Tuesday, August 26, 2025

DERRY CLARKE & YOUEN JACOB SERVE UP A SUMPTUOUS SEPTEMBER BBQ IN AID OF RNLI BALTIMORE

DERRY CLARKE & YOUEN JACOB SERVE UP

A SUMPTUOUS SEPTEMBER BBQ IN AID OF RNLI BALTIMORE


 

A culinary experience not to be missed as summer in West Cork draws to a close

 

Already a renowned food destination, the village of Baltimore is set for another great culinary event this September, when celebrity chef Derry Clarke and restaurateur Youen Jacob cook up a seasonal

Friday, August 22, 2025

Chef Recruitment Open Day at Fota Island Resort, Wednesday 27th August

Chef Recruitment Open Day at Fota Island Resort, Wednesday 27th August

The Cove Restaurant at Fota Island


Fota Island Resort is hosting a recruitment day for chefs of all levels on Wednesday

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Business Networking Breakfast on Friday at Dunnes Stores Patrick Street. Great turnout.

Cathy Fitzgibbon, President, Network Ireland Cork,
and Lucy O'Donoghue, Lucy O'Donoghue Consulting,
 Business Networking Breakfast on Friday at Dunnes Stores, Patrick Street.

There was a great turnout at the new Foodhall on Patrick Street for Friday's Business Networking Breakfast.

Kate Lawlor, Head chef at O’Connell’s Fishmongers, did a cooking demo, while Donal

A Literary Love Match. Cultural Collaboration with MoLI and The College Green Hotel Dublin

  press release

A Literary Love Match

Announcing a Cultural Collaboration with MoLI and The College Green Hotel Dublin

 

PACKAGE OVERVIEW

  • Two-night stay in a

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

We shall not be moved! Resilient. Brilliant. Midleton's Ferrit & Lee

We shall not be moved! Resilient. Brilliant. Ferrit & Lee


Midleton is a town packed with resilience, stirringly displayed in its collective reaction when its businesses and homes were hammered by Covid (2020-22) and the floods (October 2023). 

Featherblade


When local chefs Pat Ferriter and Stephen Lee took over the

Friday, August 15, 2025

Down Syndrome Cork Youth Club cook up a heartwarming evening at the Cornstore

Down Syndrome Cork Youth Club 

cook up a heartwarming evening at the Cornstore.

Beef cheek

It was billed as a “heartwarming evening at Cornstore Restaurant”. And it was that, and

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Cork to Host Aeropress Championship. Skilled coffee makers to compete at Bakestone Café

Cork to Host Aeropress Championship for the First Time

Bakestone Café to Welcome Coffee Fans and Competitors this August


The Irish Aeropress Championship is coming to Cork for the first time this August, with the national event set to take place at the newly opened

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Dingle’s Greenmount House. A great place to stay.

Dingle’s Greenmount House. A great place to stay.

Dingle Days 2025 #3

Not quite the Full Irish, adjusted slightly downwards on request. Beautifully cooked.
Look at that egg, just perfect. Sometimes, you could play Frisbee with the eggs.


I have stayed in a variety of hotels and other accommodations in Ireland over recent years and have no hesitation at all in putting Dingle’s Greenmount House at the top of the list. Here, thanks to the Curran family and staff, to the comfort of its rooms and public areas, to the excellence of its

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Dingle Days 2025. #2. (Half Door dinner, Blennerville Windmill, Tralee Wetlands, Castlegregory, foggy Conor Pass).

Dingle Days 2025 #2 

Blennerville Windmill, Tralee Bay Wetlands (including Lakeside Café), Castlegregory, a foggy Conor Pass and dinner at Dingle’s Half Door.

Sweet finalé at Dingle's Half Door

An excellent dinner at the O’Connor family restaurant, The Half Door (next door to the long-established Doyle’s), brought a “busy” second day in

Friday, August 8, 2025

Dingle Never Disappoints. Rí Fern at Louis Mulcahy’s, Clocher “Climb”, Dunquin Pier, and the fabulous Fish Factory

Dingle Days 2025. #1/3 

Rí Fern at Louis Mulcahy’s, Clocher “Climb” and Dunquin Pier, Dick Mack's and the fabulous Fish Factory


Dingle Never Disappoints

Prawn Curry at Fish Factory


A superb meal at the new restaurant, The Fish Factory, by Nicky and Ann Foley (already well known for Solas in the town), was the highlight of a "busy" first