As lawyers predict an impending boom in divorces in the wake of everything that has been going on over the past year, meet the couples who make living and working together an art form.
These husband-and-wife teams have managed to grow their enterprising ideas into booming businesses while picking up a raft of accolades and awards along the way.
In the first round of the series, we chat to the owners of four award-winning eateries and a couple whose guesthouse is an ode to Seamus Heaney and where you can do some ‘digging’ into your own past.
Here’s what they had to say about how they make everything work:
It will be a Valentine s Day like no other, when loved up couples will be wined and dined - at home.
This time last year it was still possible to treat your beloved to the traditional romantic dinner in a popular, hard-to-book - and packed - restaurant.
But that was then and this is now. Welcome to Valentine romance in lockdown.
What should be the date night of the year, however, can still be special.
You may not get the attentive waiter, soft lighting, fancy cutlery, posh glasses and romantic knick-knacks on the table that go with the restaurant experience.
Monday night s Covid-delayed annual Michelin awards presented by Davina McCall was a game of two halves for Northern Ireland. Saul McConnell, manager of Noble restaurant in Holywood, scooped a Michelin Revelation Award for Best Service in Great Britain and Ireland.