'The hospitality industry is on the edge of a major crisis and I do not see how anywhere will be able to afford the bills that are predicted to come'
A popular Co Derry tearoom is having to shut its doors after receiving an electricity bill of over £4,000.
She said: "We opened the tearoom during the Covid pandemic and firmly believed that if we were able to make it through that, then we could get through anything that we might face. We never imagined that something like this would come at the end of it all. "Since we announced that we are going to be closing we have had an overwhelming response from not just people in Feeny, but the wider community here in Co Derry who have been vital to our success so far and we have had people offering all kinds of help and support, but realistically there is nothing that can be done without intervention from the Government.
She said that she is dismayed by the Northern Ireland government, which she feels is "abandoning people while they take a paycheck" and called for urgent support for the hospitality industry before "small businesses across the country are forced to close". "It is a disgrace that we have MLAs refusing to form a government here and provide support to people who need it, but have no problem taking their paychecks. In the coming months people are going to be really struggling and under pressure just to put food on their tables and heat their homes and those who want to help can't do anything.
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