Tourism bosses have called for a wider government rescue package than the €4bn in income support measures; and want businesses in their industry to receive the bulk of it.

Ireland’s tourism industry said it can deliver growth of 65% if the incoming government restores the 9% Vat rate.

When, on the first Monday of the year, Health Minister Simon Harris asked food businesses to say what they thought about putting calories on menus, he might not have expected the extent of the food fight that followed.

Restaurants and cafes have asked for a bailout from the Government similar to the one given to creches after it emerged that four of the main insurance providers are pulling out of the Irish hospitality market.

DUBLIN is to be the third home in Europe for the luxury Anantara hotel brand, joining Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort in Portugal and the Anantara Villa Padierna Palace in Marbella, Spain.

The Restaurant Association of Ireland’s FBD Insurance-sponsored Food Destinations 2019 competition is now accepting applications from any suburb, village, town or region that believes it has a unique food tourism offering and wants to shout it out to the world.

Research commissioned by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) said Government had to match the level of private investment in tourism in the regions post-Brexit.

We need to talk about no-shows. Some may not even understand the term used by restaurants when guests who have booked a table do not show up on the night or cancel at the last minute when it’s too late to refill the table.

A Dublin restaurant is booked out for months on end and not for the first time.

Hundreds of people turned up to eat at a Dublin restaurant that was giving its day’s taking to homelessness.

It’s another chapter in the success story of Chapter One, with the fine dining Dublin venue voted the best restaurant in Ireland for the ninth time by the Restaurant Association of Ireland.

The restaurant sector has hit out at a “spiraling claims culture” after the High Court awarded €20,000 in damages to a woman who banged her knee against the leg of a table while sitting down to dinner.

The dining-out sector in Ireland is experiencing a bumper year, Bord Bia has revealed, with the market so far topping a record €7.5bn.

How did Dingle, once a poor, little fishing port, evolve to become one of the most important towns in the Irish food world? Ahead of the Dingle Food Festival - and the Blás na hÉireann Irish National Food Awards - Joe McNamee pays tribute.

Young people are being encouraged to consider a career in tourism after a new study found a shortage of workers in the hospitality sector.

One of the country’s top chefs who runs an award-winning fine French dining restaurant is to host a fundraising cookery demonstration for Cork Simon.

Restaurateurs have hit out at Dublin City Council for raking in a “sunshine tax” on outdoor tables and chairs.

Restaurateurs have asked why the industry should lose out out on a €15m Easter bonanza when “even the Vatican City doesn’t obey this ridiculous” ban on alcohol sales.

Tony Clayton Lea visits Scholars Restaurant in Drogheda.

The cash pile at one of the country’s best known restaurants, the Michelin- starred Chapter One, last year jumped more than 40% to almost €1m. 

Neuroscientists are finding out that the context in which we eat or drink, influences our taste buds, reports Dan Buckley

FOR OUR May Slow Food East Cork event we returned to Sage Restaurant in Midleton to celebrate the local food.

Restaurants are forced to miss out on approximately €1 million worth of additional sales through not being allowed to serve customers alcohol on Good Friday.

Moves to force restaurants to display calorie counts on menus will cost the industry €110m a year, according to the Restaurant Association of Ireland.

Tune in tonight to watch award-winning chef Neven Maguire create delicious dishes using ingredients from local producers.

Calorie-counting on menus is not the way to go, one of the leading heart and stroke charities in the country has told the Government.

Three quarters of all fast food restaurants now include a calorie count on their menus, according to figures from the Department of Health.

Some of the awards typically displayed by restaurants are bought by the owner and do not signify that the premises has been inspected, Restaurant Association of Ireland chief Adrian Cummins warned.

WALK into any restaurant these days and you’re frequently confronted by a wall covered with plaques and framed certificates, telling you how great the restaurant is. What do they all mean, if anything?

The Restaurant Association of Ireland says it is time for the ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday to be lifted.

The Department of Social Protection is holding a jobs fair in Dublin city centre today in collaboration with the Irish Hotel Federation and the Restaurant Association of Ireland.

As restaurants continue to close, Joe McNamee discovers that a good location and the right menu are the keys to survival

Off-licences across the country were reporting brisk trade last night as shoppers flocked to buy wine before the price shot up from midnight.

Ross Lewis

Restaurants are being asked to comply with new voluntary regulations which would see calories displayed on menus.

Chapter One has once again rewritten the recipe for success, with the fine dining Dublin venue now named best restaurant four years in a row.

The Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI) is hoping it can create 4,000 new jobs over the next four years through its proposed "Fast Track Chef" training scheme.

From time to time we invite a chef whose food we admire and enjoy, to come to the school to teach a guest chef course.

A nightclub in Co. Westmeath has been found to have breached the MEAS code on the responsible promotion of alcohol.

CHAPTER ONE has turned the page on another success story, with the fine dining Dublin venue voted best restaurant in Ireland by the Restaurant Association of Ireland for the third year in a row.