The entire hospitality industry is watching #Budget2025. Many will be forced to close if #VAT9 on food is not reinstated. Positive talk from Government in recent days needs to translate to action.

🚨6 (Six) Restaurants closed last 24 hours - Blazing Salads , All Good Wine Bar , Polska cuisine, wow burger, yay burger , C thai donegal Government must listen and change the vat rate to 9% which will give a lifeline to hundreds more

🚨Minister ⁦Peter Burke⁩ is an excellent Minister for Enterprise. Had listened extensively to concerns of small businesses & understands how Government policies has increased the cost of business for SMEs The only show in town is a reduction in Vat to 9% for Hospitality

Fingers firmly crossed by the 270,000 in tourism/hospitality that the Government will come to the right decision today and reinstate #VAT9 for restaurants, cafés & food hospitality. This isn't a political football - it's our livelihoods, our businesses and our blood/sweat/tears.

9% Vat still in play at the 11th hour. Thank you Peter Burke for your continued efforts. tomorrow’s outcome determines the future of 270k hosp staff, It has to be #vat9 bandaid packages won’t do Restaurants Association of Ireland Paschal Donohoe Jack Chambers TD t.ly/8dUos

Todays decision not to back hospitality & its 270k employees will have lasting impact on a failing tourism market. Our food culture & cead mile failte will dilute, all that will remain will be boring hotels & chain restaurants with no character. Paschal Donohoe Jack Chambers TD Restaurants Association of Ireland

Great to be in the wonderful Scholars Townhouse Hotel with Drogheda Chamber and Grant Thornton Ire for the annual Budget Breakfast Briefing #ElevatingDrogheda #Budget2025

Great momentum building across the entire Hospitality and Tourism sectors. This is bigger than reneging on the 9% vat for this Budget, it’s about the survival of Hospitality & Tourism businesses with more & more Government related costs planned for 2025. It’s about respect

🚨Hospitality Day of Action - Tuesday 15th October - Kildare Street - Dublin 2 Thank you 🙏 ⁦Scholars Townhouse Hotel⁩ ⁦⁦Mark McGowan⁩ for confirming your attendance. “Looking forward to seeing you there. “

🚨 Pub Sector is in Crisis 🚨 Hospitality Protest March on Tuesday, 15th October - help us send a message to the Government that pubs across Ireland are struggling with rising costs and a lack of support. This is a march for ALL pubs – it's about survival! Stand with us and

Congratulations to Paul Cadden Past President Restaurants Association of Ireland who received an Outstanding Achievement Award last night at the Asian Restaurant Week Ireland awards

The Restaurants Association of Ireland 🇮🇪 joins with LVA VFI Irish Hotels Federation ITIC in calling for these measures to be implemented in the Programme for Government so as to support hospitality and tourism

If a 9% VAT rate is so important to viability of hospitality sector, why wait until next January to introduce it? Government now accepts sector needs support but that will only be forthcoming next year irishtimes.com/business/2025/…

Scholars Townhouse Hotel is a wonderful family run, boutique hotel, restaurant, bar, & gastrolounge, located in the heart of Drogheda. They also accept the #LoveDroghedaGiftCard! The gift card is accepted in over 240 local businesses, you can find the full list at: cdn.prod.website-files.com/622f1d4b8d6de0…

An aspect of #drogheda that is all wrong. You volunteer to host a business panel event for Drogheda Chamber and LEO Louth in Scholars Townhouse Hotel - u park on street & pay for 1.45 hours parking. Event is brilliant & runs over and come out to a ticket 🎫 on your car from Louth County Council 😡

Yet another example of how incredibly difficult it is to do business in the current climate. Urgent action is needed now to address the plight of food businesses closing their doors. irishtimes.com/business/2025/…

🚨150 Restaurants Closed in First Quarter of 2025 Due to Soaring Business Costs 🚨 The Restaurants Association of Ireland today released our Cost of Doing Business 2025 survey, revealing intense financial pressure on restaurants and hospitality businesses nationwide. Over 170

The Department of Finance have long stated that the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate would cost €545 million and NOT €1 billion. From 2011 to 2014 31,500 jobs were created within the hospitality sector majorly due to the 9% VAT rate. The reinstatement of 9% as promised in the

Germany 🇩🇪 to reduce Vat rate for Restaurants to 7% The new German coalition government cabinet of the CDU and SDP has on 30 July 2025 approved its draft budget, including that it will bring back the 7% reduced VAT rate for food sales by hospitality businesses. The effective