Spanish Brewer to Acquire 32% of Carlow Brewing Company

Spanish Brewer Hijos de Rivera to Acquire 32% of Carlow Brewing Company

Carlow Brewing Company, the Irish brewer behind the popular range of craft beers O’Haras, has announced it has secured an investment by Spanish brewer Hijos de Rivera, a family-owned company that will acquire 32% of their Bagenalstown based operation. Hijos de Rivera is better known for their popular Estrella Galicia lager. Both companies have developed a […]

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Rose Gold Prosecco Anyone? Make Your Bubbles Shimmer This Summer

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

As if Prosecco wasn’t fabulous enough, you can now buy edible glitter powder to coordinate your tipple with your timepiece, transforming your bubbles to rose gold Prosecco. The shimmer dust not only makes your drink sparkle but also adds a sweet raspberry flavour, like a glittery berry Bellini of sorts! The shimmer powder won’t dilute

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This App Allows you to Rent Luxury Hotel Rooms by the Minute

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Whether you seek the perfect place for the ultimate power nap or you want to enjoy the comfort of a luxury hotel room for any other reason, you can now do so for shorter periods of time thanks to Recharge, an app backed by JetBlue Technology Ventures, which was officially launched in 2016 in San Francisco and has expanded

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A Guinness Superfan is Handed the Keys to the Home of Guinness for A Once in A Lifetime Overnight Stay

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

Today Guinness fan James Morrissey from New York is going to be the first person to stay overnight in the iconic Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse as part of Ireland’s first ever Airbnb ‘Night At’. The competition ran in March, saw the seven-story visitor attraction listed as a residence on Airbnb’s website, offering one

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Dolce & Gabbana and Smeg to Release Dream Kitchen Appliance Range

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

We all recognise the quintessential retro fridges emblazoned with Smeg as an instant style upgrade to any kitchen. Taking kitchen goals to a whole new level however, Dolce and Gabbana last year collaborated with Smeg to create an exclusive collection of 100 hand painted fridges, which reportedly retailed for close to €30,000 a piece. This

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Frost in Champagne Pose Risk of Shortage | Champagne News

Champagne Feeling the Frostbite as Low Temperatures Pose Risk of Shortage

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Frost in Champagne have producers facing a tough reality as severe cold weather impacted the region’s vineyards for a second year in a row. Some vineyards have seen destruction of up to 50% of the potential 2017 harvest due to a violent drop in temperatures last week, with prolonged lows of minus six degrees. Because

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Eat for Free at Dublin’s New Heinz Beanz Cafe and it’s Popping Up in Cork Too

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

If a fry up isn’t the same for you without a portion of baked beans, or the popular breakfast food is often your go-to dinner in a hurry then you’ll want to reserve a table at the Heinz Beanz Cafe, popping up in Dublin from today and coming to Cork in May. The creative menus

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This Irish Company Brings 4 Wine Brands Amongst the 10 Most Admired in The World

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

Drinks International magazine recently announced the top 10 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands and Findlater Wine & Spirit Group is honoured that it represents 4 of the top 10 here in Ireland. For the third time Spain’s Bodegas Torres was named Number 1 on the prestigious annual list. It has never been out of the

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Roll it Your Way ‒ Customise your Sushi at this New Place on Abbey Street

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Fancy double salmon in your roll? Your futomaki (large sushi roll) whims will be catered for at Takara Ramen & Sushi, a recently opened Japanese restaurant in Abbey Street in which you can customise your order just as you would on a deli. Takara Sushi Dublin opens Monday to Sunday from 11:30 am to 9:00 pm.

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Rejoice! Low Calorie Super Food Ice Cream Oppo to Hit Irish Freezers this Summer

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

While warm weather isn’t an Irish summer certainty, that ice cream craving we all get when the sun peaks through the clouds is guaranteed to make an appearance. Indulging that craving is about to become entirely guilt free, with the award-winning Oppo ice cream set to hit Supervalu stores across Ireland in the next few

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Fonté Coffee Roaster is Bringing the Coolest Beans to Temple Bar

This New Independent Coffee Shop is Bringing the Coolest Beans to Temple Bar

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Coffee lovers can’t get enough and at recently opened Fonté Coffee Roaster, in Parliament Street, Temple Bar, they can now find top quality beans brewed by passionate and skilled baristas. While the café has been open for a few weeks now, they’re getting their official launch next Wednesday. Fonté Coffee Roaster was founded in 1992 in Seattle,

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The Great Irish Food Quiz Arrives to Maperath Farm on May 6th to Support Down Syndrome Ireland

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Run by Chef Áine Maguire of The Idle Wall, Westport, Co. Mayo, The Great Irish Food Quiz is moving to Maperath Farm in Kells where this year will be hosted by Olivia Duff of the Headfort Arms Hotel and her husband Eoin Sharkey. The couple will open their turkey barn to food lovers for an evening of

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Tankardstown House to Celebrate the Seasons with French Summer Gourmet Dinner

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

Herald the arrival of summer with a unique gastronomic experience on Tuesday, 9th May at Tankardstown House in Slane, Co. Meath when new Head Chef Adrian Cassidy will create a delicious Tasting Menu. Cassidy will showcase a menu with a decidedly French feel to usher in the season and highlight the finest ingredients early summer

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Guess Which Celebrities Will Help Choose Bollingers Best Dressed Lady

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

All the stops were pulled out for picking the judges for this years Bollinger Best Dressed Lady Competition with no less than fifteen personalities engaged. The competition is part of the Punchestown Festival. Each day the panel is made up of a celebrity judge, a fashion editor or blogger, a racing WAG and sponsor’s representative.

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Celebrate Spanish Wine Week with a Tasting by O’Briens Wine’s Lynne Coyle

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

What better way to celebrate Spanish Wine Week than a wine tasting led by Lynne Coyle, Master of Wine and Director of O’Briens Wine. The tasting will include classics such as Rioja Gran Reserva and some of the best new-wave wines from up and coming regions. It will be held on Thursday April 27th, 7pm

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Irish Whiskey and Scotch go Head to Head this May 17th at an unmissable Whiskey tasting

Small Bites, Whiskey / Roisin Flynn

The Celtic Whiskey Shop is teaming up with 57 The Headline bar and hosting a battle of the nations, where Ireland and Scotland will go head to head in a whiskey tasting. This event will be held on May 17th, upstairs in 57 The Headline bar at 7:30pm. Joel Harrison will be a guest star

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The Science Vs the Fiction Behind Biodynamic Wines - A Talk with Author Monty Waldin

The Science Vs the Fiction Behind Biodynamic Wine – A Talk with Author Monty Waldin

Drinks, News, Small Bites, Wine / Gaby Guedez

Biodynamic wines have an air of supernatural mystery that tends to divide wine lovers into hard devotees and Mulder or Scully types: those doubtful but who want to believe and those who are skeptics to the bone. It is a topic in which often, opinions outnumber facts and well-researched and educational material that is also engaging and balanced enough not to alienate any

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Sligo Food Trail Celebrates the Wild Atlantic Way with Launch of ‘Taste the Sea’ Video

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

“Success breeds success” according to the old adage, and that certainly seems to be true for Sligo Food Trail, who are shining a bright light on quality food in the county. The latest venture by this proactive group championing Sligo’s foodie treasures is a video entitled ‘Taste the Sea’, highlighting their many members along the

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New Study Reveals One in Five Irish People are Regular Gluten Free Shoppers

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

According to research carried out by Bord Bia one in five (20%) Irish people are now shopping for gluten free food regularly, despite only 1% of the Irish population having been medically diagnosed with coeliac disease. According to the research carried out by Kantar Worldpanel, the gluten free market in Ireland is estimated to be

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WellFest Timetable Details Have Been Released!

Small Bites / Roisin Flynn

WellFest, Ireland’s only health, fitness and wellness festival, today announced the full details of this years timetable. WellFest take place over the 6th and 7th of May, in Dublin’s Herbert Park, and will host some of the world’s best-known health and fitness stars for talks, interactive classes and demonstrations. The festival, in association with KBC, has

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A Memorable Taste of Brasserie on the Corner at the Galway Food Festival

Restaurant Reviews / Darina Coffey

One of the most eagerly anticipated events during the recent Galway Food Festival was a specially curated five-course meal in Brasserie on The Corner, one of Galway’s most popular restaurants, located in the heart of the city on Eglington Street. The ‘A Taste of Brasserie’ menu on the night was created by newly appointed Head

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