High-rate VAT ‘killing hospitality’ in Ireland thetimes.com/world/ireland-…

Vast Majority Fear For The Future Of Our Restaurants Restaurants Association of Ireland businessplus.ie/news/restauran…

'It's become incredibly difficult - the Government needs to do the right thing and reinstate the 9% VAT rate' Gina Murphy of Hugo's Restaurant, Carol Meenan of The Yellow Pepper Restaurant & Paul Sharkey of Artisan Café in Bray on restaurant closures. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

CEO of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, @AdrianCummins, met with Ministers Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe this morning, along with the heads of other hospitality representative groups, to deliver a clear message: #VAT9 on food must be returned in Budget 2025 to fix a

The food business model in Ireland is "broken" - Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺 newstalk.com/news/hospitali…

Bar sales plunge despite retail performance edging higher in July The sector showing the highest monthly volume decrease was bars, where sales fell 13.5 per cent. irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

Just €200k of €2m Fáilte Ireland grant paid to businesses "This is a prime example of a scheme that was designed not to work and not to help those businesses in need in terms of need rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Tourism Businesses Only Qualified For 10% Of €2m Failte Ireland Grant Scheme Fáilte Ireland Restaurants Association of Ireland Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺 #tourism #grant businessplus.ie/news/failte-ir…

🚨Another Closure Chophouse in Ballsbridge latest restaurant to close: ‘We have tried everything’ Another fine business closes. Budget 25 must deliver a reduced Vat Rate of 9% for Food led Businesses irishtimes.com/food/restauran…

Another busy land mark premises closes because of rising costs. Yet some say our sector isn’t in crisis. 13.5% of nothing is nothing #vat9

"We’re busy fools … sometimes not getting paid ..." Duncan Maguire of the recently-closed Ukiyo describes what it was like to try and keep his diner afloat. Ciara Doherty | #TonightVMTV

"Wage increases are also fuelling the cost of living..." Carol Treacy of Petit Cafe tells Ciara Doherty that one of pressures on her as a café owner is the increases in the minimum wage, and the knock-ons that brings. #TonightVMTV

Well said Lord Mayor of Dublin James Geoghegan - Lord Mayor for calling out the reinstatement of the 9% Vat rate

‘𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰’ The Lord Mayor of Dublin - Fine Gael Cllr James Geoghegan - joined ‘The Tonight Show’ as part of a panel discussion on the recent wave of restaurant closures and its impact on towns, villages

🚨Another Closure Sad to see another fine award winning restaurant set to close. Government must now see the current financial model for restaurants is broken due to Government policies. Restore the Vat to 9% and give the sector a fighting chance. ⁦Jack Chambers TD⁩

'13.5% Vat rate has made it very difficult for new and independent food businesses to thrive': Cork restaurant announces closure Micheál Martin Jack Chambers TD echolive.ie/corknews/arid-…

🚨Another Restaurant Closure ⁦Jack Chambers TD⁩ ⁦Hildegarde Naughton⁩ ‘Difficult decision’ as another restaurant in busy Irish town forced to close after two years as they confirm final day | The Irish Sun thesun.ie/money/13749447…

Thanks Senator Fiona OLoughlin for organising this. Great to see so many small businesses supporting #vat9 , it’s time for the government to listen. leinsterleader.ie/news/home/1596…

Government officials are claiming there are more restaurants opening than closing - and for this reason the Vat rate should remain at 13.5% Our analysis shows 577 closures in the last 11 months. Question arises, has more than 577 restaurants opened since September 2023