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Every subject we cover, with our pieces, the latest Irish headlines and the current poll in one place. Follow one and we email you only when it changes.
3 pieces · 1 headlines
Late bars, clubs and licensing
The Sale of Alcohol Bill, Special Exemption Orders, nightclub numbers and what the Government, the LVA and Give Us The Night are saying. Updated when anything moves.
2 pieces
Cocktails and bars
Dublin's cocktail rooms, the bartenders behind them, awards, specs and the business of a drinks list that makes margin.
5 pieces · 2 headlines
Dublin pubs
Sales, openings, closures, the best pint and the trade behind the counter in the capital. The county that kept its pubs while the rest of the country lost a quarter of them.
2 pieces · 2 headlines
Awards
Who won what at the Irish Pub Awards, Irish Restaurant Awards, Bar of the Year Awards, Irish Bar & Cocktail Awards and The World's 50 Best, plus our own Dublin Awards.
2 pieces · 2 headlines
New products
What's new on the bar and the pass: launches, releases and changes of ownership in Irish drinks and food, from the trade press and the producers.
2 pieces · 2 headlines
Openings, closures and sales
Who is opening, who is closing and who is buying, in Dublin first and Ireland next. Ownership changes are checked against two sources before we run them.
2 pieces · 2 headlines
The Record
The official and industry counts: pubs, nightclubs, market size, employment, prices and pay, with the source beside each number.
4 pieces · 5 headlines
Costs, wages and VAT
Minimum wage, employer PRSI, VAT, excise, energy and the Budget, turned into what they cost a venue per week.
2 pieces · 9 headlines
VFI, LVA and the trade bodies
What the Vintners' Federation, the Licensed Vintners Association, the Restaurants Association, DIGI and the others are asking for, and what they have won.
2 pieces
Beer, whiskey and the drinks trade
Breweries and distilleries, exports and tariffs, and the suppliers who stock Irish bars.
2 pieces · 6 headlines
Food and menus
Menus, chefs, pricing and the kitchens behind Dublin's restaurants and gastropubs.
1 piece
Software and tills
What Irish venues actually run on, what it costs and what to ask before you sign.