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As we approach the end of a second year of the pandemic, Ciarán talks to Ibec chief Danny McCoy, Vulcan Consulting founder and CEO Lucinda Creighton and Michelin-starred Galway restaurateur JP McMahon about the outlook for business and the Irish economy in 2022.
Christine Walsh is head chef at Éan, Galway. \ David Ruffles
There is no doubt: the hospitality industry has greatly suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.
While restaurants, pubs and hotels attempt to keep their heads above water to enable reopening (when the time comes), other establishments never had the chance to fully open in the first place.
One highly anticipated 2020 restaurant opening was Éan in Galway.
Christine Walsh worked in Loam, Galway, for several years. \ David Ruffles
Owned by husband-and-wife team Enda McEvoy and Sinead Meacle (they also own and operate Michelin starred Galway restaurant Loam), Éan (Irish for “bird”) was going to focus on small plates and wine in the evenings, and house-made pastries and coffee during the day.