Open for Business: Longford pub owner features in RTE TV show
Niamh Lee: ‘A closed business still has bills to pay’
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Longford publican Niamh Lee, pictured with Michael and Mary Begley at Begley’s Bar, Killoe, ahead of Thursday’s ‘Open for Business’ programme at 7pm on RTÉ One television );
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Longford bar owner Niamh Lee will highlight how the Covid-19 pandemic has decimated pubs in Thursday’s ‘Open for Business’ programme at 7pm on RTÉ One television.
A seventh generation Begley, Niamh owns her family bar, Begley’s in Killoe. She voluntarily closed her doors on March 15, 2020. From being open seven days a week to turning the lights off for 28 weeks was very hard.
Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people costs Eastern European countries almost 2% a year in economic growth, a coalition of dozens of global companies promoting LGBT+ inclusion said on Tuesday (27 April).
Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine are losing billions of dollars each year due to the lack of equal workplace rights for LGBT+ people and factors such as higher health costs related to HIV/AIDS and depression, said Open For Business (OFB).
They are also facing a “brain drain” of skilled workers and struggling to win foreign investment, found OFB, which is backed by tech giants Google and Microsoft, Barclays and Deutsche Bank, spirits group Diageo and accounting firms PWC, EY and KPMG.
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Anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination is costing Eastern European countries almost 2% a year in economic growth.
On 27 April, a coalition of dozens of global companies promoting LGBTQ+ acceptance revealed that Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine are losing billions of dollars each year.
According to a report from Open For Business (OFB), this is due to the lack of equality for the LGBTQ+ community in legislation and the workplace, as well as higher health costs related to HIV, AIDS and depression.
In all aforementioned countries, same-sex activity is legal. However, it’s difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live authentic lives as they are still denied the right to marry and are continuously met with discrimination and prejudice.
By Hugo Greenhalgh, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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LONDON, April 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - D iscrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people costs Eastern European countries almost 2% a year in economic growth, a coalition of dozens of global companies promoting LGBT+ inclusion said on Tuesday.
Hungary, Poland, Romania and Ukraine are losing billions of dollars each year due to the lack of equal workplace rights for LGBT+ people and factors such as higher health costs related to HIV/AIDS and depression, said Open For Business (OFB).
They are also facing a “brain drain” of skilled workers and struggling to win foreign investment, found OFB, which is backed by tech giants Google and Microsoft, Barclays and Deutsche Bank, spirits group Diageo and accounting firms PWC, EY and KPMG.