So just how much does eyesight determine the flavour of food? Pól Ó Conghaile pulls on a blindfold for a tasting menu with a difference.

The five-star Dylan Hotel in Dublin has plunged into the red, recording a pre-tax loss of €741,690 in its newly released 2010 accounts.

A FOUR-STAR hotel owned by Menolly Homes boss Seamus Ross recorded an operating loss of €1.7 million in 2009.