Tanned in a white cashmere turtleneck, a tight haircut and George Clooney wrinkles seemingly placed to express any emotion attractively, Diego Piacentini is quintessentially Italian. Walking through the Cliff House at Lyons, the boutique hotel bought by Tony Ryan and restored by businessman Barry O’Callaghan, Piacentini is effusive in his praise for Aimsir, the two Michelin-starred restaurant on the grounds of the estate.  Accustomed to the best dining in the world, he says, it was still a cut above the rest.  In a few hours’ time, some of the most high-profile faces of the Irish business world are due to…

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