Popular Bandon seafood restaurant Poachers is go up for sale, with the premises and business going on the market. The restaurant was recommended by the Michelin Guide several times over the years. Proprietor Barry McLoughlin’s social media announcement that he and wife Catherine were stepping away after two decades triggered an avalanche of online responses mourning their departure from the extremely popular West Cork restaurant. Poachers opened in 2006 as Poacher's Inn, a gastropub with a pronounced focus on delivering dishes using fresh Irish fish and seafood, sourcing as much as possible from the shores of its West Cork hinterland. We wanted to move on while we still had the energy and enthusiasm and a few years left to try our hand at something else.

Source: Irish Examiner January 20, 2026 07:38 UTC