Irish chef and founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School Darina Allen was among those who gathered outside Leinster House to highlight the high costs facing small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)
Businesses need more support from government to deal with a “tsunami” of costs or the main streets of Irish towns will be left “hollowed out”, a protest heard.
“Something has to be done. They’re right when they say the government has to wake up and listen to the people. Michael Coyne is the fifth generation of his family in charge of Coyne’s Gastropub in Kilkieran in the Connemara Gaeltacht. Former minister and broadcaster Ivan Yates directed the speakers at the demonstration, organised by the Restaurants Association of Ireland and the Vintners Federation of Ireland.
“It’s very tough out there at the moment for businesses, especially in the food-led sector that I look after – restaurants, coffee shops – we’ve seen over 700 closures in the last 13 months. It just can’t continue like that.”
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