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Brendan Buckley joins Whisky’s Hall of Fame

Marketing |  His marketing leadership & approach to brand-building has played key role in Jameson's development

VFI welcomes Government’s new rural strategy

On-trade | 'Our Rural Future' promotes living and working in rural areas

 Oliver Loomes to step down

Marketing | To leave company at end of June

Plan linking vaccine roll-out to reopening needed urgently

On-trade | Planned easing of restrictions a “missed opportunity”

Hospitality due “hope”

On-trade | “Hope is the glue that binds current social contract” – LVA

€66,000-worth of beer seized at Rosslare Europort

Marketing | Potential Exchequer loss of over €31,100.

Bryan Fallon appointed Drinks Ireland|Spirits Chair

Marketing | David Boyd-Armstrong elected Vice-Chair

Irish whiskey celebrated in new campaign

Marketing | Drinks Ireland|Irish Whiskey showcases uniqueness of Irish whiskey & promotes Irish whiskey cocktails

Poachers bags top prize

Ireland’s leading premium mixed drink brand Poachers Drinks has been announced the overall winner of the inaugural Tonic and Mixer Masters section of 2021's Spirits Business Global Masters Series.

Pubs - biding their time through gritted teeth

Emotionally & financially, the current Lockdown has come at a harder cost than the first Lockdown. Pat Nolan asked publicans around the country how they're coping and what they hope for the future.

Killarney Brewing & Distilling Company launches blended Irish whiskey

Killarney Brewing & Distilling Company, which has been producing quality beers since 2015, has unveiled the next chapter in its evolution with the launch of an eight-year-old premium blended Killarney Irish Whiskey.

Dublin's nightclubs and late bars find a voice

Dave Morrissey, Chairman of the LVA's Nightclub & Late Bar Committee, speaks to Pat Nolan about his hopes for the Night-time Economy's post-Coronavirus future.

Anyone for a Quarantini?

Join DII at the @RAI_ie virtual event, Hospitality & Tourism Expo 2021 on April 13.
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