I’m writing this just a few dozen hours before Barack Obama steps down and I’m reminded of how often he and his wife seemed to talk about food.

Spouses and partners of customers in one of Ireland’s leading stores will be able to quietly anaesthetise themselves in comfort in anticipation of the shopping bill, a judge was told today.

LOOKS can be deceiving, that’s for sure. We have walked past Eden Bar & Grill so many times by this stage we have lost count.

First came the mouthwatering news of a dedicated crisp sandwich shop opening its doors in Belfast. Now, Tayto has unveiled plans for a similar operation in Dublin which will be open for business in less than a week.

A childhood classic went mainstream last month with the news of a dedicated crisp sandwich shop opening its doors in Belfast.

A man who stole the car of a woman during their first date has been jailed for 18 months.

Deep breaths, everyone. It’s happening.

IT’S A Dealz, says East Cork estate agent Miah McGrath, holding out the prospect of a 10% return on a Midleton town centre investment, guided at €1.3 million, and with €140,000 a year income stream.

Age: 34

THE Dublin restaurant and café scene is really humming once again.

A statue in honour of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott has been badly damaged after vandals pushed it over.

The best fans in the world, they call us, and they're not wrong.

Annmarie O’Connor is inspired by crystalline snow queens, ice wind goddesses and pitch black nights for our Christmas fashion shoot. Think glittering festive baubles, champagne fizz and iridescent lights

A new adaptation of James Joyce’s short story collection premieres at Dublin Theatre Festival, Alan O’Riordan reports

LUXURY restaurant, food hall and wine cellar Fallon & Byrne saw profits increase significantly last year.

A Dublin city bar with an annual rent bill of €160,000 has been wound up by the High Court for failing to make payments.

A HIGH Court judge has asked legal parties in a business dispute to either prove to the court the existence of a building or confirm its disappearance.

LUXURY restaurant, food hall and wine cellar Fallon & Byrne saw pre-tax profits fall 28% when the economic downturn hit.

DUBLIN’S chewing-gum black- spots have been named and shamed as the city council seeks a contractor to clean up the capital’s sticky problem.

A former IRA jailbreaker was today detained for further questioning by gardaí in relation to yesterday’s armed extortion attempt in Co Cork.

WE’VE come a long way from the singing leprechauns and Celtic kitsch that used to choke up tourist shops.

MUNSTER will receive an initial allocation of 12,000 tickets for their Heineken Cup semi-final clash with Toulouse on April 26 in the Stadium de Toulouse, which has a capacity of 36,000.

A man whose decomposing body was found in Dublin city centre is that of 25-year-old Paul Mc Quaid, it has been confirmed this evening.