safe Harbour for Ships — the motto on the Cork coat of…
‘It was very strange to feel so at home in a new country. But I do’
If Irishness was measured by people’s ability to talk about the weather, Rosie O’Donnell may well deserve some sheep-grazing…