Lunchtime markets kick dining al fresco to the curb

Pop-up city markets continue to grow in popularity with workers sick of the same old soggy sandwiches. You can’t swing a bunch of organic mud-encrusted heirloom carrots these days without hitting a farmers’ market. And while they’re a great way to sink €50 and laze around on a weekend morning, they don’t really cut the … Continued

Food Trucks: Next Big Step For Clean Environment?

With more and more Americans turning to food trucks for a quick meal, emissions from these gas guzzlers is growing concern. So the question is how can we keep and expand our well-loved food trucks but limit their environmental impact? New York’s answer is to get its food trucks to go solar. The city has … Continued

Shoots & Roots

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Shoots & Roots at our Sandyford Lunchtime Market, beginning June 12th 2015. Shoots and Roots – Short Bio What we do is based on the principle of bringing together vibrant, delicious food with high quality nutrition. The food is minimally processed and fully plant based. After studying … Continued

The Juice Heads

‘Juice Heads’ means to be passionate about healthy, delicious food and an active lifestyle. Agata, who is the founder of Juice Heads is a holistic nutritionist, health coach & chef who turned her passion for nutrition & cooking into a career filled with health and green love. It was always her dream to start a business … Continued

Zero Zero Pizza

Zero Zero Pizza was set up in 2013 by three guys from South Dublin, Conall, Karl and John, but the inspiration was conceived many years prior. First and foremost they are pizza lovers, and have been ever since Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Rafael burst onto our TV screens nearly 25 years ago! However, it wasn’t until … Continued

Hot Spots – 4 of the Best Street Food Spots

Dublin may not be able to compete with New York or London on the hip food-truck front (yet), but we’re building up a burgeoning kerb-side dining scene says Courtesy Lizzie Gore-Grimes Burger Republic If you’re going to a music festival this summer, keep an eye out for Paul Catterson’s brushed steel Airstream Burger Republic bus. … Continued

What a great year

We’re finishing up our lunchtime markets for 2014 today and what a year it has been. We would like to thank all our customers for their fantastic support and wish one and all a very happy Christmas and peaceful new year. We would also like to say a big thank you to the following, without … Continued

Christmas Break

It’s nearly that time of year again and we will all be taking a well-deserved break. This year our lunchtime markets will finish up on Friday December 19th and return with gusto Wednesday January 7th 2015. Our Christmas market at the Whitewater Shopping Centre runs right up until Christmas Eve.  More information here https://irishvillagemarkets.ie/whitewater-sc-christmas-market/   … Continued

New opportunities for local businesses in 2015

What a fantastic year it was! Our lunchtime markets saw an explosion in popularity and that was reflected in the huge number of customers who visited for the first time and for those who returned week after week to sample the wide variety of  great food and great atmosphere associated with our Village Markets. Our … Continued