# Pub Culture

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Quiz: Do you recognise these well-known pubs?

As Ireland anxiously awaits the pubs reopening, test you knowledge of some better-known local haunts around the country.

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Jun 17th 2020, 9:31 PM

Voices

A colourful character, a progressive and a lover of arts. Goodbye to Tommy Smith of Grogan’s

Smith, who passed away on Sunday, was part of the fabric of Dublin life, writes Donal Fallon.

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Feb 10th 2020, 6:12 PM

# Pubs

13 essential features every self-respecting Irish pub should have

All of these should be mandatory.

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May 16th 2015, 6:00 PM

# cash for the lash

Dublin pub begins 'Welfare Wednesday' drink deals

A number of cheap beers and spirits are being offered with a social welfare card or bus pass.

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Jan 5th 2015, 9:30 PM

# Pub Culture

'Irish pubs need lower prices to survive': Wetherspoon's boss gives his take on boozers

But we’ve got some of the best barmen in the world, according to Tim Martin.

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Jul 25th 2014, 7:00 AM

# full irish/english

Open for business: Wetherspoon's first Irish pub serves its first customers

The Three Tun Tavern in Blackrock, Co. Dublin opened it’s doors this morning.

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Jul 8th 2014, 12:26 PM

# beer club now in session

Beer Club: How craft beer is becoming the new wine

We headed along to the first night of Tom’s Beer Club in Bray to learn all there is know about craft beer.

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May 3rd 2014, 8:30 PM

# jd wetherspoon

British pub chain JD Wetherspoon buys Dublin bar for €1.5m

The company’s founder said the aim is to open more pubs in Ireland, creating up to 1,000 jobs in the next ten years.

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Nov 26th 2013, 10:21 AM

# nom nom

Fancy some good pub grub? Head up to Down, or maybe down to Cork

Thirty-four Irish pubs were included in the ‘Michelin Eating-Out In Pubs Guide’ with counties Down and Cork leading the way.

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Nov 1st 2013, 11:52 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Consumers warned to wash their salads as ecoli outbreak spreads; Britain prepares for a heatwave as Ireland gets its woollies out; and why one Booker prize winner believes he’s better than any woman writer.

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Jun 2nd 2011, 8:06 AM