Shane Mitchell

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JP McMahon in his Michelin-starred Galway restaurant Ainar: “I’m just too tired of all this uncertainty.” Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy.
New dining ban a death knell for restaurants, says leading chef

“I’m devastated. I couldn’t sleep last night. We still owe Revenue from before the first lockdown and with rent due on all three premises, I don’t kno(...)

Aoife Tynan (13) and Amelie Veale (13), from Dublin, enjoy a paddle while on staycation near Carna, Connemara. Photograph: Fran Veale
Failure to cut 13.5% VAT rate a ‘nail in the coffin’ for Border hospitality businesses

The Government’s €125 “staycation” tax voucher may help to extend the tourist season, but the failure to cut the 13.5 per cent VAT rate is a crippling(...)

Elaine Murphy of the Winding Stair restaurant group: “very disappointed VAT rate has not been significantly cut”. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times.
‘This will lead to closures’: restaurants criticise lack of VAT cut in stimulus package

There has been a mixed reaction from the restaurant sector to measures announced on Thursday as part of the €7 billion “July Jobs” stimulus plan. Whil(...)

Social distancing: ‘For us 1m is the way we need to go, because we are already losing 40 per cent occupancy in the restaurant,’ says Nicole Jordan of Fire Steakhouse & Bar, in Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton
New restaurant rules: ‘It doesn’t make any sense to reopen’

“We won’t be opening on June 29th, and it’s a really hard decision, because we have customers ringing up all the time saying they would like to book a(...)

If approved, Beechlawn’s restaurant would sit beside the Greenhouse on Dublin’s Dawson Street. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Asador restaurateur plans to serve up new Dawson Street eatery

A company backed by restaurateur Shane Mitchell and Jobbio entrepreneur John Quinn is looking to open a new restaurant on Dublin’s Dawson Street as pa(...)

Dervish are to be given a special reception by Sligo County Council to mark the band’s 30 years of performing. Photograph: Colin Gillen/framelight.ie
Trad group Dervish’s 30th anniversary to be marked by council

Sligo-based traditional music group Dervish are to be given a special reception by Sligo County Council to mark 30 years of the band performing. The (...)

St Andrews Church, the former headquarters of Dublin Tourism, will be home to a new food market with 15 outlets serving up to 400 diners.
New Continental-style food hall to open in Dublin city centre

A Continental style food hall, with 15 outlets serving up to 400 diners, is to open in Dublin city centre next summer, following a €6 million fit-out (...)

Sean Kelly has developed a unique method for ageing sirloin steaks for 56 days. Photograph by David Ruffles
Mighty meat: Would you eat beef that's been aged for months and encased in suet?

Almost five years ago, at the international chefs’ conference Madrid Fusión, Magnus Nilsson of Fäviken, a 12-seat restaurant in remote northern Sweden(...)

Maria Borell was trainer of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner, Runhappy.
Maria Borell facing cruelty to animals charges

The horse trainer and Breeders’ Cup winner Maria Borell has been charged with 43 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals. The charge followed he(...)