Emerging from Lockdown it’s proving difficult to get the level of customer visits up to...
Opinion
Here’s wishing a short shelf-life to the vaccine cert
The general feeling remains that there’s more to be done on behalf of both trade and...
Reopening, not losing your soul and the art of diplomacy
Last Summer the LVA found 68% of people expressing concern that others wouldn’t take...
Long Night’s Journey into Day
Many local institutions will never reopen following the necessary precautionary measures...
False dawns & fanciful words
As we move through this pandemic (with no end in sight) we discover that circumstances can change...
“Work on top of work on top of work”
The government’s seeming perplexity recently at the trade’s negative reaction to Statutory...
Time for government to offer hospitality some solid advice
An interesting article by Mark Paul in today’s Irish Times looks at the neglect shown to...
Could scaled-down Social Distancing save the licensed trade?
At a time when we’d rightly rather be six feet apart than six feet under we’d also like to...
Precautionary Covid-19 measures must be regarded as temporary
Those Perspex screens separating some customers from others – and separating customers from...
The world within
But neither is it an easy time for your bodily health. Apart from the stress that Covid-19 has...