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“How often do you see a breakfast review in the weekend restaurant columns?” Georgina Campbell, president of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild, asked when launching the Irish Breakfast Awards 2017 in Dublin. This awards scheme, organised in association with Fáilte Ireland, was designed to highlight the importance of the Irish breakfast to international visitors to Ireland and domestic travellers, and aims to support the use of Irish foods and quality produce as part of the Irish breakfast on offer.

The truth of the matter is that in the large town of Tuam there is not much to choose from in the way of cafes and restaurants. When asked for recommendations of where to go for the best food and atmosphere, my advice would have been to pack some sandwiches to eat in your car. Pedros was, for a long time, the safest bet for somewhere to take the kids, until Lumberjacks Woodfired Pizza came along and offered another choice. Still very few places for a town of that size.

In the pretty village of Clarinbridge, cafes come and go with alarming regularity. With its retro-modern cottage style, decorative shelves of chutneys and wooden furniture, Poppy Seed Cafe is one constant and reliable part of village life, tucked back from the main street behind the shopping complex.

This new cafe and deli based in Wellpark Retail Park caused quite a lot of excitement when it opened four months ago and now has just about found its groove. Next to the back door of the g Hotel and directly across from the Eye Cinema, it instantly scores brownie points with some of the only free parking in the city and no booking required.

Cafe Mama is a traditional Italian-style pizzeria and restaurant, offering their guests a fine dining experience in friendly and comfortable surroundings.

Steven Linehan and his wife Martina are no strangers to high quality dining. The couple were the owners of the always popular Le Chateau restaurant on the banks of the Shannon in Athlone before becoming, as Steven says, “one of the first casualties of the recession”.

Cafe Zealous offers homecooked meals at affordable prices, with breakfast starting at €3.95 and ranging to €7.50 for an all day full Irish breakfast including free tea or coffee. Other breakfast choices include scrambled, poached, or boiled eggs, French toast, and omelettes with your choice of fillings.

Platform 3, the bar, cafe, and newsagency in Ceannt Railway Station, Galway, has recently undergone a refurbishment and now boasts a range of new and convenient services.

If you fancy a break from the miserable weather and the doom and gloom, Athlone’s newest eaterie, the Beautiful Day Cafe, is bound to cheer you up.

Cafe 903 is located in Cuba/Bar 903 on Eyre Square right beside the new TK Maxx. It is open seven days a week from 9am to 6pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 8pm Friday and Saturday, and from 11am to 6pm on Sundays. The cafe has been recently refurbished, and is now a cool and funky place to enjoy breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just a coffee or speciality tea.