Food & Wine
Hospitality: The entrepreneurs on the expansion trail in 2024
Rising costs have made life tough for firms with some including Nash 19 closing, but others are still aiming to grow their businesses this year
Barry Hennessy reckons luck has played a big part in getting Church Lane, the restaurant he runs with his brother Colin in Midleton in Co Cork, open before Christmas.
“Midleton is a great town with a really great community, but the floods last year hit the area very hard. We got really lucky - we’re on a hill, so the floods didn’t affect us. If the water had breached the doors, there’s a chance we ...
