These are tremulous times to be in the hospitality business and so The Menu is delighted to hear of Japanese-chef-turned-Corkonian Takashi Miyazaki’s plans to reopen his splendid Michelin starred restaurant, Ichigo Ichie, for Tanabata (July 7).

East Cork coastal village back in wealthy buyers' spotlight, 25 years after Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp and John Hurt lolled around shooting the aborted movie Divine Rapture