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Two Kilkenny restaurants among Michelin Stars for 2021 They have retained their Michelin Star status in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2021 Reporter: sam.matthews@kilkennypeople.ie Two popular Kilkenny restaurants – Campagne in Kilkenny City and the Lady Helen at Mount Juliet Hotel, Thomastown – have retained their Michelin Star status );  ); Two popular Kilkenny restaurants – Campagne in Kilkenny City and the Lady Helen at Mount Juliet Hotel in Thomastown – have ret...

IT might be more than halfway through dry January but with the country in strict lockdown, its not the easiest month to go booze free. However the husband and wife team behind Glasgow-based drinks producer, Clever Kombucha, think they have come up with a more than palatable alternative to alcohol. And it is a case of going back to basics and tradition as Alan and Kelsey Moore believe their new barley water drink could be just the tonic right now. It also signals a brand change and the c...

Lifestyle The prestigious Michelin Guide awarded new Stars to Irish restaurants tonight in a virtual ceremony that reflected on the challenging times restaurants worldwide are currently in.  The event, which was held over a virtual video link made available on the Michelin Guide UK Twitter feed, saw many of the top names in Irish food celebrated as the Guide announced stars for the UK and Ireland.  Hosted by Davina McCall via YouTube, the event was watched by thousands, with many sending mes...

Angela’s charity has dished out hot meals to hungry key workers during the pandemic What’s a kitchen whiz to do when Covid closes her restaurants? In Angela’s case, it’s whisk up 1,000 meals a day for NHS workers, as Francesca Babb discovers    When the first lockdown closed her restaurants last March, Angela Hartnett was quick to make the situation a little less bleak by teaming up with her friend Lulu Dillon to establish a nonprofit charity, Cook-19. They began making meals for NHS...

The unsolved murder of woman who is still unidentified 40 years on An extensive murder inquiry brought one suspect to trial but a not guilty verdict - meaning the case remains unsolved 06:00, 24 JAN 2021 Updated Sign up for our free newsletter for court stories sent straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with o...

BBC News By John Murphy image captionLondons Spitalfields, where Irish labourers were accused of under-cutting English men Ever since the word Brexit was first coined in 2012, issues of migration, integration and independence have dominated public debate across the UK and Ireland. Now we have reached the centenary year of the partition of Ireland, BBC journalist Fergal Keane has looked back at the profound influence, over many centuries, of the Irish in Britain in a new BBC Radio 4 podcast. Ho...

Abdur Rakib was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday - Credit: MPS A man received a two-year suspended prison sentence and unpaid work for a drug offence, after a group coerced a 13-year-old boy to deal drugs for them. Abdur Rakib, of Sclater Street, Spitalfields, admitted being involved in the supply of class A drugs and and was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday (January 20). The 21-year-old was part of a group of three men who coerced a teenager into selling drugs b...

Supreme Court judges ruled in favour of small business policy holders (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images) As a communications professional, you rarely want your client and the words “the Supreme Court” to appear in the same sentence. However, last week, the justices issued a 112-page judgement on the Financial Conduct Authority’s appeal asking for “clarification” on whether insurance companies were required to pay business interruption claims for companies which had been forced to ...

Often seen as the seafood restaurant in London, J Sheekey is a West End establishment which has been around since proprietor Josef Sheekey was given permission to sell seafood in St Martins Court in 1896 (on the provision he provide dinner for Lord Salisbury and his friends). Skip to 2017 and it is still plying theatre-goers with rich oysters and their gloriously creamy signature fish pie. 28-32 St Martins Ct, London WC2N 4AL, 020 7240 2565, j-sheekey.co.uk Westerns Laundry Now for a notably ...

BBC News By Kevin Peachey image copyrightGetty Images Tens of thousands of small businesses will receive insurance payouts covering losses from the first national lockdown, following a court ruling. The Supreme Court found largely in favour of small firms receiving payments from business interruption insurance policies. For some businesses it could provide a lifeline, allowing them to trade beyond the coronavirus crisis. The ruling could cost the insurance sector hundreds of millions of pounds....