4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (286+ words) I arrive at Gaffe already primed to like it. On the outside wall beside the entrance to Leonard’s Corner pub, the tipping policy is clearly displayed. How many restaurants have you seen it in? Here, it’s impossible to miss: 100 per…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1391+ words) “The amount of passionfruit martinis we sell is eye-watering these days,” says Marie Mellett, owner of Mellett’s Emporium. “On some Saturdays we’d almost sell as many of them as we do pints.” Mellett is the seventh generation to manage the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (501+ words) Blanket (2012) – nothing to do with Michael Jackson’s youngest son – is a large John Newling work of pressed Jersey kale leaves, arranged in uniform rows, which you pass on your way into Cúán Greene’s recently opened restaurant in Abbeyleix, Co Laois....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (396+ words) Ikea is cutting prices by €1.2 billion in Europe, including in Ireland, this year on some of its most popular products such as Billy bookshelves and Kallax storage units, as the flat-pack furniture retailer seeks to counter the cost of living…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (767+ words) Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria – Australia’s smallest state – is often deemed to be the cultural centre of this vast continent. It is also widely regarded as one of the best foodie hubs of Australia, with a wide range of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1069+ words) One evening in early 2013, Aidan Mullally found himself nervously hovering outside the Foggy Dew pub in Dublin city centre. After “a bad Christmas” overshadowed by grief, Mullally had taken to Google in search of a sense of community. He stumbled…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) An Irish woman was found dead at a house in a suburb near Melbourne, Australia, on Friday morning. A statement from Victoria police said a man was arrested after the woman was found dead at a residential property at Ferntree…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) A self-described anti-Islam activist has been sent forward for trial accused of carrying out an arson attack at a mosque and putting lives at risk. Saeid Khosroabadi (41) was arrested following a fire at the doorway of the Faizan E Madinah…...