Pubs: Ireland’s Watering Holes A center for socialization, pubs offer eats, drinks, entertainment and their own vocabulary. Rick Steves. April 2009. Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter!

One of Ireland’s oldest pubs could be forced to close forever if a spike in coronavirus forces restrictions to be tightened again in the coming weeks. ... Ballyvaughan, Corofin and Lisdoonvarna.

Pub crawl: a trad session at O’Lochlainn’s Bar in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare. Photograph: Elaine Hill And then there’s Jim o’the Mill outside Thurles in Co Tipperary – which The Irish Times ...

Reporting from Dublin, Ireland — The sky is performing its usual routine — an ever-changing mix of clouds and sunshine — as I catch up with a couple of friends at a pub a few miles south of ...

It’s exactly a year since Ireland slammed to doors shut on its legendary bars and pubs, denying drinkers freshly poured pints of Guinness ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. After a tumultuous 12 ...

Ireland's Pubs To Be Smoke Free. January 30, 2003 / 2:20 PM EST / AP A once unthinkable change is coming to one of the social hubs of Ireland: The pub is going smoke free.

One of Ireland's most familiar institutions - the little gnarled old man in the corner of the pub emitting a mix of pipe smoke and philosophical observations - is fast becoming an endangered species.

More than 1,100 pubs have closed in Ireland in the past five years, with rural communities being worst affected. The Vintners Federation of Ireland says that a further 800 pubs are in serious ...