To celebrate Pride and the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland this June, the Hard Rock Hotel Dublin has teamed up with renowned Irish fashion designer Colin Horgan to re-imagine one of the hotel’s superior guest bedrooms with one very simple brief – Love Out Loud. The new room, which will open to the public on Dublin’s Lord Edward Street today, has been designed by Horgan to create a safe space that feels inclusive to everyone while paying [...]

SommiT is a gathering of food and wine professionals from within the hospitality industry. Attendees will include restaurant professionals both service and culinary, retail sales buyers and sellers, food and wine writers and broadcasters, hoteliers, wine importers and producers and their distributors. The event includes discussion and debate with international authorities in many and varied areas of hospitality. SommiT features an experiential Wine and Food Synergy workshop [...]

The Coburg announces the theme of its second Supper Club following the initial success of Conrad Dublin's destination restaurant. Continuing the series with a focus on gin lovers, the 5-star hotel restaurant invites food enthusiasts to join the event, either dining solo or in groups, and enjoy a thoughtfully curated evening of food and gin in a comfortable and convivial setting with like-minded individuals. Guests can look forward to a three-course dinner menu crafted by Executive Head [...]

President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins together with his wife Sabina were honoured guests of the Imperial Hotel, Cork City at the weekend. The President was on an official visit to Cork to mark the National Day of Commemoration which is traditionally observed on the Sunday closest to June 11th to tie in with the anniversary of the 1921 truce.  Checking in on Saturday 8th July, President Higgins stayed [...]

Kilkenny’s much loved Newpark Hotel has announced the appointment of a new general management team to steer the 4-star property towards its ambitious future goals. The strategic appointments will see Niall Dunne, who previously held the role of Deputy Manager, and Mark Flynn, a highly experienced hospitality professional and member of the Flynn family, take up the shared general management role. The third-generation family run hotel, which [...]

Kerry based hotel group the O’Donoghue Ring Collection, is delighted to have been awarded the Operational Excellence in Hospitality, Tourism, & Leisure accolade at this year’s Operational Excellence Awards held at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin on Thursday (15 June).   Presided over by a world-class judging panel drawn from the industry, academia and the broader stakeholder community, the annual Operational Excellence Awards aim to recognise and reward the individuals, teams and organisations who have made a commitment to achieving operational excellence and [...]

John Core, culinary nutrition lead and group business manager with catering and workplace services provider Sodexo Ireland, has won the inaugural Paula Mee Applied Culinary Nutrition Memorial Award from TU Dublin. It was established earlier this year by the university’s School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology in memory of Paula, a well-known author and lecturer at the school, who was one of Ireland’s most prominent dieticians [...]

The sun shone brightly on the longest evening of the year as General Manager Nicky Logue welcomed guests to the InterContinental Dublin’s Garden Terrace party on midsummers evening. Invitees dined al fresco with Spanish guitarist Juan adding to the holiday atmosphere and enjoyed Midsummer & Paradiso cocktails, Bubbles and Rose while sampling the new summer menus developed by Executive Chef Alberto Rossi and his team. Nestling in the courtyard of the Hotel, the Garden Terrace and Veranda is [...]

The month of June is officially ‘Great Outdoors Month’ and a great opportunity to encourage friends, family and children to take some time away from the screens and harsh fluorescents and enjoy some natural beauty.  The Royal Canal Greenway and Old Rail Trail in County Westmeath offer breathtakingly scenic cycle routes that run alongside the Royal Canal and an old railway line through the Hidden Heartlands. Cycle [...]

The Westin Dublin, is set to join Autograph Collection Hotels later this year as The College Green Hotel, Autograph Collection. The new name reflects both the heritage and dynamism of the popular College Green quarter and its contemporary, yet historic locale. The renowned hotel is owned by the MHL Hotel Collection who have invested in a €10 million phased renovation over recent years. The transformation will culminate [...]

Pinergy, the clean energy supply & solutions company has today announced the launch of a €30 million fund to accelerate the delivery of solar energy to businesses across the country. Funded solar is a new service for commercial energy users that will enable them to access lower-cost renewable energy as they get ready for the energy transition. As part of this new service, Pinergy will design, install, [...]

An award-winning chef at a Cork lifestyle destination is sharing his top tips to make the most out of your barbecue experience as the weather heats up. David Rice is the newest addition to the restaurant team at The Pavilion, Ballygarvan and takes up the role as Development Chef. He is encouraging people to get creative this summer and to experiment with different flavours and joints of [...]

Popular local Chinese street food restaurant Noodlee has announced a €3m investment across Cork city and county as they are set to open 15 new stores of chain in the coming months, resulting in the creation of up to 200 jobs. The major investment in Cork’s food and hospitality industry is part of a significant expansion by the brand, who hope to bring their authentic Chinese-style cooking [...]

Nearly a year on from opening, Orwell Road, by Bereen brothers Marc and Conor, is well established in the heart of Rathgar. The modern Irish restaurant uses the best and freshest local Irish produce, and Head Chef Dan Hannigan’s cooking has won a very loyal following for this very convivial and stylish local favourite. Alongside their Summer Dinner a la carte menu, served from Tuesday to Sunday [...]

Bord Bia is launching a series of meat promotional campaigns with the European Union in China this week worth €8 million. The co-funded campaigns to promote meat from Europe will also build awareness of Ireland as a supplier of high-quality, safe and sustainably produced beef, lamb, pork and poultry. Coinciding with the ministerial-led trade mission to China, Bord Bia is hosting a chef masters event in Beijing, Sustainable [...]

Stocktaking service Stocktaking.ie, supported by food service software DigiTally, has launched its 2023 fundraiser to support the Cancer Fund for Children, an all-Ireland charity that provides emotional support to children diagnosed with cancer and their families. The fundraiser officially kicked off on Tuesday 18 April with a coffee morning, while on Sunday 23 April, CEO Patrick McDermott ran the London City Marathon in aid of Daisy Lodge [...]

In early summer 2022, The Killarney Park unveiled a stunning transformation of the hotel’s iconic restaurant, led by award winning interior-design firm, Kim Partridge Interiors. Since then, The Peregrine has quickly established itself as the best restaurant in town (Regional winner, Irish Restaurant Awards, The Best Hotel & Guesthouse Restaurant in Kerry 2023), oozing with character and cosy corners, with a sense of occasion in a contemporary relaxed setting, you can [...]

The Blackwater Suite at the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk was the venue for the 2023 YesChef Awards on Monday 8th May. A packed room saw more than 500 guests representing the hospitality industry come together to celebrate the achievements of their friends and colleagues. Shane Smith, Managing Director of NI Media who run the awards said, “The YesChef Awards are recognised as the ‘Go To’ night in the [...]

After 35 years as Director of Marketing and Sales at the legendary Ashford Castle and sister hotel, The Lodge at Ashford, one of the best known and respected hospitality industry professionals, Paula Carroll, will retire at the end of May.  General Manager of the Ashford Estate, Niall Rochford has invited Paula to take on a strategic ambassadorial role until November 2024. “To say it has been a [...]

Beyond The Plate is a celebration of all things food & drink at Beyond The Pale. Festival goers can feast from some of the best Irish street food vendors and enjoy a stellar line-up of talks, tastings, chats, demos and craic on the dedicated food & drink stage.  This summer the Beyond The Plate stage, curated and hosted by food writer Ali Dunworth will focus on food folklore, feasting and [...]

Hawksmoor has confirmed the opening date for their first restaurant in Ireland. Work on the historic National Bank building is weeks from completion, transforming 34 College Green into an impressive 152-seat restaurant, elegant back-to-back bar and private dining space, which will open on Thursday 25th May, with bookings opening in early May.   Subscribers to the Hawksmoor Dublin mailing list will be invited to book a table during their [...]

The Cork International Hotel is hiring up to 30 new team members across all areas of the hotel.  A recruitment fair will be held at the hotel this Thursday, May 4th from 4pm until 7pm. Trigon Hotels, which includes the Cork International Hotel and the Metropole Hotel, is offering competitive rates of pay along with excellent training, with opportunities for promotion and development open to all candidates.  [...]