The enthusiasm for cocktails, experimentation and eating-out by Dublin consumers represents a significant opportunity for drinks suppliers as Ireland’s on-trade recovers from Covid-19.

Spirits sales here fell 4.8% in 2020 from 2.42 million nine-litre cases to 2.3 million cases, mostly as a result of the pandemic and subsequent closure of the hospitality industry according to the fifth annual Irish Spirits Market Report from Drinks Ireland|Spirits for 2020.

- a collection of notable licensed trade quotes