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'When someone walks through the door, they forget where they are': Inside Galway's most innovative cocktail bar
26 Jun 2019
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'At the end of the day I just love it': How one man's passion for poitín led to one of Dublin's most talked-about new bars
19 Jun 2019
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'Fans started knocking on the door': How the namesake pub of blues legend Rory Gallagher was reborn
12 Jun 2019
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'The annoying pimple on the music establishment': A melting pot of tribes on Dublin's Thomas Street
5 Jun 2019
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'Jesus, we're a brilliant pub, but we're a terrible off-licence': The story of Galway's legendary Blue Note bar
29 May 2019
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'When they step into the room, there's magic': The Grand Social's rise from the ashes of a superpub
22 May 2019
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'People meet, discuss, hear stories and sing': How one of Ireland's oldest houses became a pub... again
15 May 2019
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'We all got very excited': How Drop Dead Twice grew a bar from a chance conversation
8 May 2019
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'Only the front face of the building was left': The rebirth of the Oyster Tavern in Cork
1 May 2019
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'There's been nothing but support': How 'a bunch of hipsters' in Lucky's regenerated a Liberties shopfront
24 Apr 2019
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'You never know who you'll bump into': How The Boar's Head cemented its place among Dublin's best sports pubs
17 Apr 2019
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'Everyone advised us to be subtle. We ignored them': The unlikely rise of The Barbers Bar
3 Apr 2019
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'It's all very casual. We don't even have plates': The simple ethos that drives Caribou in Galway
27 Mar 2019
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'Also we'll need a wrestling ring': How Token became a one-of-a-kind Dublin bar
20 Mar 2019
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'Neon lights, smoke and hazy images': How 80s movies inspired a very different bar in Hang Dai
13 Mar 2019
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'I'd have it even darker than this': Dive bar magic and an ex-wife's shoes in Frank Ryan's
6 Mar 2019
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'For the quiet gigs you can hear a pin drop': How The Roundy in Cork makes magic with music
27 Feb 2019
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'It's humbling': How a little-used pool hall become one of Dublin's most exciting music venues
20 Feb 2019
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'It reminds people of a New York dive bar': From Polish pub to vinyl paradise on Parnell Street
13 Feb 2019
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'I saw Ray Davies perform to 160 people here': How the Róisín Dubh became one of Ireland's must-play music venues
6 Feb 2019
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'Every weekend we have a brilliant buzz': How Dali rose from the ashes of the legendary Pav
30 Jan 2019
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