THE Cranberries haven't been having the best time of it lately. First their huge US tour was cancelled and there has been speculation about the health of the lead singer Dolores O'Riordan. There also seems to be trouble brewing in the Limerick restaurant which Dolores and her brother Noel were developing for their mother Eileen.

Dolores has backed out of the Little Ellen Street venture and has left it to Noel and his new wife Catherine Nash. They are working with Dublin architect Derek Tynan to get the restaurant, tentatively called Little Nero's, ready before Christmas.