Author: Joe Kearney

The colourful – and often bleak – history of the notorious gaol on Belfast’s Crumlin Road is helping the current operators of the site establish

Howard Hastings OBE, who steps down shortly as chairman of Tourism Northern Ireland, has been with the agency through the most successful and productive phase

There will soon be as many as 20 independent breweries operating in Northern Ireland – a far cry from the situation a decade or two

From the bartender’s perspective, one of the most attractive aspects of working with cocktails is their versatility. The only limit on the mixologist’s creativity is

Award-winning Kilkeel chef, Shaun Hanna, certainly hasn’t stood still since he launched his career almost 20 years ago, but these days, he’s sticking closer to

The owners of the Browns restaurant chain in Londonderry and Letterkenny have moved into a new phase of business development with the purchase of a

Danny Rice sees his purchase of The Old Inn at Crawfordsburn as the pinnacle of a successful career in hospitality. He’s transformed the 400-year-old venue

Jim O’Neill has been building drinks businesses in Northern Ireland for more than 55 years and he’s still at it. He’s been telling LCN the

Veteran hotelier, Eugene McKeever crowned a successful career in hospitality recently when he collected an MBE from the Queen. Here, he reflects on a lifetime

Co-ordinated development is helping to transform opportunities for tourism and economic growth in Northern Ireland’s north-western corner…   Many of us who grew up in