Pub owners in Kilkenny are set to ramp up their activities in an effort to get their businesses back open again. Publicans across the county this week received an email from the Chief Executive of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, (VFI) Padraig Cribben, informing them of the new campaign. In the email – seen by […]
Two-thirds of Kilkenny’s pubs that have not yet re-opened due to the Covid-19 pandemic believe they will not be in business next year if they are not allowed to open their doors soon. These are the stark findings of a survey of pub-owners outside of Dublin published the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI). The survey […]
With just 11 days to go until pubs are allowed to reopen in Kilkenny, publicans have called on the government to publish the guidelines under which they are allowed turn on the taps again, and say time is running out to be able to implement the changes. Of the close to 160 pubs in county […]
More than 4,600 jobs are at risk in Kilkenny’s pubs and hospitality sector after it emerged that consumer demand for the pub will be lower due to the impact of Covid-19. These startling figures were revealed in a report released by Drinks Ireland, an umbrella group consisting of the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA), Vintners Federation […]
The owner of a Kilkenny bar that had closed down was shocked to find that someone had broken into the premises and stripped it bare of all its wiring. The former bar on the Castlecomer Road in Kilkenny was broken into sometime between Wednesday, November 20 and Wednesday, November 27. It was only when the […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A TOTAL of 34 pubs in Kilkenny city and county have been forced to call time over the past decade. New figures published today reveals the extent of pub closures in Kilkenny since 2005. According to the figures released by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI), one out of every eight […]