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Tuesday 26 September 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# adrian cummins

Last year
2022
# Dublin town
City centre businesses vote to retain DublinTown organisation for another five years
Out of 2,500 eligible businesses, just over 1,200 took part in the plebiscite on the future of the scheme.
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Apr 20th 2022, 3:12 PM
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# pubs and restaurants
'There is a short window to get this done': Talks on the reopening of indoor dining set to resume today
Cabinet will meet on Tuesday to discuss the final proposals.
Six proposals will be discussed before a Cabinet meeting on the issue next Tuesday, Christina Finn reports.
Sources indicate any return of indoor dining is likely to be in line with advice from NPHET.
Talks to centre on use of vaccine passes and antigen testing.
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Jul 8th 2021, 12:05 AM
# Hospitality Industry
Hospitality industry says delayed reopening of sector would have a 'catastrophic' impact on sector
Both restaurateurs and vintners’ representatives have called on the Government to explain the impact of the Delta variant.
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Jun 23rd 2021, 4:01 PM
# 2021
Government will look into whether to allow restaurants to stay open till 12.30am on New Year's Eve
Under the current rules, restaurants must close by 11.30pm.
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Dec 16th 2020, 8:37 PM
# 28 days later
Requirement to keep food details designed to 'crack down' on misbehaving pubs, Varadkar says
Minister Simon Harris said the government doesn’t care “whether you went for the banoffee”.
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Sep 4th 2020, 5:15 PM
# Aid package plea
'All we are getting is tea and sympathy': Half of Ireland's restaurants could close without aid, industry warns
The Restaurants Association of Ireland is seeking rent cuts from landlords, official grants and greater flexibility from banks and utility companies.
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Jun 30th 2020, 6:26 PM
# Coronavirus
Restaurants' association urges government to order restaurants to close
Simon Coveney said all decisions will be made on the basis of public health advice.
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Mar 16th 2020, 8:57 AM
# Evolution of food
'The first year we were completely crazy': How getting a Michelin star impacts Irish restaurants
Fine-dining eateries still grapple with skills shortages and rising labour costs.
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Oct 20th 2019, 8:00 AM
# Evolution of food
Michelin stars are like an 'international avalanche' for restaurants. Then the food coma kicks in
Fine-dining eateries still grapple with skills shortages and rising labour costs.
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Oct 18th 2019, 9:00 AM
# building and property
Dublin City Council is coining it on 'sunshine tax', according to the Restaurants Association
The industry body said incoming sandwich board licence fees are ‘shockingly excessive’.
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Aug 1st 2019, 1:35 PM
# retail and services
Dozens of firms were threatened with legal action for failing to pay their Dublin Town bills
The city-improvement group says 95% of businesses comply with its mandatory levy.
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Jul 5th 2018, 2:12 PM
# retail and services
Up to one-third of firms haven't been paying their Dublin Town bills on time
But the not-for-profit says 95% of its members eventually comply with the levy.
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May 3rd 2018, 1:01 PM
# College Green
'There's a cycling agenda here' - debate hots up ahead of planning meeting on Dublin's proposed civic plaza
The proposed College Green plaza has raised some businesses’ hackles.
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Mar 12th 2018, 8:45 AM
# War of Words
The claims and counterclaims at the heart of the bitter Dublin Town row
A group of businesses want to do away with the city improvement scheme.
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Jun 29th 2017, 6:45 AM
# supervised injecting
Debate Room: Where should the first drug injecting centre be located?
Does the first supervised injecting centre need to be in the city centre? Some business owners say no.
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Apr 6th 2017, 7:08 PM
# outdated
Good Friday booze bans show a "19th-century image of Ireland to tourists"
The rules have been panned as “archaic” in today’s multicultural Ireland.
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Apr 3rd 2015, 2:09 PM
# Good Friday
Calls for Good Friday alcohol ban to be lifted
Restaurants say the “outdated and archaic law” is bad for business.
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Mar 29th 2013, 3:22 PM
# labour laws
Restaurants chief calls for end to "ridiculous 1940s" style Sunday pay premium
CEO of Irish Restaurants Association says Sunday premium paid to workers is crippling industry – while employees’ union and Joan Burton fear proposal to cut it will lead to hardship for low-earners.
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May 26th 2011, 4:12 PM