Niamh Browne

Niamh Browne

Niamh Browne is a features journalist for The Irish Times

Why Halloween pumpkins are smaller this year, and three viral hacks to carve them

Get your hammer, your whisk and your biscuit cutters ready before you embark on this year’s pumpkin adventures

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Award-winning Tullamore chocolatier’s stock destroyed by factory fire

Extensive damage to Bon Chocolatiers premises in Co Offaly following fire on Tuesday evening

Banba first look: Local produce and seasonal flavours at Dublin’s newest restaurant

City centre eatery offers a variety of homemade brews while championing Irish winemakers

Jack Rice of Comet restaurant named young chef of the year

Euro-toques ceremony also announced Aengus Moloney of Aniar in Galway as rising pastry chef

‘Hi Leo, from the Piglet!’: Dublin wine bar at the centre of a 2021 political scandal prepares to close

Ahead of Piglet’s final service, owners Enrico Fantasia and Thibaut Harang reflect on ‘Piglet-gate’

‘Infectiously good craic’: Ireland tops Condé Nast poll for friendliest country in Europe

Travel publisher says Ireland is full of ‘soulful musicians and pioneering writers’

Swapping an office job for the Great Blasket Island: ‘It drove me to a remote island’

Working as caretakers on the island off the Co Kerry coast was a transformative experience for Conor Jones and Aisling Costello

Are groceries in Irish supermarkets about to rise again? Three items will, but one may fall

Energy crisis and extreme weather events in summer expected to trigger higher food prices

Galway oyster festival 2026: ‘I travelled 30 hours from Thailand to be here’

The 72nd Galway International Oyster Festival attracted bivalve lovers, sceptics and novices from far and wide

The Lep Inn is back: Behind the scenes of the refurbished Leopardstown Inn

Southside bar, synonymous with race day crowds from nearby Leopardstown Racecourse, reopens with a new focus on restaurant fare

Why are there so many queues outside Dublin restaurants these days?

Dublin foodies seem increasingly willing to queue to get their hands on the city’s hottest eats

Male victims ‘likely to underreport’ sexual violence, says head of Cork centre

New head of Sexual Violence Centre Cork stresses service is for both men and women

Traitors winner to use €22,925 prize to fund IVF treatment

Anna Murphy, a postal worker from Dublin, will share €45,850 prize pot with co-winner Diego Rodrigues Caixeta

‘I’d say it will only cover part of a Harry Styles ticket’: Teenagers on proposed Budget 2027 culture cards

Teens have their say on Budget 2027’s proposed €100 ‘culture card’ for 16-year-olds

Baker at Ploughing Championships reveals secret to prize-winning brown bread

More than 400 brown breads were submitted ahead of the final which took place at the 95th Ploughing Championships

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