Kim Bielenberg

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Kim Bielenberg

Famed for its redhead conventions and seafaring spirit, Cronin’s bar in Crosshaven, Co Cork is run by a couple on the other side of the worldThere is no doubt that Cronin’s bar attracts a diverse clientele – from sailors who might have crossed the Arctic to ukulele players and talkative knitters gathered around an old butcher’s block. For a time, the colourful bar turned the Co Cork seaside town of Crosshaven into the Irish capital of redheads, attracting ginger-haired folk from around the world.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Kim Bielenberg

Uncertainty remains about how the US trade war will hit Carrigaline, Co Cork, a community in the shadow of the Pfizer complex celebrated around the world for making ViagraThere was a mix of relief and lingering trepidation among the Tidy Towns volunteers in Carrigaline, Co Cork, when news came through late on Wednesday that pharmaceuticals would be exempt from tariffs on imports to the US – at least for now.

4 weeks ago | independent.ie | Kim Bielenberg

How spies, rebels and James Joyce’s singing brought colour to the Yellow House pubThe famed pub in Rathfarnham, south Dublin, is now a genteel spot but was once a hotbed of subterfuge and spying‘A hub of the local community’: Tim O’Riordan, manager of The Yellow House pub in Rathfarnham. Photo: Gerry MooneyIf ever there was an outstanding example of a landmark pub in South County Dublin, it is surely the Yellow House in Rathfarnham.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Kim Bielenberg

The ‘imperial psychopath’ and other Irishmen whose nefarious deeds helped build the British empireThe Empire podcast series is focusing on Ireland and how it became the laboratory of imperial ventures from plantation to partition.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Kim Bielenberg

‘More ladies than men... and no drunks’: changing times in the Monaghan pub that’s a hubThe Coach House and Olde Bar in Glaslough has starred in a film and was a source of ‘Devil’s buttermilk’ for cross-border drinkers, writes Kim BielenbergDiane Wright-Kendrick with husband Ron Kendrick at The Coach House and Olde Bar, Glaslough, Co MonaghanDiane Wright-Kendrick is one of the most versatile publicans in the country.