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# Drinks industry

This year
2023
There has been an average of 152 pub closures a year in Ireland since 2019
Analysis from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland shows a decline of 1,937 (22.5%) of pubs in Ireland since 2005.
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Aug 23rd 2023, 6:00 AM
All time
Regulations have been signed for a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans
The drinks industry is to fund and operate the scheme.
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Nov 19th 2021, 9:18 PM
Health minister asks media outlets not to use Drinkaware information
Drinkaware is funded by the drinks industry and Harris asked media organisations to use HSE information.
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Dec 27th 2019, 6:45 AM
The Irish pub is under threat from tourists flocking to 'more affordable' Britain
That’s according to a drinks lobby group that thinks a cut in excise duty could help solve the problem.
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Aug 31st 2017, 3:48 PM
'From Puck Fair to the Cork Jazz, our festivals are dependent on the drinks industry'
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will jeopardise the partnerships that make cultural events possible, writes Patricia Callan.
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Jul 4th 2017, 6:15 AM
Drinks lobby says Brexit vote makes strong case for alcohol tax reduction
The lobby group called on the government to make every possible effort in October’s Budget to compensate for the negative effect of Brexit.
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Jul 25th 2016, 8:28 AM
Nothing is denting the world's appetite for Irish dairy
The sector was the biggest contributor to record food and drink exports in 2015.
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Jan 13th 2016, 12:00 PM
The 2 reasons Bulmers Cider has been really suffering so far this year
But the drink is still easily Ireland’s top-selling cider.
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Oct 28th 2015, 10:22 AM
Meet the winemakers producing the nectar of the Gods in the land of Guinness
A few brave – or foolhardy – souls are defying the odds to make Irish wine.
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Sep 27th 2015, 10:00 PM
This Irish company may have finally found an answer to crap pub wine
WineLab want to bring wine-on-tap to the masses.
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Sep 13th 2015, 5:30 PM
How two men built a pub and brewing empire from the depths of the recession
We talked to one of the brains behind the Galway Bay Brewery about pub closures, craft beer and the Wetherspoon effect.
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Sep 6th 2015, 7:00 PM
See ya Australia and au revoir France, Ireland has a new favourite winemaker
We have all the figures for what local drinkers were sipping last year.
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Aug 31st 2015, 2:02 PM
Irish whiskey will always have to be made in Ireland
In the last decade, Irish whiskey exports grew by almost 200%.
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Jul 28th 2015, 12:33 PM
Tullamore Dew and Bulmers are cutting jobs in Clonmel
The news was described as “genuinely shocking” for workers.
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Jul 2nd 2015, 6:07 PM
Bottles of wine look likely to be set at a minimum of €8, cans of beer at €2
It would be part of minimum-pricing laws to set a floor price on beer, wine and spirits.
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Jun 22nd 2015, 8:46 PM
Inside the first whiskey distillery to open in Dublin in over 125 years
The Teeling Whiskey Distillery is keeping alive a family tradition that started more than two centuries ago.
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Jun 8th 2015, 5:15 PM
One of the world's worst-rated beers is crushing all the competition
‘Faded aromas of sulphur, faint skunk, mild cooked veggies.’
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May 19th 2015, 5:30 PM
Last year the sun went away... so people stopped drinking cider
Irish ciders Bulmers and Magners had a tough 2014.
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May 13th 2015, 1:34 PM
A century ago Irish whiskey dominated the world - so what happened?
Exports aren’t expected to hit the peaks of over 100 years ago again until 2020.
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May 13th 2015, 6:01 AM
How Irish whiskey has been brought back from 'near extinction'
Thousands of rural jobs could be created if the local sector recreates the success of the Scotch industry.
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May 12th 2015, 4:03 PM
Two years after being sold to Coke, has this company kept its innocence?
We talk to Innocent Drinks about competition, cults and getting into bed with a multinational.
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May 3rd 2015, 9:30 AM
'Public health' initiatives by the drinks industry do not work and should not be allowed
Commercial interests have no place in public health, writes addiction counsellor Rolande Anderson.
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Apr 14th 2015, 8:00 PM
Anti-alcohol campaign group say criticism is "premature"
The group have issued a number of radio and billboard advertisements in recent weeks.
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Mar 6th 2015, 1:56 PM
Bulmers owner wants to buy English pubs because they're not drinking enough Irish cider
About 1,200 pubs to be exact – that should do the trick.
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Oct 29th 2014, 10:43 AM
The government needs to rethink its approach to whiskey (and not the stuff in the Dáil bar)
The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee has been told that the high level of excise duty on spirits is putting the livelihoods of 12,000 families and a €1bn injection into the Irish economy at risk.
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Jun 24th 2014, 2:00 PM
Opinion: The first step to fixing Ireland's alcohol problem? Fight back against the drinks industry
88 people die every month in Ireland as a direct result of alcohol. Drink is wreaking havoc on our health and finances – and it’s time to push back.
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May 30th 2014, 7:30 AM
'It's not my intention to treat the drinks industry like a pariah' says Alex White
Minister of State at the Department of Health said conflicting interests of the drinks industry and health professionals cannot be reconciled when it comes to formulating public health policy.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 7:05 PM
Committee: Sponsorship of sport by alcohol companies ‘should remain in place’
An Oireachtas Committee has published a series of recommendations today on the government proposals to ban alcohol companies from sponsoring sport.
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Jul 2nd 2013, 1:53 PM
Meet the new boss: Guinness maker Diageo appoints new CEO
Ivan Menezes replaces Paul Walsh who is stepping down after over a decade at the helm of the world’s biggest producer of alcoholic drinks.
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May 7th 2013, 8:17 AM
Alcohol Forum chairman calls for levy on drinks industry
The National Alcohol Conference was told by Pat Harvey that Ireland’s drinking “is of epidemic proportions” and that parents should ask if their drinking impacts their family.
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Mar 20th 2013, 6:30 AM
6 incredibly fiendish tricks to make you buy stuff
It turns out that Apple deliberately angle their laptops at the precise angle of 70 degrees to get you to touch their product. What else are companies doing to get us to spend money?
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Jun 23rd 2012, 9:30 AM
Report calls for ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport and festivals
New restrictions on advertising and price increases are also among measures proposed by a Government-sponsored panel.
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Feb 7th 2012, 8:50 PM
Sláinte! Irish distillery bought for €73million
The Cooley distillery, Ireland’s last remaining independent whiskey maker, has been bought by US giant Beam.
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Dec 17th 2011, 3:13 PM