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The Connacht Hospitality Group has announced two new additions to its Board of Directors which will include group operations director Wayne Neilon and group fin...

We all saw the gorgeous fashion from the Galway Races saturate our newsfeed, but it was one price-savvy woman who took home the

John Burke, the managing director of the Armada Hotel and the first Clare person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is never one to shy away from a challenge. Just six months after the Spanish Point business clinched the Hotel of the Year and Best Wedding Venue accolades at the Gold Medal Awards, Burke had to temporarily lay off staff when the coronavirus pandemic hit Ireland. "The initial lockdown was fairly severe, on myself and everyone who worked for me," he says. Once Burke had come to ...

John Burke, the managing director of the Armada Hotel and the first Clare person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is never one to shy away from a challenge.

THE GASTROPUB The OCrowley familys An Súgán has been a bastion of good food in Clonakilty, Co Cork, for more than 40 years. Sinead OCrowley tells me how theyve been coping in the pandemic. "My mum and dad set up An Súgán in 1978. Ive been involved since 1997. Over the years, weve expanded to include a guesthouse and a cafe called Aris. Its where I grew up, I look on it as my home. Closing the doors last March was very emotional. There was and still is a very real worry for those who have w...