Joe McNamee: Is it time to subsidise Irish hospitality?

'There is one question that gauges the real viability of Irish hospitality like no other: as a waiter/server, will I qualify for a mortgage? The answer is almost inevitably, no'

Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie in The Bear

Our shared and serious passion for music and film led my daughter and I to The Bear, a truly magnificent TV series (TV being the new ‘film’) set in a Chicago restaurant with Michelin star aspirations.

As a recovering chef, I can confirm its authenticity, at times almost as stressful as actually being back in a slammed kitchen, slaving under a sociopathic bully — it is why some chefs I know can’t watch it.