Leeside dines out on Lonely Planet accolade

CORK tourism figures have reported they are feeling slightly less of a pinch than the national picture – exactly a year after being listed in a top guide as one of the Top 10 cities to visit in 2010.

Overseas trips to Ireland in the first half of the year were down by more than a fifth compared to 2009, but the mood appears more positive on Leeside.

One of the businesses singled out for preferable mention in the Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel edition was Cafe Paradiso, already renowned as one of the country’s best vegetarian restaurants, but which had to be completely refurbished after the floods which hit the city just a fortnight after the guide’s publication in early November 2009.