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Hospitality sector caters in the art of the possible
Updated / Thursday, 7 Jan 2021
12:34
South East Correspondent
Few, if any, branches of the Irish economy were left unharmed in 2020 as a result of you-know-what, and the hospitality sector was probably the one that suffered the most. But those operating within that field are resilient if nothing else: they had to be and will have to be again in the coming months.
From those frightening days in March, when the scale of the impact the pandemic would have on our nation s health and also our national economy began to dawn on us all, and the shutters started coming down on many, many businesses in our cities, towns and villages; through the optimism of summer; the nervy weeks of autumn as the numbers rocketed again; and the dark winter evenings when we wondered if and when more restrictions would land; the people who own and work in our hotels, B&Bs, restaurants, pubs, and cafés have been dealing with uncertainty throughout.
Waterford, Ireland / WLR
Dec 18, 2020 12:21 PM
A Waterford restaurant owner has said he’s ‘not really surprised’ that he may have to close his premises again on December 28.
It’s reported that Nphet wants pubs and restaurants to close their doors again three days after Christmas in light of concerns about coronavirus figures at present and possible increases in that as a result of Christmas.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland has already warned that further closures will have a devastating impact on the hospitality industry and thousands of jobs.
Cormac Cronin from Bodega and Burzza restaurants on John Street in Waterford city spoke to Damien Tiernan on Deise Today this morning.