I ate and drank too much over the Christmas like everybody else, but wanted to go on one last splurge last weekend and stumbled across a new restaurant in Blackrock, Co Louth. The Clermont is a new venture by none other than the Goodman family.

The directors of the company that lodged the planning application (Lorsden Unlimited) are Mark Goodman and Peter Brennan. The restaurant boasts a number of extras including a chauffeur service. “Arrive in true chairman’s style, guests are invited to book our chauffeur-driven limo service launching in 2020. The chairman’s room is the highlight of the venue offering a discreet meeting and dining experience.”

The website describes the chairman’s room as “a celebration of 65 years dedicated to farming, food production and taking on the world from the smallest county in Ireland”. Beef is obviously prominent on the menu, which has a choice of “36-day chairman’s dry-aged sirloin” or “the chairman’s room signature Bellingham beef”.

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