It was only a matter of time really, especially with newspaper headlines spouting tales of daily pub closures, decreasing footfall in our pubs and numerous other changes in our social habits. But the Irish are an ingenious lot, or so we constantly like to tell ourselves! And ladies and gentlemen, a solution has been…
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News relating to the Irish Pub
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Enjoy, and please remember, we’d love to hear your opinion.
History, News, Rural Pubs
Popular old pub now a dump.
by Dominic Mealy •
News, Rural Pubs, Stories, Uncategorized
Beeronomics – You’re Joking me!
by Dominic Mealy •
News, Rural Pubs, Stories
Famous Old Pub back in the game.
by Dominic Mealy •
News
Alarming call to arms by The Sunday World
by Dominic Mealy •
Gone : Not Forgotten, History, Rural Pubs
Abandoned Pub in Co. Wexford.
by Dominic Mealy •
Stumbled across this abandoned pub on my travels in Co. Wexford. Can’t place the area exactly, but it is somewhere between Carne, Lady’s Island and Tagoat. Sad to see what looked like a once thriving road-house business go to this state. But unfortunately this has been happening on a huge scale across the country for…
History, News, Stories
Not all Doom and Gloom.
by Dominic Mealy •
News, Rural Pubs, Social
Rural publicans discuss the the issues.
by Dominic Mealy •
According to an article published in the Financial Times newspaper in January 2012, ‘almost 1,000 pubs have closed since the Celtic Tiger economy peaked in 2006 and publicans warn that a further 5,000 jobs will be lost during 2012.’ But the reality today is that Irish social habits have changed irreversibly. With the recession, people…
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