Entrepreneurial Co Clare restaurateurs, Robert Hayes and his wife Elaine, had their eye on a derelict site in the centre of Kilkee town for a long time. Just 500 metres from the beach, they saw the potential in the piece of wasteland which once housed stables used for carriage horses that serviced the old West Clare Railway in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
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Archive of Seafood Stories
Entrepreneurial Co Clare restaurateurs, Robert Hayes and his wife Elaine, had their eye on a derelict site in the centre of Kilkee town for a long time. Just 500 metres from the beach, they saw the potential in the piece of wasteland which once housed stables used for carriage horses that serviced the old West Clare Railway in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
Read MoreAdrian and his wife Diane are the driving force behind Ballycotton Seafood, a family-owned fish and seafood business which is renowned in East Cork and beyond for its fresh fish and tasty range of ready-to-make meals carefully prepared every day by two full-time chefs.
Read MoreWhen Swedish native, Birgitta Curtin, visited Ireland as a young 18-year-old in 1981, little did she think she would be still here more than 40 years later, and running Irelands best known and most successful artisan salmon smokehouses in the spectacular Burren in Co. Clare.
Read MorePhillip Hanley, from Bubbas Fishmongers in Bray, Co Wicklow, shares his experience of participating in BIM’s Certificate in Fishmonger Skills. If you’re interested in seafood retail, places are now available on the QQI Level 5 Certificate in Fishmonger Skills which provides formal accredited training for fishmongers. Courses take place in Dublin and Cork throughout the year. This is a stand-alone special purpose award at level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
Read MoreThe story started more than three decades ago when Simon Kennedy was reading a copy of the Marine Times while lying on his bunk during down time from his job as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. Simon had been working for four years in America’s largest and least populated state when an exciting and unexpected career opportunity came up.
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