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‘If you had a problem [sourcing antiques or valuations] Gerry had an answer; his knowledge was outstanding,’ recalls fellow antique dealer

A poignant coincidence

Cathal Brugha was shot during fighting in Dublin at the outset of the Civil War and died at the Mater Hospital the next morning, July 7, 1922. He w...

The exterior of the remodelled Zanzibar Locke on Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin. It was the North African-themed superpub on Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin that attracted hordes of twentysomethings during the Celtic Tiger years. And Andrew Fowler, who is now overseeing the final stages of the multimillion-euro redevelopment of Zanzibar, was one of those young customers. “I gave a few years of my misspent youth to Zanzibar,” Fowler, a Dalkey native and co-founder of Locke Hotels, said. “It was ...

  Back to Dine, the meal kit enterprise that brought about collaborations between chefs in Dublin, Galway and London, is spreading its wings to New York. Temple Garner, chef proprietor at San Lorenzo’s and Bresson, and restaurant promoter Anthony Remedy, have signed up Lee Hanson and Riad Nasar, chef/owners of Frenchette in Tribeca, for the fifth and final box in the series. Frenchette was voted best new restaurant in the 2019 James Beard Foundation awards. The menu for the Back to Dine m...