Right, we’re off drinking and eating, and will be too busy eating and drinking to update this blog much between now and New Year – though we might put up the odd post if it takes our fancy. Thanks to our lovely readers, friends, supporters, Cake Sale helpers and anyone who has advertised on the [...]

The Grand Social, one of the best pubs in Dublin, serves delicious big soup cups of Irish stew, packed with meat and veg and full of flavour and heartiness, with two slices of buttered McCambridge’s bread, for just €5. For €8, you can have stew and a pint of your choice. It’s served all day [...]

I’ve got my Christmas presents more or less organised now and am looking forward to only having to buy DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS FOOD for the next couple of days.  Hurray! I won’t be the one cooking Christmas dinner this year so don’t need to get a turkey or a ham, but do need to get the [...]

Here comes Christmas. It’s bumper time for retailers, and they should be offering us the sun, moon, and stars to win over our business. With judicious shopping across the supermarkets, you should be able to cut the cost – just watch out for the usual ruses. So we know that Aldi and Lidl are great [...]

Taking the afternoon off work and whiling away a few hours in a top restaurant surely ranks amongst life’s greatest pleasures. For a start, lunch is much, much cheaper, making a trip to an expensive restaurant reasonably affordable. But a long, booze-soaked, lazy afternoon over fine food, followed by a relaxing evening at home or [...]