Liam Reid

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Mulligans pub on Poolbeg Street, like all other pubs that don’t serve food, has remained closed since March. Photograph: Laura Hutton / The Irish Times
One-third of Irish publicans see risk of permanent closure

One in three publicans in Republic say that there is a “moderate chance” their business will be forced to close permanently as the industry continues (...)

Jim Gordon, owner of the Revolution Bar in Waterford city. ‘People are tending to go bar to bar to bar, booking a table for an hour and a half in each place,’ he says. ‘We’ve had to be really strict.’ Photograph: Patrick Browne
Reopened pubs: ‘Every night is like St Stephen’s night, but the till doesn’t reflect that’

Running a pub since the Covid-19 restrictions lifted two weeks ago is “is like being a schoolteacher”, says Jim Gordon, the owner of Revolution Bar in(...)

Score (some serious brownie points) with these delicious recipes for munching in front of the match
The best snacks for a bumper weekend of sport

Sports fans can rejoice – and take a break from the sunshine – as it’s set to be a jammed packed weekend of events on TV. The World Cup continues toda(...)

Three-year-old Rocco Ulrich in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork city. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
50 of the best playgrounds in Ireland

Compiled by Jennifer O’Connell, Damian Cullen, Sylvia Thompson, Leonie Corcoran, Lorna Siggins, Noel O’Reilly and Malachy Clerkin ANTRIM Carnfu(...)

Tasty sharing meals and beers to see you through to the final whistle. Photograph: Istock
Ribs? Wings? Beers? Get snack-ready for a bumper weekend of sport

A bumper weekend of sport lies ahead, with three RBS 6 Nations fixtures – Scotland v Ireland tomorrow at 2.30pm; England v France at 5pm and Italy v (...)