Dining Out Restaurant review: Tapa offers a sublime taste of Spain in a cosy corner of StepasideChef Manuel Alfaro coaxes complex flavours out of old favourites and unusual dishes alike
Dining Out Restaurant review: This relatively new Galway eatery already feels like one of the best in the westAt Blackrock Cottage in Salthill, Martin O’Donnell and Mathieu Telier are serving up great food and hospitality
Travel Travel: Basque in the heartland of pintxos and fine wines at smile-inducing pricesIt’s well worth a long sea voyage with to explore a region of Spain with its own incomparable character
Dining Out Restaurant review: John Coffey of Thyme in Athlone is the best Irish chef you’ve never heard ofThe chef-patron of the midlands restaurant is cooking up sublime dishes with the best of Irish produce
Wind energy Statkraft acquires Irish wind farms from London-listed Renewals Infrastructure GroupThe sites have a total capacity of 35 megawatts, but could provide repowering opportunities
Dining Out Unpretentious, flavourful, Irish-focused: Forbes Street at The Marker hits all the right notesChef Gareth Mullins name-checks many of the country’s best food and drink producers on the menu at his newly opened restaurant
Politics Explainer: Far-right eyes first return to power in Spain since death of FrancoEverything you need to know about Spain’s general election and what it could mean for Europe
Dining Out Restaurant review: At Bubbas in Dalkey, tasty and well-priced seafood banishes the summertime blues This southside eaterie will please the crowds with its mix of fairly-priced fish dishes served up with a dash of northern Spain
Restaurants The couple behind the two Michelin-star Aimsir are popping up at Carton House in AugustJordan and Majken Bech-Bailey will oversee a series of special dinner events at the hotel in Maynooth next month
Property Fall in house prices this year ‘still plausible’ but less likely: MyHome report Asking prices for homes around the country were up by 2.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year, the study found
Media Read the full text of Kevin Bakhurst’s email to RTÉ staff The new director-general sent the message on Monday morning
Media Bakhurst to stand down RTÉ executive board, calls events of past week ‘shameful’New director general said broadcaster’s financial integrity “must be on a par with our editorial integrity”
Dining Out Restaurant review: At Wine Fandango in Rioja, the prices and the food will have you dancing for joyAt this bar and restaurant in the small city of Logrono, you’ll find wines from €1.90 a glass, delicious food and a warm Spanish welcome
Media Business Post Group partners with Sweden’s Bonnier NewsDeal announced in Dublin by Business Post Group CEO and majority shareholder Enda O’Coineen, and Bonnier News CEO Anders Eriksson
Greece ‘Our hearts are broken’ at loss of two teenagers: St Michael’s College principalTim Kelleher said the school community is “reeling” from the loss of Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall
Food & Wine Maria Archer and Ahmet Dede on turning an old customs house into a two Michelin-starred restaurantThe business partners behind Dede at the Customs House in Baltimore in west Cork say mutual respect has been the key to their success - and they’re not stopping yet
Dining Out The Bishop’s Buttery in Tipperary is a swanky special-occasion dinner stop worth every pennyThe flagship restaurant at the Cashel Palace in Co Tipperary features luxury ingredients creatively presented and perfectly balanced, making it one of the finest special-occasion dinner destinations in the country
Dining Out Restaurant review: At Row Wines, expect clever cooking that appeals to grazers and feasters alikeThe new wine bar from Marc and Conor Bereen, who ran the much-loved Coppinger Row for over a decade, does not disappoint
Restaurants Street food chain Noodlee to invest €3m in new Cork outletsThe firm, which is owned by restaurateur Song Ye, plans to open 15 new stores and create up to 200 jobs
Dining Out Restaurant review: Duck into this family-owned Meath hotel for a top notch Sunday lunchAt the Station House Hotel in Kilmessan there are no gimmicks or faff, just great produce that is allowed to shine
