Pending 9% VAT rate for food and catering sectors to cost €675m
Licensed Vintners Association is pressing for cut to come in on budget day rather the following January 1st
Licensed Vintners Association
Measures to improve working conditions leading to crisis in food sector, report finds
Impact ‘could lead’ to loss of 625,000 international visitors and 21,000 tourism jobs
Hospitality sector urges Government response to ‘severe challenges’ amid gloomy outlook
Food sales have fallen by about 9% on average this year, and are expected to drop by as much as 12% over the rest of the year, according to lobbies
Dublin pub lobby risks losing the dressing room over price hikes
Minimum wage workers in firing line with Government poised to delay Living Wage introduction
Big businesses should face bigger fines for consumer protection breaches, watchdog says
Competition commission warns pub owners to display prices or face penalties
Should licensing laws be relaxed? Dr Sheila Gilheany and DJ Robbie Kitt debate
New legislation would see nightclubs stay open until 6am and pubs until 12.30am. While not everyone is in favour of extending alcohol laws, supporters say the move would be a boost to the night-time economy
Lobby group calls for action on ‘chronic shortage’ of taxis across country
Coalition of hospitality lobby groups and taxi-app companies will hold briefing with TDs and Senators on Wednesday
Dublin retailers, restaurants and pubs fearful of long-term impact of violent scenes
‘We believe it is essential the policing strategy is adjusted so there is a high profile, sustained Garda presence on Dublin streets throughout the city centre on a permanent basis’
Tourism promotion accused of ‘ignoring’ pubs as industry adapts to new realities
But critics argue marketing of alcohol ‘colours our perception of Ireland as a country’
‘It’s a dying trade’: Ireland’s rural pubs battle for survival as costs grow and habits change
Ireland's country pubs: ‘To go for a drink is one thing. To be driven to it is another’
Conflicting views emerge over planned pub licensing laws overhaul
Pubs issue warning over too much deregulation of licensing laws while night time economy campaigners warn of too many restrictions
Ireland’s night-time economy is in genuine peril - why were licensing reforms so long coming?
Government’s proposals for overhauling the licensing laws and extending pub and club opening hours is far-reaching but necessary
Pubs seeing ‘natural bounce back’ after pandemic but staff shortages ‘biggest barrier’ to recovery
Business in some Dublin pubs exceeding pre-pandemic levels, Oireachtas Committee hears
‘Serious shortage’ of staff sees some pubs close to let workers take holidays
Oireachtas Committee to hear many staff have left industry to take up jobs elsewhere
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