Award-winning chef Sorin to open The Fort Café & Bistro at Dunamaise Arts Centre

The operators of Perry Street cafes, Brian Drinan and Paul Coffey, said they were saddened to have to announce the closure of their outlets.

Le Chocolat de Frèd in Dún Laoghaire was one of several businesses served with closure orders

The Restaurants Association of Ireland says there's been a drop of almost a third in the number of international visitors to these shores.