Let’s celebrate: Nine top restaurants for your next special occasion
A special occasion calls for great food and memorable surroundings; these places deliver the goods any time
Michelin
These two soup recipes have one special ingredient: love
Gazpacho with slow-cooked tomatoes from Andalusia, and a comforting cauliflower soup with Asian flavours
Visit Copenhagen: Great food, self-assured style and bicycles in Denmark’s capital
When in the Danish capital, do as the Danes do and you will be richly rewarded
Who were the big winners at the Irish Restaurant Awards? Best restaurant, chef and more revealed
Two Michelin-star restaurants led the honours at the Irish Restaurant Awards on Monday night, which drew a record-breaking 165,000 public nominations
Escape from the city to a rural refuge in the magical, mystical Burren
Aoibheann McNamara has transformed a 1930s Land Commission cottage on a high plateau in the Burren into a 21st century self-catering retreat
The Pullman review: Is this restaurant on a train carriage travelling towards a Michelin star?
On a beautifully restored train carriage at the Glenlo Abbey Hotel in Galway, the food has purpose and ambition, with some flaws
Patrick Guilbaud on moving to Dublin in the 80s: I remember asking for garlic at the market. ‘Garlic - what do you mean garlic?’
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
From an Ikea chopping board to an €800 knife: professional chefs reveal what they can’t live without
Cookery schools offer non-experts a chance to experience chefs’ tools before investing themselves
‘People don’t just want dinner – they want an occasion’: Restaurants share their secrets to survival
In a notoriously tough industry, some restaurants manage to ride out recessions, pandemics and cost-of-living crises. What’s their secret sauce?
Get a dose of dosa: South Indian cuisine is having an Irish moment
With a rapidly growing Indian population in the Republic, new dishes and flavours are springing up to give them a taste of home
Hana Izakaya review: This fun and friendly Dublin restaurant is a solid addition to the city. It will do well
You can order in waves at Capel Street’s newest izakaya restaurant, from the people behind Musashi
‘Great places to eat at moderate prices in Ireland’: Michelin’s Bib Gourmand restaurants 2025
Ireland has just added three new Bib Gourmand restaurants to its tally of 26 ‘great places to eat at moderate prices’
Michelin-starred restaurants in Ireland, 2025: The complete guide
The full Michelin Guide verdict on the 21 Irish restaurants awarded stars
Three new Michelin stars for Galway, Laois and Kildare restaurants show trend for great food outside Dublin
Chapter One’s wait for a third star continues as Dublin and Northern Ireland are ignored
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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