Ireland’s price spiral 🌀

The 66% wedge An employee on €42k gets a 5% raise of €2k It costs the employer ~€2.3k (PRSI + auto-enrol). The employee nets ~€960. To pay for it, prices rise. With 23% VAT, every €1 the business needs costs consumers €1.23. So €2.3k net requires €2,829 at the till.

Read line by line this by @collision. Every Irish person should read it. It identifies cause, culprits & solutions. Make no mistake, Ireland is going backwards quickly % the world isn't waiting for us. Brilliant insights from a man who has done things. https://t.co/2UBbw6Ykwb

Ireland’s Missed Opportunity: The Economic Cost of Ignoring Food Tourism While Ireland boasts world-class ingredients, a rich culinary heritage, and a growing network of innovative chefs and producers, it lacks one key ingredient: a national food tourism strategy. And that

Thanks @EamonRyan @SimonHarrisTD why did Ireland vote to implement tariffs on Chinese EVs? How does this benefit Irish people? @wereontheditch @paddycosgrave

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨9% Vat for Hospitality @MichealLehane @rtenews reporting tonight “Talks at a sensitive point” “Big push on to bring down the Vat for Hospitality “ Down to the wire Vat - Only show in town for Hospitality sector #Budget2025

🚨 𝙉𝙊𝙒 is the time to support #VAT9 ⏰ The party think-ins have happened, the Dáil has returned and the Minister for Finance has begun holding meetings with his Government colleagues to make the final decisions for #Budget2025. Now is the time for you to contact your local

You may have seen today that hundreds of restaurants, cafés, pubs and other food-led hospitality businesses across the country have shared our #NineReasonsforVAT9 in Budget 2025 graphic on Instagram. The Budget is fast approaching and the hospitality industry has one ask: the

‘Hospitality Sector in Crisis’: President of the RAI, Paul Lenehan, and owner of the iconic bar & restaurant Ukiyo which closed this week, Duncan Maguire, joined ‘Ireland AM’ this morning to discuss the current trend of restaurant closures and the need for #VAT9 to be included in

“Since the VAT has moved to 13.5%, nearly 600 restaurants have closed. I call upon the government now to think outside the box and encourage and support our industry so that we are there for the future” - Michael Martin, restaurateur at @pacinosdublin & The Pig Speakeasies

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9% VAT rate.....

🚨The reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate required to return viability to Ireland's food-led hospitality industry Over 9-in-10 respondents to the latest Restaurants Association of Ireland/Interpath Advisory survey said that the 9% VAT rate had been 'critical to the survival of

According to the Restaurant Association of Ireland, a typical food business with a turnover of €1 million will see its total costs increase by €97,000 this year. ⁦@peterburkefg⁩ ⁦@RAI_ie⁩ https://t.co/Hxh552yVes

Here’s how the cost of your ‘expensive’ cup of coffee breaks down Yes, coffee beverages sold in a business are the best-margin product in the shop, but the bottom line is coffee sales keep cafes open https://t.co/5Pq3Tn5kN6

@Martyfishy1 @mmcgrathtd @adriancummins @SimonHarrisTD Duty on wine here is the highest in Europe. Then add the VAT. Taxed twice. Very hard to be a small business here. Lest we forget. Hospitality is still one of the largest employers in the country. There’s the lack of staff accommodation to recruit when the season kicks in. 🙄

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‘We cannot sustain the current 13.5% VAT rate on top of all the other cost increases’ Former President of the Restaurants Association of Ireland - Brian Fallon of @FallonandByrne - is the latest restaurant owner to speak out about the difficulties that our industry currently

🚜 THE LIE that cows are killing the climate broken down in 3 minutes 🐄 #NoFarmersNoFood #FarmersProtest2024

Owner of the Eala Bhán and Hooked restaurants in Sligo, @anthonygsligo, is the latest RAI Council Member to call on the Government directly to reinstate the 9% VAT rate for food-led businesses immediately to avoid further restaurant and café closures and a subsequent slew of job