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Many outlets around the country have expressed a feeling of frustration that those still in business in towns that have become derelict are expected to shoulder the rates burden for those that have not remained viable.

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Rates among the ruins

August 1, 2019

As part of the ongoing National Revaluation Programme local authorities...

The 2019 annual awards programme follows an online voting campaign which received over 20,000 votes from customers of Irish pubs around the world.

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Irish Hospitality Global Awards 2019 finalists announced

July 31, 2019

Shortlisted pubs include Zozimus on Anne’s Lane, John Kavanagh ‘The...

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Westbury Head Bartender Wins 2019 The Shed Distillery Curious...

July 25, 2019

The Head Bartender at the prestigious 5-star Westbury Hotel has won the top award at one of the...

At the Grand Central Bar in Dublin’s O’Connell Street are (from left): LVA Chief Executive Donall O’Keeffe; VFI Chief Executive Padraig Cribben and John Cassidy, Commercial Director with Edward Dillon & Co Ltd, one of the Awards sponsors.

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Irish Pub Awards 2019 – record entries

July 4, 2019

Now in their third year, the response to the Irish Pub Awards proves that this programme...

The July bar sales figures continue a downward trend for the licensed trade over the past few quarters.

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May bar sales values up 5%

July 3, 2019

However bar sales volumes were up 4.5% on the previous month, April, while...

“The public needs to understand that false and exaggerated claims force businesses to close and staff to lose their jobs.” - VFI Chief Executive Padraig Cribben.

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Attempted insurance scam caught on camera

July 2, 2019

The footage shows a person taking glass from beneath her top then placing it...

“The Government is publicly indifferent to the success of Ireland’s drinks and hospitality sector and is more than happy to burden it with a punishing excise tax rate and high VAT.” – Rosemary Garth.

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Government “publicly indifferent” to hospitality sector’s success

June 28, 2019

The research, conducted with over 500 Drinks Industry Group of Ireland members in...

“Ireland stands virtually unique in the scale of general damages we hand out for minor injuries.ng insurance costs is threatening the future of the organisations concerned in nearly half the cases and inhibiting AIR members' ability to grow in 46% of cases.

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Insurance rises averaging 204% since 2015 – AIR

June 28, 2019

Businesses in the hospitality sector comprise just over one-fifth of...

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UK pubs losing dinner to breakfast

June 27, 2019

The insight comes from MCA’s exclusive Quarterly Pub Brand Monitor...

Graduates from last year’s Diploma at Anglesea House with LVA Chief Executive Donall O’Keeffe (front row left), LVA Chairman 2018-2019 Alan Campbell (front row centre) and LVA Diploma Course Director, Gillian Knight (front row, just right of Alan Campbell).

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LVA Diploma in Bar and Food Management – enrolling

June 26, 2019

Aimed at publicans and pub management the course covers a wide range of topics...