Irish Examiner view: Dining out has bounced back. Now it's time for a second breakfast...

Ireland's dining out boom — and breakfast as a social occasion — ought to be followed by having smaller meals more often

Irish people's changing eating habits could usefully include 'zweites Frühstück' or second breakfast, involving several small meals often rather than filling up with huge repasts. Stock picture

Given the long-departed habit of paying people in cash weekly on a Thursday (that’s once how it was, younger readers) it is difficult to understand, at first pass, why it has become the “new Friday” for eating out, according to an insights report from Bord Bia.

Perhaps it is a consequence of the switch to working from home confirming a mindset that the weekend starts on Thursday evening. Statistics indicate that the most popular days for the WFH crew are Fridays and Mondays.