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Just outside the town of Midleton, on the eastern side, a vast monolith is rising. The soaring column stillhouse of a new distillery is currently having its cladding attached, a pale presence against the surrounding shades of green, including the original green column building in the older distillery to the north of the town. The…
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It was, in many respects, a no-brainer. Irish whiskey was the hottest drinks category in the world, tourism was booming, and Killarney was a hotspot for overseas visitors. Building a distillery there made absolute sense. Building a massive distillery, brewery, conference and events centre was an act of great vision and commercial courage, but ultimately,…
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God bless the American taxman. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau – or TTB as it is known to drinks nerds – is a US federal agency within the Department of the Treasury. It regulates alcohol taxation, production, importation, and labelling, meaning that before most alcoholic products can be imported into or sold…
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All really is quiet on New Year’s Day. Watching the sun rise over Garryvoe with the little guys.
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Wrote this for the Indo as I am the go-to guy for middle class ennui. There are few events in the annual calendar more middle class than Christmas, save perhaps the Grand National, Irish Open or Ideal Homes Exhibition. It is a time of year to gather round the Rangemaster in the back kitchen,…
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Wrote this for the Indo about everyone I went to school with, burn in hell guys. Ah Christmas – a time to get together with old friends, when everyone comes back home and reunites, talks about how their lives have changed and gain a deeper understanding of who we really are, and the strange elliptical…
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Now facing the prospect of being stuck in Dublin for 24 hours and the name Ophelia sounds really terrible in their accent, please send help. — Bill Linnane (@Bill_Linnane) October 16, 2017 Week 25 of the column! Who woulda thunk it? Certainly not my guidance counsellor in school, who said I should be an engineer…
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Wrote this for the Indo: Miranda Kerr knows a thing or two about marriage. This is partly because the 34 year old model has been married twice, firstly to Orlando Bloom, and now to the world’s youngest billionaire, Evan Spiegel, head honcho of Snapchat, AKA the biggest threat to today’s youth since cooties. In…