This week we offered one of our best giveaways ever: a two-night break in Renvyle House Hotel.  There’s still a few minutes left to enter, so go for it!  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, so don’t forget to check back to see if you’re one of the lucky ones. We discussed alcohol sales, [...]

M&S have a number of special offers on at the moment, one of which caught my eye there yesterday – four fresh trout fillets for €5.  The trout looked really fresh and is sustainably fished. I’ve always found the fish at M&S to be very good. Trout makes a perfect simple easy dinner if you [...]

Continuing our series on your top frugal cooking tips, today we’re highlighting some of the best simple, home cooking tips from our readers. Please feel free to add your own! From Geraldine: Freeze your chillies – wash, remove all of the stem and freeze. Use them whole from the freezer or thaw in boiled water. [...]

Conventional wisdom tells us that people spend more on ‘vices’ during a recession, drowning their sorrows with booze, fags, scratchcards and the dogs. However it looks like things are going against conventional wisdom here (as they so frequently do) – the Irish Times has reported that alcohol sales are showing an ‘unprecedented’ fall. There certainly [...]

Bloom, a five-day lifestyle and gardening event, opened in the Phoenix Park yesterday. I headed along for a quick preview and had a really lovely afternoon. There’s a huge market bursting with delicious, world-class, small Irish food producers. Cheeses, chocolates, cakes, preserves, pies, meats, soups, juices, and dips sit happily alongside Caribbean, French, and Asian [...]

Our fanastic Renvyle House Hotel giveaway closes at 5pm today – don’t forget to enter!

I think most of us will agree that fast food can be delicious and satisfying in the right place at the right time. Such as Rick’s Burgers on Dame St in Dublin, at 3am after a scatter of pints.  However, there is some fast food that makes the skin crawl, which no amount of pints [...]

We’ve reviewed Cafe Bar Deli here before, but having eaten there again the other night, I just wanted to once more praise their salads.  Not many restaurants offer such a wide variety of interesting, unusual salads and for such good value: the large salads are enormous, more than enough for a filling meal, and cost [...]

Superquinn have some great special offers on, all of which are valid until Tuesday June 9. There’s so many that I’m not sure where to start… Here’s a selection: Half-price Irish ham fillet – reduced from €11.79 to €5.89 per kg Romantic Meal Deal: 2 Irish Part Boned Chicken Breasts, Superquinn Roast Potatoes with Rosemary [...]

Prices are continuing to fall at Lidl. I did some shopping there yesterday and picked up a litre of Copella Apple Juice for €2.29, and a bottle of Spanish Montecello red wine for €5.49 – a steal. I also noticed that Lidl are selling those dinghies for €599.99, and felt a pang of guilt at [...]