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Press Release 08.09.2022: Irish consumers pay more tax on a pint of beer than 25 EU member states and UK
Posted on 08 September 2022
*Industry leaders warn of impact of high excise tax on
consumers and the hospitality sector as cost-of-living
crisis worsens*
*Ireland has the second highest overall rate of excise tax
on drinks when compared to the EU27 and...Read More »
Press Release 04.08.2022: Over 21% decline in Irish pubs since 2005, new report shows
Posted on 04 August 2022
*1,829 less pubs in Ireland over 16-year period, while 349
closed during Covid period*
*Drinks Industry Group of Ireland analysis shows 21.2%
(1,829) of pubs closed between 2005 and 2021* *Decrease in
pubs in every county in...Read More »
Highest EU and UK tax burden on Ireland’s hospitality industry ‘unsustainable’ in post pandemic recovery
Posted on 07 October 2021
Highest EU and UK tax burden on Ireland’s hospitality
industry ‘unsustainable’ in post pandemic recovery
DIGI says Government must prioritise industries most
impacted by pandemic with ‘actions’ and not
‘promises’ in Budget 2022 as high tax rates will delay
recovery...Read More »
New Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) analysis warns of two-tier recovery in 2022, with hospitality facing major post-Covid challenges
Posted on 26 September 2021
40,000 fewer jobs in drinks and hospitality industry in 2022
as impact of pandemic set to continue despite predicted
economic recovery – new analysis
New Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) analysis warns
of two-tier recovery in 2022, with...Read More »
Local publican features in national ‘Support Your Local’ campaign to secure support for Cork's drinks and hospitality industry
Posted on 05 October 2020
5 September 2020
*Local publican features in national ‘Support Your
Local’ campaign to secure support for Cork's drinks
and hospitality industry *
* *
*Cork native Margaret O’ Shea, owner of Butler’s
Bar, Minane Bridge, features in the national
Support Your Local campaign run by the Drinks Industry
Group of Ireland which aims to secure support for Cork's
drinks industry and to protect jobs * *Mrs O’ Shea is
the fifth-generation owner...Read More »
Press Release 20.09.2020: The threat of COVID-19 to jobs in the accommodation and food services sector
Posted on 20 September 2020
*As many as 33,000 of Dublin’s drinks and hospitality jobs
jeopardised as city moved to level three lockdown while
young people particularly at risk — new report*
*10,600 jobs could be lost among Dublin’s 15-24 age
group,...Read More »
