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child free cafes

Niamh O'Reilly: Are we becoming more dog friendly than child friendly?

Niamh O'Reilly

3 May

12.7k

pay up or leave

Niamh O'Reilly: Should cafés ban laptop squatters?

Niamh O'Reilly

19 hrs ago

18.1k

Cafe Closure

Well-known Cork café chain closes three outlets with immediate effect

7 Nov 2024

33.9k

The Morning Lead

‘We need help’: Restaurant and cafe owners say they are struggling like never before

The Journal spoke to a number of restaurant, cafe and bar owners, with all of them reporting the same problems and suggesting similar solutions.

4 Feb 2024

38.6k

132

France

France begins reopening of society as the country eases Covid restrictions

9 Jun 2021

13.3k

Hospitality

Hotels, restaurants and cafes to get funding to upgrade premises for outdoor dining

Updated 31 Mar 2021

36.8k

al fresco

Varadkar calls on councils to support plans for increased café seating ahead of 'outdoor summer'

4 Mar 2021

38.0k

close contact

Close encounters: As the country gets busier, how do you know if you're a Covid-19 contact?

20 Jun 2020

40.7k

open all hours

'We are scared': Businesses closed by Covid-19 switch to online sales and deliveries to survive

20 Mar 2020

34.7k

Keep Cup

Some Irish cafes won't be taking reusable cups in a bid to tackle coronavirus

8 Mar 2020

32.6k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Will the hospitality VAT hike make you go to restaurants less?

3 Jan 2019

24.4k

come fry with me

'Everyone in the cafe joins in the conversation': The stories behind Ireland's legendary greasy spoons

18 Apr 2018

16.2k

good eats

38 of the best casual dining places around Ireland... according to top chefs

28 Feb 2018

29.5k

four paws

These brown bears now live in the lap of luxury after a life of horrendous abuse

21 Apr 2017

15.4k

lightbulb moment

Cafés are serving drinks in lightbulbs now, and the world has officially gone mad

15 Nov 2016

4.2k

koffee and kale

A café called Koffee&Kale has opened in Dublin 1 - here's what you can expect

14 Jun 2016

7.4k

Opinion

A former waitress on the five kind of customers she (not always happily) served

Emer McGinnity

18 Apr 2016

455

legalisation

Cannabis social clubs and licensed sales: How the UK could earn £1bn in drugs tax

8 Mar 2016

13.4k

food for thought

How fussy eaters helped bring a global force in fancy café-bakeries to Ireland

31 Oct 2015

16.3k

cafe chains

9 British eateries we need in Ireland, ranked by urgency

29 Sep 2015

12.0k

no more queues

Google can now tell you how to beat the queues in your favourite Dublin cafes

30 Jul 2015

2.7k

Hipster

10 of the most ridiculously hipster cafés on the planet

14 Jul 2015

9.5k

cover to cover

The 10 best places in Cork to settle in with a good book

12 Jul 2015

13.8k

snap it up

12 of Dublin's most Instagrammable restaurants and pubs

5 Jul 2015

14.5k

snuggle up

12 of the cosiest cafés in Ireland to chill out with a good book

5 Mar 2015

20.9k

Honesty Box

Inside the Dublin café which runs on trust... and a little caffeine

27 Sep 2014

28.0k

eat in

9 unusual themed cafés you will want to visit immediately

9 Aug 2014

39.8k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should you put your phone away while in company?

28 Jul 2014

17.9k

VAT

Many businesses not passing on VAT reduction - report

24 Jul 2011

1.9k

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