by Mark Murphy | Feb 24, 2021 | Featured, Hotels
Summer bookings for Irish hotels and guesthouses are at an historic low, according to the latest survey from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF). Currently booking levels of 21% are being reported for July, with 20% for August – traditionally the busiest months of...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 24, 2021 | Supplier News
Limerick-based artisan chocolatier, Braw, has launched a limited edition range of handcrafted Easter eggs (200g – 250g), which are now available to pre-order online and will also be stocked in a number of independent food stores nationally. Chocolate lovers have...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 23, 2021 | Supplier News
UCC Coffee UK & Ireland has announced it has generated £1,099,600 during 2020 in Fairtrade premium funds, which will help support over 600 farming communities around the world. In 25 years, businesses have contributed over €84m by supplying Fairtrade coffee. These...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Supplier News
Musgrave MarketPlace, has announced it has raised €48,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland in 2020. Funds raised by Musgrave MarketPlace will go towards helping the Alzheimer Society of Ireland provide support services for both families and people with dementia to...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 23, 2021 | Supplier News
Teeling Whiskey has picked up the honour of World’s Best Irish Whiskey across four categories at the 2021 World Whiskies Awards (WWA). These awards were given to its 28-Year-Old Single Malt, in the 21 years and older Single Malt category, along with the prize for...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Restaurants
Over 2,772 consumer complaints were handled by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) Advice Line in 2020, with 34% of complaints relating to unfit food and 30% to poor hygiene standards. Overall, the 2020 complaints saw a decrease on the 3,460 complaints...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 22, 2021 | Hotels
Elaina Fitzgerald Kane, President of the Irish Hotels Federation, has commented regarding the likely reopening timelines for Ireland’s hospitality sector. She said: “Public health must always be the number one priority and we recognise the difficult balance the...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, US News
Two Stacks Irish Whiskey is releasing the world’s first Irish whiskey in a can into the American market this coming March. Dram in a Can is a 100ml, 86 proof can of Irish whiskey. The company describes it as a “complex blend of light and dark grain, pot...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Restaurants
Michelin-starred chef and owner of Aniar Restaurant, JP McMahon, has announced he will host an 8-week cookery course for kids aged 8 to 15 years old starting 10th April. The course will teach children crowd-pleasing and family-friendly food such as lasagna, pancakes,...
by Mark Murphy | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured, Restaurants
The hospitality sector was dealt a blow on Thursday 18th February when Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed in an interview that the country should expect at least nine more weeks of severe lockdown. Speaking to the Irish Mirror, the Taoiseach said that hospitality...
