'It's impossible to make a business viable' - Restaurateurs protest over costs

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Representatives from the tourism, hospitality, retail and other sectors protested outside Leinster House earlier

highlighting the"unsustainable cost of doing business" and the"lack of meaningful support provided by the Government" in Budget 2025.

"People still want to go out and spend the same amount, it's just that they're not probably getting value for money now because we can't reduce our prices anymore," he said.Russell Bailey owns La Bucca restaurant in County Meath, which is closing its doors this weekend. Anthony Gray owns two restaurants in Sligo town and said conditions in the industry has never been so bad.

 

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