Emily Hourican

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Emily Hourican

Non-fictionThis is a curious book. Even calling it a book is a stretch. Notes to John is “a sort of journal”, according to the introduction to the slim, hardback volume. But only “sort of” because the pieces contained within weren’t intended for Didion’s personal recollections, but rather were addressed to her husband, John Dunne. He is the ‘you’ in these accounts. And remains something of a cypher throughout.

3 weeks ago | hospitalityireland.com | Emily Hourican

This article was originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of Hospitality Ireland magazine, in March of 2025. Sateesh Sayana, chef patron of Ruchii, in Blackrock, tells Hospitality Ireland about expanding the business, cooking for ‘everyone from the Indian prime minister to Cher’ and incorporating Ayurvedic principles into his food. Sateesh, please tell us about your career so far – where you grew up, trained, etc.

1 month ago | hospitalityireland.com | Emily Hourican

This article was originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of Hospitality Ireland magazine, in March of 2025. Ireland’s largest hospitality group, Press Up, has been renamed Eclective Hospitality Group. This change reflects the company’s eclectic mix of bars, restaurants and cinemas, now under new management and employing more than 850 people across 24 venues in Dublin. The new identity signals the next stage for the group.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Erin McCafferty |Emily Hourican

The People Before Profit TD announced last week that he has been diagnosed with a throat cancer promoted by the HPV virus. An oncologist explains what this means to Erin McCafferty, while Emily Hourican shares her story of treatment and recoveryThe news yesterday that People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has been diagnosed with throat cancer has raised questions about the condition. How common is it, for example, what are the symptoms, and what are the risk factors?

1 month ago | hospitalityireland.com | Emily Hourican

This article was originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of Hospitality Ireland magazine, in March of 2025. Husband-and-wife duo Bill and Ann Hillyard are originally from California. They moved to Baltimore, West Cork, where they opened the Algiers, offering food that reflects their Southern Californian origins, with strong American and Mexican influences and some nods to North African cuisine and their adoptive home, Ireland. They are now celebrating five years in business.