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Red FM’s Jonathan Healy interviews Justin on ‘Red Business in Focus’ in association with Cork’s Local Enterprise Offices. Justin will fill Jonathan in on all the activities at Ballyvolane House from historic house stays to boutique weddings and glamping experiences. Justin will also chat about how he spotted the potential of a business with gins in 2015 and launched Bertha’s Revenge Gin.

Huge thanks to Jonathan for making the interview highly enjoyable and for going easy on Justin. Massive thanks also go to the Local Enterprise Office in Cork for their immense support over the years and for making this happen.

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“Best places to stay in Ireland: 25 cool spots for a spring getaway” by Nicola Brady writing in the Times UK. It is a carefully curated list of stylish lodges, forest domes, hip country hotels, shopping spots and eateries dotted around Ireland. They are exactly the kind of places we would recommend to our guests. We are delighted that Ballyvolane House is included in this feature. Thank you Nicola!

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Antony Jackson and Justin Green co-founders and distillers of Bertha’s Revenge Gin are delighted to introduce a new member to their little herd ‘BERTHA’S REVENGE CRAB APPLE GIN LIQUEUR’.

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Delighted to be included in the “10 best hotel bars in Ireland”. Nicola Brady writing for the Irish Independent asked some familiar faces to nominate their favourite bars. Patrick and Russell AKA The Gastrogays nominated Ballyvolane House. Thank you! In good company too.

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We are proud and delighted that Sloe Bertha was award BEST IRISH SLOE GIN at the World Gin Awards 2022 in London. We are also chuffed to bits that Bertha’s Navy Strength was award SILVER. Thank you very much! We are celebrating!

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We are delighted to be recommended by John and Sally McKenna’s Guides Best in Ireland 2022 Award.

Here’s what John McKenna said about us:

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Wonderful review of Ballyvolane House by Astrid Taupin writing for Le Figaro. Thank you Astrid! We loved having you here.

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A massive thank you to everyone who stayed and visited Ballyvolane House over the last year. It’s been a challenging time for everyone and especially the hospitality sector but we did enjoy a busy summer of hosting staycationers, house parties, glamping as well as some weddings. We would also like to thank everyone involved in our shoot which brings us a lot of fun during the winter months.

Our sympathy goes out to so many of our wedding couples who have had to postpone, postpone and postpone again and all being well, we are looking forward to finally hosting their weddings in 2022.

We also opened the gardens and a café to the public during the summer which was really well supported by the local community. We did miss visitors from overseas and we hope to see them trickling back next year. We also missed not being able to put on our monthly Bertha Sessions live-music and other cultural events - next year.

Bertha’s Revenge Gin is trucking along well despite the on-trade being closed for a large part of this year. We have got Bertha into some new export markets around the world and we are excited and optimistic about the future. We are especially looking forward to jumping on a plane again in 2022 to share Bertha love with our friends and distributors overseas.

The biggest thanks of all go to our amazing team who work with us day in day out and keep the ship sailing on. They have been utterly brilliant during what has been a very testing time for everyone.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love and best wishes,

Justin & Jenny

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