The Connacht Distillery has been awarded a Double Gold medal for Batch 1 of its Connacht Single Malt Irish Whiskey at this year’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Worldwide delivery delays and price rises have characterised the wholesale beverage trade over the past two years. Here, Pat Nolan attempts to understand what lies behind the delay in getting imported product into Irish importers' warehouses... It's not a pretty picture and the on-trade could soon feel the full effects.

The mixers category proved notably buoyant through Lockdown and shows little sign of fading to a wallflower any time soon.

As we approach World Cider Day it's worth bearing in mind that Ireland remains one of the leading cider markets in Europe. With the years ahead offering a potential uplift in off-trade cider sales, we review how this might affect the potential for growing cider sales in the pub.