Outlets offer variations on a theme. “It’s in our blood to be looking for new things and to push chefs to be creative,” says Gunmoo Kim, the founder of Jaru.

Based on results from a previous trial, the 16 bins it plans to roll out along Clontarf promenade will offer just two options: recycling or general waste.

Former vendor Rosemary Fearsaor-Hughes says that, since the magazine no longer supports vendors, she finds its pleas for donations confusing.

Owner Richard Smyth wants permission to replace the buildings dating back to the 18th century with a seven-storey complex including 24 apartments.

Maria Isabel Pascual, her son Julian Trejo Pascual and their team at El Milagro feed hungry bellies in Stoneybatter, in Malahide, and on Francis Street.

Instead of pursuing careful perfection alone, they try to loosen up and collaborate on wacky, silly, off-the-cuff works. And now, they have a base.

“This book is exciting because they keep having new mysteries to solve and there are a lot of surprises – and it is funny!” writes our seven-year-old reviewer.

“Funny, surreal and complex”, this novel “skillfully spins a web of tales around a fictional hotel and bar in the heart of Dublin city”.