What’s the story with Volumes?   “ He literally wrote the book on coffee! ” is the clear pitch for Volumes , and what volume it's been pitched at since Dublin Coffee Guide  author Paddy Kirk teamed up with As One  owner Mark Cashen, and ex- Bastible and Delahunt  chef Fionn Dwyer Hyland to give us this new Scandi-chic café. It’s the must-have Insta-backdrop du jour  – but is it any good?   Well?   On this team’s well-documented desire  to deliver a Copenhagen-style community vibe, their...

From a new spot to soak up the sun that’s surely coming soon, to a monthly menu we want to eat all April long; a Spanish-Irish take on a favourite spring ingredient, to a Indian-Italian lesson in community spirit; a new Sunday lunch hot-spot to a pop-up opportunity to try one of the country’s best concepts, here’s everywhere we’re eyeing up for April's eating...   For the good weather that might, maybe, arrive: The Linen Yard, Harold’s Cross   After a series of soft-launches throughout the...

Fancy Easter eggs have always been a premium commodity, but as recent horror stories of spiking cocoa costs pushing penny-pinching companies to sub palm oil for cocoa butter in what they now legally need to call “chocolate-flavoured” products, the real deal is starting to seem more prestige than ever. Still, our survey of top-tier options this year shows that the higher end of the market is generally doing their level best to keep price inflation down – compared to the mass-market players....