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22 Mar2023 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT!

We'd like to say a massive thank you to all our customers for your fantastic support during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight!

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised an incredible £18,005 which will go directly to our nominated project in the COCAOL, Honduras to provide equipment to create a sustainable and environmental friendly business for

22 Mar2023 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2023!

We'd like to say a massive thank you to all our customers for your fantastic support during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight!

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised an incredible €20,295 which will go directly to our nominated project in the COCAOL, Honduras to provide equipment to create a sustainable and environmental friendly business for honey production and ultimately empower the

27 Feb2023 Join us this Fairtrade Fortnight!

Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off today as we at Insomnia are celebrating 17 years of having 100% Fairtrade Coffee! 

Being Fairtrade certified means that the coffee was produced according to international Fairtrade standards and it’s socially and economically fair, including the payment of a minimum price to the coffee farmers. In addition, workers and farmers receive an additional sum of money

27 Feb2023 Join us this Fairtrade Fortnight 2023!

Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off today as we at Insomnia are celebrating 17 years of having 100% Fairtrade Coffee! 

Being Fairtrade certified means that the coffee was produced according to international Fairtrade standards and it’s socially and economically fair, including the payment of a minimum price to the coffee farmers. In addition, workers and farmers receive an additional sum of money called the Fairtrade premium. This money

14 Nov2022 Insomnia wins Retail Excellence Café & Restaurant of the Year for the second year in a row!

Insomnia Thurles has been named as Café & Restaurant of the Year at the AIB Merchant Services Retail Excellence Awards 2022. This represents the second year in a row that Insomnia has won the Café & Restaurant of the Year category with Insomnia Shackleton picking up the accolade last year.

Retail Excellence is the largest representative body for the retail

03 Nov2022 Love being Festive with our new Christmas Range

Christmas has come early at Insomnia with the launch of our Christmas Menu. As always, we've got a great selection of old favourites and a few surprises on the menu to get you ready for the festive season.

Beverages

Gingerbread Latte/Cappuccino

A firm favourite every year, Gingerbread syrup swirled with our signature espresso and velvety milk topped with a mini gingerbread biscuit.

15 Aug2022 INSOMNIA THURLES NAMED IN TOP 100 STORES IN IRELAND

We are delighted to announce that Insomnia Thurles has been selected as a Retail Excellence Top 100 store.

Retail Excellence is the largest retail industry representative organisation in Ireland. The Top 100 stores comprise of retailers from around the country in every sector within the Irish Retail Industry. The awards were established in 1997 to promote best practice and encourage high standards in the

30 May2022 New Milkshake and Ice-cream range now in stores!

This Summer we've put our expertise in exciting Irish tastebuds to good use with the launch of our ice-cream and milkshake range. Our new menu includes delicious versions of some of the nation’s favourite classic flavours, like the Insomnia Coke Float with McDaid’s Irish Cola, Rock Shandy Milkshake, along with scrumptious new crowd pleasers including Ice cream Sundaes with Nutella

06 May2022 Insomnia Treats - Irish Loyalty Awards Winner 2022

We're delighted to announce that Insomnia Treats has been awarded Retail Loyalty Programme and Loyalty Programme of the Year as voted for by the Public at the Irish Loyalty Awards 2022.

The Irish Loyalty Awards celebrate companies that create customer loyalty and find new ways of driving loyal behaviours that place the customer at the heart of their business. Supporting the

04 Apr2022 Insomnia Treats – Finalist in the Irish Loyalty Awards 2022!

Insomnia are delighted to announce that our Insomnia Treats Loyalty Programme has been nominated as a finalist at the Irish Loyalty Awards 2022. We have been shortlisted in three categories: Retail Loyalty Programme of the Year Best Customer Experience Established (5yrs+) Loyalty Programme of the Year

We are over the moon with this news and would like to thank all our customers for making Insomnia Treats as popular as it

28 Mar2022 Insomnia win Retail Franchise of the Year 2022 at the Irish Franchise Awards!

We were absolutely delighted to be named ‘Retail Franchise of the Year” at the 25th annual Irish Franchise Association Awards. The awards recognise excellence and leadership in the Irish Franchise industry and the only event completely dedicated to those working in franchising in Ireland.

After nearly two and a half years, over 180 representatives from 30 franchises across Ireland, joined together

14 Mar2022 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2022

We'd like to say a massive thank you to all our customers for your fantastic support during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight. 

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised an incredible £16,773 which will go directly to our nominated project in the Unen Choit Co-op in Papua New Guinea to provide technology to improve

14 Mar2022 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2022!

We'd like to say a massive thank you to all our customers for your fantastic support during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight. 

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised an incredible €20,145 which will go directly to our nominated project in the Unen Choit Co-op in Papua New Guinea to provide technology to improve

21 Feb2022 Fairtrade Fortnight 2022

Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off today as we at Insomnia are celebrating 16 years of having 100% Fairtrade Coffee! 

Being Fairtrade certified means that the coffee was produced according to international Fairtrade standards and it’s socially and economically fair, including the payment of a minimum price to the coffee farmers. In addition, workers and farmers receive an additional sum of money

20 Dec2021 Christmas opening hours 2021

We would like to wish you and your family a very happy and peaceful Christmas

Over the festive period there will be some small changes to our store opening hours, click HERE to view a full list of opening hours for each store from December 21st 2021 to January 3rd 2022. 

Please note Christmas Opening Hours are subject to

29 Sep2021 INSOMNIA Shackleton is a top 30 store 2021

We’re thrilled to announce that Insomnia Shackleton has been selected as a Top30 Finalist in the Retail Excellence Awards 2021!

The Top30 list comprises of retailers from around the country in every sector within the Irish Retail Industry, vying to be Ireland’s National Store of the Year. The Store of the Year competition is the central part of

15 Sep2021 Insomnia Treats Rewards wins Best QSR Loyalty Programme 2021!

Amazing news… Insomnia Treats has won the Best QSR Loyalty Programme of the Year 2021 at the Irish Loyalty Awards. This is a huge achievement for our new and improved Treats Loyalty programme and would like to thank all our customers for making it a success!

The Irish Loyalty Awards is a recognition and networking platform to bring together the loyalty

13 Sep2021 Insomnia announced as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies 2021!

Insomnia Coffee Company has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies. The awards programme is led by Deloitte Ireland, in association with Bank of Ireland. Insomnia has been recognised as demonstrating superior business performance for a third successive year, at a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday, 8 September.

Ireland’s Best Managed Companies Awards programme promotes and

09 Aug2021 5 INSOMNIA STORES AMONG THE TOP 125 STORES IN IRELAND

Insomnia Coffee Company are delighted to announce that 5 of our stores have been selected as a Retail Excellence Top 125 store. 

Insomnia BallsbridgeInsomnia NaasInsomnia Navan TownInsomnia MallowInsomnia Shackleton

 

Retail Excellence is the largest retail industry representative organization in Ireland. The Top 125 stores comprise of retailers from around the country in every sector within the Irish Retail Industry. The awards were established in 1997 to promote

27 Apr2021 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2021!

We'd like to say a massive thank you to all our customers for your fantastic support during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight. 

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised an incredible £17,469 which will go directly to our nominated project in the COCAFCAL Co-op to promote leadership and Youth entrepreneurship. This means that since 2009, we have raised over £147,787 

22 Apr2021 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2021!

We'd like to say a massive thank you to all our customers for your fantastic support during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight. 

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised an incredible €20,095 which will go directly to our nominated project in the COCAFCAL Co-op to promote leadership and Youth entrepreneurship. This means that since 2009, we have raised over €170,000 for our

18 Dec2020 Christmas opening hours at Insomnia

We would like to wish you and your family a very happy and peaceful Christmas.

Over the festive period there will be some small changes to our store opening hours, click here to view a full list of opening hours for each store from December 21st 2020 to January 1st 2021. Christmas Opening Hours are subject to change dependent due to government restrictions. Please note all stores will

01 Sep2020 Competition Time! - Win €20 FREE credit to your Insomnia Treats account

To celebrate the launch of our new and improved Insomnia Treats Programme, we are giving 5 lucky members the chance to win €20 credit for free! This credit can be redeemed on any Insomnia purchase in participating stores. All you have to do is 1) like the associated social media post, 2) tell us your favourite Insomnia item and 3) tag a friend! 

You must be a registered Treats member

10 Apr2020 Your chance to enter the Great Insomnia Bake Off

It’s Competition time!... or Great Insomnia Bake Off time, to be precise.

We were supposed to have these Easter Nests in store this week… but we’ve done the next best thing and can share the recipe with you. 

We have been so impressed with everyone who has made our recipes so far and thought we

31 Mar2020 Insomnia announced as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies!

Insomnia Coffee Company has been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme, in association with Bank of Ireland. The company, which demonstrated superior business performance for the second year running, was recognised at a gala awards dinner in Dublin on 6 March. 

Nine companies have qualified for the first time

10 Mar2020 Insomnia is a proud sponsor of Ennis Book Club Festival

Insomnia are proud to be sponsors of this year’s Ennis Book Club Festival. The Ennis Book Club Festival took place from 6th-8th March 2020 and is a literary festival which aims to promote and celebrate reading and books.

Ennis town was bustling with avid book readers from all around Ireland and further afield who came together to share their

05 Feb2020 Love is in the air at Insomnia - Valentine’s Day Gift Card Competition

Love is in the air this Valentine's Day!

We belive that coffee is a catalyst for catch ups and chats, so we want our winners to relax and enjoy a coffee date with someone special!

This year to celebrate Valentine's Day, we are giving two lucky winners a €25 Insomnia Gift Card each. All you have to do is like our related post

27 Jan2020 Insomnia Treats Programme - Finalist at the Irish Loyalty Awards 2020

Insomnia Treats Loyalty Programme has been nominated as a finalist at the Irish Loyalty Awards 2020 in not one, but two, categories:

 Best QSR Loyalty Programme of the Year Established Loyalty Programme of the Year

We are over the moon with this news and would like to thank all our customers for making it a success! Help us win two in a row by voting for Insomnia

20 Nov2019 Win a pair of guest chef Adrian Martins Cook Books

To celebrate our Guest Chef Range with Chef Adrian Martin, we have an exciting competition lined up! We would love to offer you the chance to win two of Chef Adrian’s Cook Books and one Insomnia Lunch Voucher… 

All you have to do is like our Instagram post, follow our page and tag a person you think should make you dinner

05 Nov2019 Win Free Weekly Lunch for a Year

Win Weekly Lunch for a Year!

We are feeling generous and want to offer a lucky customer the chance to win free weekly lunch for a year..That's right a whole year!

All you have to do to win is comment under the related post on Instagram with what your favourite item is from the new range, with the hashtag #LunchOnInsomnia

Competition closes Monday 1

04 Nov2019 Win Lunch for your Office!

To celebrate the launch of our brand new lunch range, we want to offer one lucky winner the chance to win FREE lunch for your office! (Worth up to €200 and a max. of 20 people).

What a way to brighten up your colleagues' week and earn some major brownie points in the office! All you have to do is like the related post and 

15 Oct2019 Insomnia Cavan is a Retail Excellence Top30 store

Insomnia Coffee is delighted to announce that our Cavan store has been selected as a Top30 Finalist in the 2019 AIBMS Retail Excellence Awards, the only store in Cavan to make it thorugh to the Top30. 

Retail Excellence is the largest retail industry representative organization in Ireland. The Top30 list comprises of retailers from around the country in every sector

01 Oct2019 Insomnia awarded Retail Franchise of the Year 2019

We were absolutely thrilled to be named ‘Retail Franchise of the Year” at the 24th annual Irish Franchise Association Awards. The awards recognise excellence and leadership in the Irish Franchise industry. The award was presented by Ciara O’Farrell from Elavon. 

Representatives from over 35 franchises in Ireland converged on Clontarf Castle Hotel on Friday to discover who

12 Sep2019 Cavan, Dundalk and Market Cross among the Top100 stores in Ireland

Insomnia Coffee Company are delighted to announce that 3 of our stores have been selected as a Retail Excellence Top 100 store. 

Insomnia, Main Street, Cavan 
Insomnia, Hoey’s Lane Dundalk, Louth 
Insomnia, Market Cross Shopping Centre, Kilkenny

Retail Excellence is the largest retail industry representative organization in Ireland. The Top100 stores comprises of retailers from around the country in every

23 Jul2019 Sit back and enjoy a Coffee @ Spar Ettington

Today we opened our doors in Ettington, the picturesque village near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. 

Insomnia Ettington manager, Allyson is looking forward to welcoming all our new customers in Ettington and thinks that a new coffee shop is just what the local village community needs.

With an abundance of natural light and comfortable seating,

04 Jul2019 Introducing our New Medium Roast Coffee

Introducing our New Medium Roast Coffee 100% Arabica

We are delighted to introduce the 2nd Limited Edition of Insomnia Voyager - we are 22 years in business this year and constantly innovating to respond to changing trends.

Insomnia Voyager brings you on a journey in every cup, every year we pack up, go out and find you a new exotic coffee, roast it medium and with heaps

07 Jun2019 Official Opening Party at Insomnia Claremorris Co. Mayo

Yesterday marked our official, fun-filled, opening party at our Insomnia store in Claremorris, Co. Mayo. We were joined on the day by the gang from Midwest radio who broadcasted live from outside the store and gave away great prizes to listeners, including a competition to win Free Coffee for a Year!

Inside the store, visitors of all ages got tonnes of

30 May2019 Latest coffee update in the Midwest: Claremorris, Co. Mayo we have arrived!

We’re thrilled to have opened today a new Insomnia in Claremorris, Co. Mayo! 

Claremorris is the fastest growing town in Co. Mayo and it’s located near Knock Hill, Land of the Giants and Mayfield Lake. 

Insomnia Claremorris is the third site in Co. Mayo. Located in The Silverbridge Plaza, near Tesco and other local businesses and surrounded by a

29 Apr2019 UK COFFEE WEEK – SUPPORTING COFFEE GROWING COMMUNITIES

Insomnia is once again taking part in the UK COFFEE WEEK by donating 5p for each coffee sold during 29th April – 5th May 2019.

UK Coffee Week is returning to coffee shops, retailers and foodservice outlets across UK, raising money for Project Waterfall whilst celebrating and championing the country’s thriving coffee scene.  Set to be the largest yet, the celebration has so far changed

23 Apr2019 Thank you for supporting Fairtrade Fortnight 2019

We'd like to say a huge thank you to all our customers for their fantastic support during Fairtrade Fortnight. We are delighted to announce that this year we raised £18,747 will go directly to our nominated project, the Manizales Coffee Cooperative in Colombia. This means since 2009 we have raised an incredible £112,711 for our nominated projects.

This years' project is very special to the Insomnia team

23 Apr2019 Thank you for supporting Fairtrade Fortnight 2019

We'd like to say a huge thank you to all our customers for their fantastic support during Fairtrade Fortnight. We are delighted to announce that this year we raised €21,650 which will go directly to our nominated project, the Manizales Coffee Cooperative in Colombia. This means that since 2009 we have raised an incredible €129,039 for our nominated projects.

This years' project is very special to the

05 Apr2019 Insomnia is supporting the Special Olympics Ireland!

For the past few years we’ve been supporting Special Olympics on their collection day, this year the Collection Day will take place on Friday 5th April and we’ll be donating 5 cents for every hot drink purchased on the day. 

The money raised on the day will be used to ensure that the charity can continue to realize its promise of offering people

04 Apr2019 Seaside treat in Skerries

Insomnia Coffee Company are delighted to announce that latest store opened in Skerries Eurospar this week. We’re thrilled with our new sea side location, just a short stroll from the bustling harbour. 

Skerries is easily accessible by the DART, a perfect excuse to spend a couple of hours exploring the rugged Fingal coastline with tranquil scenic walks or

03 Apr2019 Treats Programme wins QSR Loyalty Programme of the Year 2019!

Amazing news everyone… Insomnia Treats Rewards Programme has won the Best QSR Loyalty Programme of the Year 2019! This is a huge success for our Loyalty programme – thanks to our customers!

The Insomnia Treats Rewards programme was one of the big winners of the first Irish Loyalty Awards ceremony, held last Thursday at the Intercontinental Hotel Ballsbridge, Dublin. 

19 Mar2019 Daffodil Day – Supporting Irish Cancer Society

Daffodil Day takes place every year, and this year’s collection day is on the 22nd of March - the Irish Cancer Society is urging the public to support this great cause.

At Insomnia, we are determined to show our support by selling daffodils in our stores and to offer additional support by donating 5 cents from the sales of all Hot Beverages sold on the day.<

08 Mar2019 Now Serving Your Daily Brew on Gardiner Street

Insomnia Coffee is pleased to announce the opening of our latest store located on Gardiner Street, one of Dublin’s most distinguished Georgian Streets. 

Gardiner Street is one of Dublin’s best know streets due to its historical, cultural, political and architectural importance. The store is just a stone’s throw from Mountjoy Square, we’re already dreaming of ICECAPS in the

06 Mar2019 Insomnia Coffee Company announced as one of Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies

Insomnia Coffee has been named as one of Deloitte's Best Managed Companies. Insomnia which demonstrated superior business performance, was recognised at a gala awards dinner in Dublin on 1 March 2019. 

This year, 12 new companies join a network of 136 companies that were awarded the status of Best Managed. The Best Managed Companies network this year has total revenues of almost €11 billion, export sales of almost €3

25 Feb2019 Help Us to Improve the Lives of the             Manizales Coffee Cooperative

Each year during Fairtrade Fortnight we support a nominated Insomnia Community project and donate 5 cents from each hot beverage sold during that period. To date we have raised €107,389.

In 2019, all funds raised between February 25th and March 10th, will go directly to the Manizales Coffee Cooperative in Colombia. This years’ project is very special to the Insomnia team as

22 Feb2019 Help Us to Improve the Lives of the             Manizales Coffee Cooperative

Each year during Fairtrade Fortnight we support a nominated Insomnia Community project and donate 5 pence from each hot beverage sold during that period. To date we have raised £93,964.

In 2019, all funds raised between February 25th and March 10th, will go directly to the Manizales Coffee Cooperative in Colombia. This years’ project is very special to the Insomnia team as

22 Feb2019 Insomnia Treats Programme – Finalist in the Irish Loyalty Awards 2019!

Great news, Insomnia have been nominated as a Finalist for the Best QSR Loyalty Programme of the Year with its Insomnia Treats programme. This is a huge success for our Loyalty programme – thanks to our customers!

The winners will be announced on March 28th at a black-tie event. In the mean time you can vote

11 Feb2019 Insomnia Love Stories

Love is in the air at Insomnia! We all know that coffee brings people together, either for a catch up with friends or for a first date even… Insomnia started serving coffee 20 years ago and throughout the years it became the place where many people met their best friends or their loved ones.

This Valentine’s day we’ve asked our employees to share

16 Jan2019 ‘An chéad stad eile’…Next Stop Cabra!

We are delighted to open our newest Insomnia on New Cabra Road adjacent to Spar today. We’re very proud of all the unique finishing touches in store, from our tea cup clock, photo wall, coffee infographic mirror and lots and lots of seating. We are sure that whether you’re grabbing your morning coffee, catching up with your friends or setting down to read a good

21 Dec2018 Christmas Opening Hours

We would like to inform all our loyal customers that there will be a slight change to some of our stores opening hours over the festive period.

Opening hours for some stores will vary from December 23rd 2018 to January 1st 2019, click HERE to view a full list of opening hours by store.

From everyone here at Insomnia Coffee Company we would like to

24 Oct2018 Now brewing at Liffey St Upper, Dublin 1!

Today we’ve opened a new Insomnia store in Dublin 1, right in the heart of the city!

The new store located at Liffey Street Upper is the perfect spot for a coffee if you’re shopping in town or just visiting some of the city’s land marks such as the General Post Office and the Ha&rsquo

19 Oct2018 Insomnia wins Café of the Year at the Irish Foodservice Quality Food Awards 2018

Insomnia Coffee Company won the Café of the Year at the Irish Foodservice Quality Food Awards 2018, held in Dublin on the 18th October.

Harry O Kelly CEO of Insomnia said: “we were thrilled to win the Café of the Year 2018 Award. I am extremely proud of the team and all their hard work and dedication to growing Insomnia to what it is today."<

05 Oct2018 Insomnia shortlisted for the ‘Waste Prevention Business Award’ Pakman Awards 2018

We’re thrilled to announce that Insomnia has been shortlisted as one of 2018 finalists in the Waste Prevention Business Award category for the Pakman Awards this year!

This is Insomnia’s first time entering the Pakman Awards and we’re also in with the chance of winning your category and being Ireland’s overall winner of the

04 Oct2018 Oh me, oh my, we’re now open in Mullingar!

We’re delighted to have opened today our first store in the lovely town of Mullingar!

Located on Pearse Street, the main street in town, the new Insomnia store is a great new addition to the town best known for being home to some of the best music talents in Ireland and also very famous for its Christmas Markets.

Speaking about the opening, Harry

01 Oct2018 ‘FRANCHISOR WITH OUTSTANDING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY’ -  IRISH FRANCHISE AWARDS 2018

We are absolutely thrilled to be named ‘Franchisor with Outstanding Social Responsibility” in the 23rd annual Irish Franchise Awards that recognise excellence in franchising and outstanding achievements of businesses and individuals in the franchise industry.

The award ceremony was held on Friday 28th September, at Clontarf Castle in Dublin and is celebrating 23 years this year – one of the longest running business award

27 Sep2018 INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY – 1st Oct – REGISTER AND EARN A FREE COFFEE

At Insomnia we love to celebrate coffee and this year we’re celebrating International Coffee Day (1st October) in a very special way, we're offering one FREE COFFEE coupon to all customers who download and register a new account on the Insomnia Treats App on the 1st of October 2018.

All you have to do is register a new account

27 Sep2018 VEGAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIE BY HOLLY WHITE “VEGAN-ISH”

Today we’ve launched the new Vegan Chocolate Brownie by Holly White’s cook book “Vegan-ish”!

We have teamed up with Holly to create a delicious 100% Vegan Brownie and the end result it so worth it! Holly trialled many different recipes before in order to come up with the perfect recipe that you can now taste in our stores.

The Vegan

24 Sep2018 Insomnia Saggart on the Top 30 stores in Ireland!

We’re thrilled to announce that Insomnia Saggart achieved the Top30 Finalist Status on the Retail Excellence Awards 2019!

Retail Excellence, the largest retail industry representative organization in Ireland, has today announced the Top30 stores in Ireland. The list comprises retailers from around the country in every sector within the Irish Retail Industry.

The Top30 stores will now be rigorously tested with a financial audit

07 Sep2018 Marta Siudak in the Top 5 Retail Excellence Manager of the Year Awards 2018

We’re proud to announce that Marta Siudak was selected as one of top 5 Manager of The Year finalists, in the Retail Excellence Awards 2018!

Marta has been part on Insomnia’s team since 2013, back then she was a Training Supervisor in our Carpenterstown branch and she is now our Store Manager in Ashbourne.

Harry O’Kelly, CEO of Insomnia Coffee Company said,

06 Sep2018 Ennis – More coffee (and music) in town!

Today we’ve opened our second site in Ennis, Co. Clare! The new shop is located on O’Connell Street at the heart of the town.

To celebrate the opening, we’ll have live acoustic music from 2pm- 3pm by Chris Ward, a musician from Limerick, brought by Damian O’Rourke and his

04 Jul2018 Win a Fujifilm Instax Camera to capture your summer!

Capture your sparkling moments this summer all thanks to Ballygowan Sparkling Fruity and Insomnia!

Ballygowan Sparkling Fruity is a refreshingly different sparkling water with a delicate hint of fruit. To help you capture all your sparkling moments this summer Insomnia and Ballygowan want to give you the chance to win a Fujifilm Instax camera. To enter all you have to do is go to

18 Jun2018 More than just cups, Insomnia launches Mission Compostable

Leading the way Insomnia Coffee Chain have launched Mission Compostable (#missioncompostable), an integrated instore sustainability programme which will, by 2020, divert 15 million takeaway coffee cups and 20 million single use items such as plastic straws, plastic cups and plastic cutlery from landfill.

From today, Monday, 18th June, across over 150 stores and an additional 400 self service units in Ireland all take away

08 Jun2018 Summer Icecaps have arrived in Portlaoise

It was an exciting day as Insomnia Portlaoise opened on Thursday, 7th June in the Kyle Shopping Centre in Portlaoise town! Lead by store manager Katarzyna the new team of 6 staff were off to a busy start as customers were looking for ICECAPs to cool down in the lovely summer weather.

Located beside Dunnes Stores, this is a busy area of Portlaoise and Insomnia are excited to

24 May2018 Natural Born Feeder - Chocolate Dipped Cocadas Recipe

We have teamed up with Natural Born Feeder (Roz Purcell) to create a recipe that would tie with our new Voyager Coffee. We've asked Roz to create a guilt free snack matching with the flavours of our new coffee itself. 

Roz used to live in Colombia (from where our new Single Origin Medium roast coffee is)

18 May2018 One sip away from Summer

Summer is all about relaxing, enjoying the outdoors and go on a long holiday. With Insomnia’s new summer range, you’ll be one sip away from a relaxing tropical paradise! This summer we dare you to try something different – our new exclusive summer range has a variety of options for everyone’s taste: pick up one of our four blended frappe drinks from Oreo

18 May2018 One sip away from Summer

Summer is all about relaxing, enjoying the outdoors and go on a long holiday. With Insomnia’s new summer range, you’ll be one sip away from a relaxing tropical paradise! This summer we dare you to try something different – our new exclusive summer range has a variety of options for everyone’s taste: pick up one of our four blended frappe drinks from Oreo

15 May2018 Double shot of coffee in Sligo!

Today we’ve opened our second Insomnia store in Sligo!

Capital of the Northwest region and one of Ireland’s largest towns, Sligo sees a new Insomnia Coffee Shop opening today following the first opening in 2016 (Quayside SC).

Located in O’Connell Street, in the heart of the city and just across the street from Penneys, this is one of the most

30 Apr2018 First INSOMNIA Drive Thru opens in Maxol Ballycoolin

Insomnia are thrilled to have partnered with Maxol this month to open our first dedicated Drive Thru offering at Maxol Ballycoolin, located on the N2/N3 link road, in the heart of the Dublin Enterprise Zone.

CEO of Insomnia, Harry O’Kelly, said; “At Insomnia we are thrilled to be opening our first ever Drive Thru store at Maxol, Ballycoolin, we are sure it will

20 Apr2018 Supporting Special Olympics 2018 – Collection Day!

This year is huge for the Special Olympics Ireland Games as the games are taking place in Dublin for the first time in 16 years gathering 1600 Special Olympics athletes from throughout Ireland.

For the past few years we’ve been supporting Special Olympics on their collection day, this year the Collection Day will take place on Friday 20th April and we’ll be donating 5 cents

19 Apr2018 Introducing our New Colombian Single Origin Medium Roast Coffee

We are delighted to introduce Insomnia Voyager, it’s the first new coffee in our 21-year history!

Insomnia Voyager brings you on a journey in every cup, every year we pack up, go out and find you a new single origin coffee, roast it medium and with heaps of respect.

This year we went to

16 Apr2018 UK COFFEE WEEK – supporting coffee growing communities!

In 2018 Insomnia will take part in UK Coffee Week for the second time, donating 5p for each coffee sold during this week!

Now in its eight-year, UK Coffee Week will be taking place from the 16th to the 22nd of April 2018 with a nationwide fundraising campaign across thousands of coffee shops across the UK.

The donations received will go to Project Waterfall, an initiative dedicated

28 Mar2018 Insomnia’s Find a Golden Ticket Competition

To celebrate the launch of Insomnia's new chocolate menu  and all of the delicious chocolate treats we have in store all year round we want to give 5 lucky winners a scrumdiddilyumptious Broderick's Chocolate Hamper! Crammed with all of your favourite Broderick's Treats, including Tiff Toff in the Tuffin Bars, Road Rocking Choc Choc Blocks, Caramental Bars, Slam Dunk Peanut Trucks, Assorted Cake Bags and a

27 Mar2018 Winter Heart perform live at Insomnia Athy

On Saturday we got our first glimpse of Spring as the sun shone! What better way to spend an evening like this than with some live acoustic music and a relaxing coffee. Athy locals gathered on Saturday, 24th March, to hear a local band, Winter Heart, perform their newest material in an acoustic set at Insomnia Athy. This performance was in aid of Our Lady's

23 Mar2018 Coffee is our calling at Insomnia Coalville

Located in the Belvoir Shopping Centre, in the heart of Coalville, North West Leicestershire, you will now find the newest Insomnia store, Insomnia Coffee Company @ Coalville!  Situated at the front of Belvoir Shopping Centre, Insomnia is in the perfect spot for a coffee and a bite to eat if you’re out shopping for the day or for locals looking for a new place to lunch. Insomnia

13 Mar2018 THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS!

Thank you to all our customers for their great support this Fairtrade Fortnight!

For the past years of Insomnia’s involvement in Fairtrade Fortnight we’ve contributed with five cents from each cup sold towards our nominated community projects, raising a total of €107,389.

The €15,210 raised this year will go directly to our nominated project of the ASOBAGRI Coffee Cooperative, in Guatemala,

26 Feb2018 HELP US TO EMPOWER WOMEN WITHIN THE COFFEE INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA

Every year, since 2009, we have taken part in Fairtrade Fortnight, where a percentage from each hot beverage sold is donated to our nominated Insomnia Community projects.

This Fairtrade Fortnight, we are donating 5p from every Fairtrade beverage sold to our nominated project of the ASOBAGRI Coffee Cooperative, in Guatemala, with the aim to empower Women within the coffee industry in Latin America.

ASOBAGRI has 278 indigenous

21 Feb2018 Random Acts of Kindness Day 2018 with Insomnia

Random Acts of Kindness Day came to fruition thanks to the brilliant minds behind the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, who created a global initiative which takes place in February each year with the aim of encouraging people to spread a little kindness. They say that being kind is contagious, so your decision to perform even one kind act can spread exponentially and cause a wave of generosity. One

09 Feb2018 Love is in the Air at Insomnia - Valentines Day Competition

Love is in the air this Valentine's Day at Insomnia! 

To celebrate Valentines Day we will be giving 3 lucky winners a €25 gift card each. Use it to treat your boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, mother, brother or who ever you would like to bring for a coffee date! Coffee is for catch ups and chats, so we want our winners to relax and enjoy

30 Jan2018 Peru Fairtrade community project is now completed!

Every year, since 2006, Insomnia has taken part in the Fairtrade Fortnight, where a percentage from each hot beverage sold during those 2 weeks is donated to our nominated community project.

In 2017, we’ve raised €14,305 for the construction of a Youth Centre for young members and the children of the ACPC Pichanaki Coffee Cooperative in Peru. We are thrilled to say that this community project is now 100%

19 Jan2018 WIN a pair of designer shoes worth €500 with Ballygowan & Insomnia

Insomnia and Ballygowan Sparklingly Fruity are giving one lucky winner the chance to win pair of designer shoes worth up to €500.

To enter, all you have to do is like Insomnia’s Facebook page and comment on the competition post to answer the question "How many calories are in each can of Ballygowan Sparklingly Fruity? (a) 23 calories (b) 230 calories

15 Nov2017 Insomnia woke up in Athy today!

We're very excited to announce that Insomnia opened a new store this week in Athy, Co. Kildare. The store, located on Edmund Rice Square, is the perfect spot to take a break while doing some shopping in the town centre or to grab a hot chocolate and warm up after browsing the markets in the town square.

Insomnia Athy is a stone’s throw away

08 Nov2017 Congrats to SPAR Little Island - Cork Retail Award Winner 2017

A big congratulations to Shane Cantillon and all of the team at SPAR Little Island for all of their hard work this year which has result in them being awarded the Cork Retail Award 2017 at the Cork Business Awards 2017.

The judges commented that SPAR Little Island had constantly progressed in the Retail category and that the store had led by investment and innovation in the store. Insomnia

31 Oct2017 INSOMNIA WINS NATIONAL CAFÉ CHAIN OF THE YEAR AWARD AND BEST DELI & ACCOMPANIMENTS

Insomnia Coffee Company won the National Café Chain of the Year and best Deli & Accompaniments product with the Pesto Roast Veg Beetroot Ciabatta at the Irish Café Quality Food Awards 2017, held in Dublin on the 26th October.

Harry O Kelly CEO of Insomnia said: “we were thrilled to win the National Café Chain

24 Oct2017 Insomnia’s Latte Art Throw Down 2017

In October 2017 we invited sixteen of Insomnia’s top baristas to come together to compete to become this year's Insomnia’s Latte Art Thrown Down champion. Pouring a good coffee is an art in itself but we challenged our talented baristas to present us with delicious, aromatic coffee with a twist.

Throughout four tough rounds our baristas rose to

22 Sep2017 Insomnia Baggot St on the Top 30 stores in Ireland

We’re thrilled to announce that Insomnia Baggot Street achieved the Top30 Finalist Status on the Retail Excellence Awards 2018!

Retail Excellence, the largest retail industry representative organization in Ireland, has today announced the Top30 stores in Ireland. The list comprises retailers from around the country in every sector within the Irish Retail Industry.

The Top30 stores will now be rigorously tested with a financial

06 Jul2017 ADAM MOLONEY - THE VOICE OF SHANNON KEEPS IT LOCAL!

Three weeks ago, Shannon Gospel Choir gave an amazing performance at Insomnia Shannon! We had an amazing audience and all seats were taken to see this much-loved choir. A generous amount was raised (€370) for the Goradiche Orphanage (St. Senan’s Parish, Shannon) during the evening.

Our customers enjoyed this special evening so much that we’ve decided to do it again and bring another

30 Jun2017 Peru Fairtrade Community Project Progress Report

Insomnia have been involved in Fairtrade Fortnight for the past 8 years, with numerous community projects along the way. We have contributed a total of €92,179 for our various Fairtrade Community Projects during this time.

This year, during Fairtrade Fortnight, we raised €14,305, which will go directly to the ACPC Pichanaki Coffee Cooperative (CAC PICHANAKI ACPC), in Peru, our latest Fairtrade Community Project.

This project

12 Jun2017 Coffee and Music – The perfect blend!

Summer is all about having fun, relax, ice drinks, music and of course… Summer Festivals, right? At Insomnia Shannon we’re getting all of these under one roof for you!

To get into summer mode we’ll be showcasing some artists who will take part on the SHANNON FESTIVAL 2017 (8th-10th September 2017).

Shannon Gospel Choir will be performing this Thursday at Insomnia

23 May2017 St. Stephens Green reopened with a new look

Summer has arrived and brought us not only the new delicious summer drinks but also a completely refurbished store – St. Stephens Green!

St Stephens Green reopened last week after a huge makeover, the store has now a new comfy sitting area, perfect for a quick meeting or catch up with friends.

The new store design incorporates natural wood, granite and brick finishes

22 May2017 Insomnia - Best Indigenous Franchise 2 Years Running!

For the second year in a row, Insomnia won ‘Best Indigenous Irish Franchise’ in the 22nd annual Irish Franchise Awards that recognise excellence in franchising and outstanding achievements of businesses and individuals in the franchise industry.

The award ceremony was held on Friday 19th May, at the Radisson St Helen’s Hotel in Dublin and is celebrating 22 years this year – one of the

18 May2017 Deansgrange Enterprise Town: A warm welcome from the community!

Insomnia took part on the Enterprise Town Community event that took place last Saturday, May 13th, in Deansgrange. This Bank of Ireland initiative aims to promote local businesses while involving the community with all the town has to offer.

Dominik Roman, our store manager in Deansgrange was delighted with this initiative and with the chance to bring a taste of Insomnia’s

12 May2017 Win one of the 5 Family passes to the Premiere of Disney’s PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVEN

To celebrate the launch of Disney's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE in Irish Cinemas, Insomnia are offering five lucky winners the chance to go to the Special Preview Screening in Savoy Cinema, Dublin, on Saturday, the 20th of May, at 2.15pm.

To be in with a chance of winning one of the 5 family passes (2 adults and 2 children), all you have to do

05 May2017 Special Olympics Ireland Collection Day Friday 5th of May

For every hot drink purchased today, May 5th, Insomnia will be donating 5 cents to Special Olympics Ireland.

The money raised on the day will be used to ensure that the charity can continue to realize its promise of offering people with an intellectual disability the opportunity to participate in sport in their area.

You can also show your support by making a donation in the

25 Apr2017 INSOMNIA ANNOUNCED FINALIST FOR TWO CATEGORIES IN THE IRISH FRANCHISE AWARDS 2017

The Irish Franchise Association has announced the shortlist for this year’s Franchise Awards from which the overall winner in twelve categories will be chosen. Insomnia Coffee Company are delighted to be named amongst these finalists for two categories: Best Indigenous Irish Franchise and Franchise of the Year (Retail).

The Irish Franchise Awards recognise excellence in Franchising and reward outstanding achievements of businesses and individuals in

06 Apr2017 UK COFFEE WEEK – Supporting Project Waterfall

UK Coffee Week is a nationwide fundraising campaign that takes place in thousands of coffee shops across the UK. Now in its seventh year, UK Coffee Week will be taking place from the 10th to the 16th of April. 

The donations received will go to Project Waterfall, an initiative dedicated to bringing clean water facilities to coffee growing communities. Water is integral to the live of

21 Mar2017 Daffodil Day – Supporting Irish Cancer Society

Daffodil Day takes place every year on the 24th of March, and the Irish Cancer Society is urging the public to support this great cause.

At Insomnia, we are determined to show our support by selling daffodils in our stores, and help to turn Ireland yellow this Friday, 24th of March. Each year, Daffodil day helps raise millions of Euro to support the Society’s free,

16 Mar2017 Thank you to all our customers!

Thank you to all our customers for their great support this Fairtrade Fortnight!

For the past eight years of Insomnia’s involvement in Fairtrade Fortnight we’ve contributed with five cents from each cup sold towards this great cause. We have contributed a total of €92,179 for our various Fairtrade Community Projects.
The €14,305 raised this year will go directly to the ACPC