YUM! Brands has confirmed it is to phase out the use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam packaging globally by 2022, following engagement with As You Sow. Brands under the YUM! Brands portfolio include KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. Currently, EPS foam is used mostly for side dish take-out containers in about 40 of YUM!’s […]

Three tourism businesses from Ireland joined Tourism Ireland in Dubai at the end of February for TFest, a luxury travel festival which connects luxury travel buyers with luxury hotels and suppliers. The three day B2B event involves ‘matchmaking’ meetings set up using artificial intelligence to help ensure the delegates meet, and connect with, more of […]

Cush Restaurant, a contemporary Irish food restaurant offering refined dining, has opened in the village of Ballycotton. The 40-seater restaurant has opened in what was previously known as restaurant Pier 26, overlooking Ballycotton Pier and the Ballycotton lighthouse. The restaurant has had a total refurbishment as is now headed up by an Irish culinary rising […]