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A Bountiful August of Adventure – Top Events in Cork City this August
If there was a word to describe the time of year right now- it would have to be High Summer. The atmosphere is mighty in the city and our boutique hotel is sizzling in the summer temperatures (some days, at least). The tunes are a-hopping in our eclectic cocktail bar with its sparkly summer menu, the water is a-flowing in our swanky fine-dining waterfall restaurant, Greenes, and the eagerly awaited refurbishment of our self-catering apartments is finally coming to an ...
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Free Things to Do in Cork City this Summer
Can you believe it’s already July? Where did June go? Maybe it’s a case of time really flying when you’re having fun! We certainly are having lots of fun this summer at our boutique hotel. Greenes Restaurant diners are loving the chance to dine alfresco by our waterfall and Cask Bar has just launched its summer menu. We admit we are a little bit obsessed with it. Travel has well and truly bounced back, and we are loving the buzz ...
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Cork Summer Bucket List
The best time of the year is here and even the weather seems to be cooperating these days as we glide into the summer months. Our boutique hotel loves summer and suffice to say we are definitely in the mood for some summer adventures. Ireland’s number one cocktail bar, Cask is already putting the final touches to its summer menu (is there really any better combination than summer and cocktails?), our award-winning Greenes Restaurant is set for some alfresco dining ...
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Irish Phrasebook For Your Trip To Cork
After two years of no international travel, there has never been such an intense demand to travel again. We are certainly gearing up for a busy season as we welcome back our international visitors to our city-centre boutique hotel in the heart of Cork City; for many the real capital of the Emerald Isle. Of course, getting back into the swing of travelling again involves a little bit of preparation. There’s packing to be done, itineraries to be drawn up, ...
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Springtime In Cork City – Top 7 Reasons To Visit
Spring is in the air and with only 3 weeks until the clocks spring forward, never has it been a more apt time to utter that well-worn phrase: ‘Sure, there’s a grand old stretch to the evenings’. Spring is definitely making itself known here in our city-centre hotel. The longer days and abundance of early-blooming daffodils, combined with the further lifting of restrictions has certainly (forgive the pun) put a spring in all of our steps as we eagerly await ...
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Introducing Clement Gleeson – Our New General Manager
New Year ~ New You! Out with the old and in with the new! Yes, January is typically a time of new beginnings, a time to strategise, to do better and be more. The same is true in our Cork city-centre hotel except we could say it’s very much a case of “New Year, New General Manager” with the appointment of Clement Gleeson arriving in the Rebel City. Welcome Clement Normally, we would be bemoaning the end of the festive ...
