The Irish economy’s pick-up continues to feed, and be fed by, new restaurant openings in Carrigaline and Midleton, with established operators to the fore.

Tommy Barker visits a fine, venerable Bandon property, once home to a swashbuckling adventurer, now home to a doyenne of cafe business

PAULINE LOWNEY’S friends and family signed up straight away when the West Cork woman enquired as to whether they were interested in stripping off for charity.