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Hospitality

Restaurants

Award-winning fish shop and restaurant goes into liquidation

Saltwater Grocery’s founders Niall Sabongi and Karl Whelan ‘gave it everything’, but ‘it was accumulating debt and we had to make a decision’
  • Catherine Sanz
  • January 8, 2023
Hospitality

Press Up group to open luxury spa on Harcourt Street

Developer Paddy McKillen jr’s project will include a number of hotel bedrooms, and a restaurant
  • Catherine Sanz
  • January 8, 2023

Energy costs ‘impossible’ to predict, says Dalata chief

Dermot Crowley, chief executive of Ireland’s largest hotel group, assumes that energy costs for the group will be ‘multiples’ of its €10 million spend in 2019
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • May 1, 2022

Hospitality staff shortages ‘unprecedented,’ Fáilte Ireland says

Tourism authority says lack of skilled staff is ‘undoubtedly one of the biggest barriers to the sector’s recovery from the pandemic’
  • Donal MacNamee
  • April 6, 2022

FBD Hotels boss has ‘renewed optimism’ about hospitality in wake of €25m Killashee acquisition

David Kelly says the firm’s plan to invest over €5m in the Kildare hotel is a sign of its confidence in the domestic tourism market
  • Lorcan Allen
  • March 13, 2022

Gillian Nelis on dining out: At Stove in Belfast, chef Simon Toye packs flavour into his classic dishes

Garlic mushrooms, cheese soufflé, pot-roast chicken and frangipane tart are just some of the comforting options at this Ormeau Road bistro
  • Gillian Nelis
  • March 6, 2022

Chef recruitment firm says hospitality is ‘crippled’ due to staff shortages

We Have Chefs aims to fill gaps in kitchens around Ireland, but says delays processing work permits from outside the EU are hampering its business
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 28, 2022

Gillian Nelis on dining out: A still-blooming Wildflower has yet to settle into its habitat

At Adrian Martin’s Wildflower restaurant, recently opened on Richmond Street South, a Thornhill duck main course hits the high notes, but some other courses are rather underwhelming
  • Gillian Nelis
  • February 20, 2022
Luxury Hotels

The big interview: ‘To work on a project like this is a real privilege’ – Adriaan Bartels of Cashel Palace Hotel

The Kenyan-born hotelier and former manager of the Cliff House hotel in Ardmore says he has found a dream project in the revamped Cashel Palace hotel
  • Gillian Nelis
  • February 20, 2022

James McDermott: Here’s a good tip – workers should be paid a living wage, and soon

The proposed tips and gratuities bill is needed, but replacing the minimum wage with a living wage would mean our most vulnerable workers do not have to rely on the generosity of strangers for their income
  • James McDermott
  • February 13, 2022

Hospitality groups lobby for new overseas recruitment campaign to bring in skilled workers

Fáilte Ireland reports that there are 40,000 vacancies in hospitality, while lobby groups call for improvements in the work permit and visa regime
  • Aaron Rogan
  • February 6, 2022

Varadkar may ban use of service charge to top up waiting staff wages

Restaurants Association of Ireland alarmed over possible amendment to new bill on tips for hospitality workers
  • Michael Brennan
  • February 6, 2022

Clare hotel owner offers maternity leave and private health insurance to boost recruitment

John Burke of the Armada Hotel in Spanish Point, Co Clare, says that the hospitality industry will have start offering better pay and conditions if it wants to attract and retain employees
  • Peter O'Dwyer
  • January 30, 2022

Celbridge hotel staff offered 10% bump but must sign waiver as redundancy saga drags on

Hotel is being sold by US businessman Jeff Leo and staff have been waiting more than two months for their redundancy payments
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 27, 2022

Rugby stars to buy Three Tun Tavern from JD Wetherspoon

The pub in Blackrock in south Co Dublin will change hands for a price understood to be in excess of €2.5 million
  • Peter O'Dwyer
  • January 23, 2022

Harvey’s Point set to invest €1.2m in renovations this year

TMR Hotel Collection has already added 28 rooms and renovated the ballroom of the ‘special’ four-star Donegal hotel
  • Killian Woods
  • January 16, 2022

At your service: Why restaurants are facing a battle to win back workers

The pandemic has forced restaurant and bar staff out of work and onto the PUP – but now that things are reopening, they are not returning. What can be done to save the sector?
  • Catherine Sanzand
  • Aaron Rogan
  • January 9, 2022

Amaris sold to London private equity firm Henderson Park

Hospitality operator founded by John Brennan, with revenues in the region of €240 million, operates 30 hotels in Ireland and Britain
  • Róisín Burke
  • January 2, 2022

Dublin hotels are now paying for staff accommodation due to housing crisis

Several hotel operators in Dublin say they are providing accommodation on-site and in private rental housing to sufficiently staff their businesses
  • Killian Woods
  • November 28, 2021

Correction and apology

Correction to article published on November 21
  • Business Post
  • November 28, 2021

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