Galway Bay Brewery now has 11 pubs in Galway and Dublin and will be opening in Limerick in June. 

Wine dinners — where importer and restaurant collaborate to showcase a particular range of wines — are often great fun and very good value too.

THE recent public tasting in Cork organised by the Spanish Embassy was, as expected, both a great way to survey what’s on the market in Ireland today, and a thrilling immersion in total sensory pleasure.

Supermarket group Tesco is understood to be on the verge of agreeing a £20m (€30m) deal to sell its Dillons newsagents chain in Britain.