The Irish Taxpayer bailed out
@AIBIreland
to the sum of €22.2bn.
Today in the midst of the biggest crisis facing the Irish State,
@aibireland
has decided to profiteer off struggling SMEs and customers
@Paschald
its time to bring all the banks back in for a discussion
#AIBFees
⚠️Update-No Shows
Restaurant Owner (54 seater) text me late last night to highlight the fact he had 18 noshow customers on his first evening back open
All guests had confirmed their arrival when phoned in the morning
“We had not requested deposits due to the times we are in”
Text from a Restaurants Association of Ireland member today
“Adrian, my business is about to collapse, my landlord is demanding full rent while I’m closed. The payment from the Government only covers half my fixed costs - I’ve used up all my savings. Please do what you can”
Staff Shortage across Ireland 🇮🇪
Why are 150,000 citizens claiming Unemployment assistance when there are thousands of jobs available across the state
Time for a national conversation.
Hotel Restaurants reopened for Over night Guests on June 2
No Delta variant outbreaks attributed to Hotels in the last 25 days
Why is Ireland’s indoor hospitality in Restaurants- Pubs and Cafes closed while the rest of Europe is open
20 months into the pandemic and we are now rolling out antigen testing.
20 mths into the pandemic & we haven’t planned hospital capacity sufficient for a population 93% vaccinated
20 mths into a pandemic and Hospitality is restricted again for the 4th time.
#livingwithCOVID
After 19 months of COVID the conversation needs to move to Hospital Capacity and why our country hasn’t ramped up supply of ICU Beds to get through the winter.
No going back
Question- if the event for 50 people didn’t happen
When would the Hospitality industry have known the maximum capacity for an outdoor event was 200, and verified by the Attorney General
Breaking
Restaurants Association of Ireland
@RAI_ie
is shocked by the decision of NPHET to recommend to cabinet that all indoor dining close in Dublin for the next few weeks
Currently, controlled & regulated environments like Restaurants are not the problem - households are !
🚨Update
I have written to the Director General of
@rte
, seeking a correction to the comments made by
@GeorgeLeeRTE
last evening regarding Restaurants & Pubs.
Quote doing the rounds
There are more members on the Nphet board than people in hospital with COVID today
Ireland’s ultra conservative approach continues while the rest of Europe is open
Absolute fury across the Restaurant & Hospitality sector this evening
Staycation resumption in June - Cafes & Restaurants have to wait until July / August
Doesn’t make sense
Government’s decision to reopen indoor dining in Hotels on June 2nd ahead of Restaurants, Gastro Pubs & Cafes is built on zero scientific or medical evidence.
For that reason the Restaurants Association of Ireland 🇮🇪
@RAI_ie
will be challenging the Statutory Instrument next week
Update
Cabinet have signed off on closing all indoor dining in Dublin Restaurants & Pubs serving food from mid - night tonight for 3 weeks
This will cause chaos & economic collapse for thousands of small hospitality businesses, plus 50,000 job lay offs
Devastating news !!
All the data shows we are past the peak regarding Omicron
Time for a conversation in Ireland 🇮🇪regarding living with COVID, and liberation day
No going back
Staff Shortage
For the 1 in 5 - Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs Serving Food who can open for outdoor dining - staffing is a serious issue across the board.
Why is Ireland paying PUP payments to sectors fully reopened and why are we paying PUP to those refusing to return to work
Breaking
National Council of the Restaurants Association of 🇮🇪
@RAI_ie
is recommending all member Cafes, Restaurants & Pubs that Serve food implement a "face mask / coverings policy" for ALL staff
We need to get the R number below 1
Lets play our part
#InThisTogether
Minister
@EamonRyan
got a second COVID test and the result was negative. (After the first test registered positive)
A - Can people automatically request a second COVID test if they register positive on the first instance
B - How accurate is our testing
The Hospitality Industry is getting closer & closer to National Protest !!
Industry looking for key date and solution to reopening fully tomorrow at meeting with Tanaiste
@LeoVaradkar
, Minister for Health
@DonnellyStephen
and Tourism Minister
@cathmartingreen
#inthistogether
?
With over 93% of the Adult population vaccinated in Ireland 🇮🇪, the next 6 weeks needs to focus on living with COVID.
Debate needs to move to increasing hospital / bed capacity
Surely after 20 months of COVID we would have planned properly for a living with COVID future
Is it possible for NPHET,
@CMOIreland
or
@roinnslainte
to announce on a daily basis the number of COVID Vaccines administered in the state
A summer to look forward to
BREAKING - DEASP COVID-19 Pandemic Support Payment
•The exceptional measures required to encourage social distancing has an immediate impact on many employers. Although these measures are temporary they have, and will lead, to temporary business closures.
On behalf of the Restaurant Industry in Ireland 🇮🇪 I want to thank you for showing leadership by dining out this weekend & encouraging our country to do so
@LeoVaradkar
Breaking -
@McDonalds
have just announced they are closing all 95 operations around Ireland 🇮🇪 tomorrow Monday at 7pm
CEO of McDonalds Ireland & UK notified
@LeoVaradkar
tonight regarding the development and maintaining safe social distancing was a major challenge and factor.
Update
After 109 days closed and on the eve of the Restaurant & Hospitality Industry reopening, I want to wish each & every member of the
@RAI_ie
& their staff the very best tomorrow
Reopening will have its challenges & we are up for it
To all our customers
#wemissedyou
Breaking
🔴395 COVID outbreaks in households in last 7 days
🔴2 cases in Cafes / Restaurants
🔴1 case in a Pub
🔴0 in Hotels
Hospitality currently in lockdown
There is a definite sense Ireland 🇮🇪 is entering the end game with regards to COVID
Hopefully normalisation will be restored to Hospitality at the beginning of February
Staff Shortage across Ireland’s economy
When one suggests that we get 150,000 people off the unemployment list - the left has a panic attack
Time for a real conversation about levels of unemployment welfare / benefits in Ireland 🇮🇪
Breaking
Reopening Guidelines will be issued tomorrow / Wednesday for Cafes & Restaurants
Don't have intel on 1 metre v 2 metre as ongoing discussions happening
Huge amount of work & thank you to
@Failte_Ireland
who are charged with drafting the protocols
35 days to reopening
Breaking
Guinness
@DiageoIreland
have announced the establishment of a €1.5m fund to provide support to bar staff during the crisis
From today, Guinness is providing 10,000 x €100 prepaid (gift cards) to bar staff that need them most.
Apply here -
Just met a Taxi Driver from Afghanistan 🇦🇫, living in Ireland for the last 7 years and is now an Irish citizen.
If this man was back in his native country he would be executed by the Taliban … why , because he was an interpreter for the US army
Ireland is a welcoming country…
Update - Spain 🇪🇸
Restaurants are open in Spain for Indoor Dining with max 50% capacity
Irish Restaurant’s & Hospitality urgently need a clear roadmap for reopening with dates and metrics
New Years Eve 2021
Tonight brings such hope & pride as I present my sister in law - Dr Mary Catherine MacBride Walsh
@marycawalsh
a frontline Doctor in Beaumont Hospital Dublin - who was one of the first Irish in taking the brave step in receiving THE VACCINE.
Hope & Recovery
Huge credit to Government Officials tonight with regard to the workload drafting legislation for the reopening Indoor Hospitality
There is a genuine business approach and goodwill towards getting Indoor Hospitality open.
Thank you 🙏
The amount of politicans & (light weight politicians) tonight trying to play down the amount of votes
#PeterCasey
got !!!
Wake up and listen to the plain people of Ireland 🇮🇪 that pay their taxes , get up early in the morning and are sick and tired of the PC brigade!!!
Update
Tourism Vat rate Ireland 🇮🇪 is currently second highest in Europe at 13.5%
And the rest of Europe
⬇️
🇱🇺 3%
🇬🇧 5%
🇭🇺 5%
🇦🇹 5%
🇩🇪 5%
🇷🇴 5%
🇨🇾 5%
🇧🇪 6%
🇵🇹 6%
🇳🇴 6%
🇲🇹 7%
Join the campaign to reduce Vat in Ireland 🇮🇪 to 5%
#restaurantsurvival
Breaking
Game Changer !!!!
Health Protection Surveillance Centre recommend to
@Failte_Ireland
a potential reduction of the current 2-metre physical distancing restriction to 1-metre in certain circumstances to facilitating the safe reopening of food service businesses
Statement
We thank Government for deciding our sector will reopen on Fri 4th Dec
We will step up to provide a safe & controlled space for public socialising this Dec
Staff are trained, guidance will be followed & we encourage the public to come back through our doors again!
Thousands of Restaurant, Gastro Pub & Cafe owners plus 130,000 workers across the country tonight - confused, annoyed & lacking clarification with regards to what a Staycation season will look like this June
Government must clarify
Update
Takeaway/Food to Go is deemed an essential service during the next 6 weeks of Level 5
Citizens are allowed beyond 5k to go and collect a meal / food / takeaway -
As indoor dining is banned for next 6 weeks , takeaway the only source of prepared meals in Rural 🇮🇪
Update
I personally want to thank Tanaiste
@LeoVaradkar
for his continued support for Restaurant & Hospitality sector - at our meeting late August & last week, the Tanaiste committed to helping our industry
He listened to the
@RAI_ie
suggestion for a grant to cover Fixed Costs
Breaking
🔴It’s official
🔴Ireland 🇮🇪 is now the only country in the European Union 🇪🇺 with a ban on indoor dining
🔴Disproportionate sanctions for Hospitality
An emotional night for those in Hospitality across our great country.
We will bounce back.
It will take time.
Thank you to all those who helped, supported and played their part.
To our frontline workers - thank you.
Ní neart go cur le chéile
Just left crisis meeting at Department of Tourism -
Everything is being done to safeguard Tourism & Hospitality businesses who are in the frontline economically.
Vat, PRSI, Local Authority Rates, Revenue Commissioners, Insurance Companies, Banks &cash finance all discussed
Taoiseach expected to address the nation tomorrow evening (Friday) at 6pm regarding next phase of restrictions.
Any further restrictions on Hospitality will compound a sector economically flattened for the last 2 years.
A plan for living with COVID is now required.
That’s some wake up to Ireland 🇮🇪
Peter Casey 21% exit poll
Now let’s see what the left wing - Dublin media - PC brigade say about that.
He said it as it is !!
#PeterCasey
🔴Mask Wearing
NPHET is to meet tomorrow to discuss the remaining COVID restrictions still in place including Mask wearing in the Schools/Workplace
Hopefully we see the removal of mandatory wearing of masks by staff in Hospitality workplaces & moving to one of personal choice
Update
If Dublin moves to Level 3 - Restaurants MUST be allowed trade as normal
Restaurants are regulated, controlled & safe
Data shows increasing level of
#COVID19
cases in Dublin especially in Private Homes
Gov must not penalise a sector who have & continue to play its part
👍Update
If Hospitality reopens in Mid May, initially with outdoor dining - The Restaurants Assoication of Ireland 🇮🇪 priority is the scrapping of “Max 15”
Common sense plus Social Distancing guidelines should apply
The Goal is Indoor Hospitality for June
#whatstheplan
🔴Update
Restaurants, Gastro Pubs, Coffee Shops have no date to reopen for indoor dining
Hotels, Guesthouses, B&Bs & Hostels reopen for residents Jun 2
🍽️indoor dining must restart within all Hospitality Businesses on Jun 2
No Scientific Evidence- No difference - No Division
Breaking
@Failte_Ireland
Cafe , Restaurant & Gastro Pub guidelines will go live 7.30am tomorrow morning
They will be published online & will be downloadable from
@Failte_Ireland
website
Breaking - Game changer for Restaurants if it happens
@RTENewsPaulC
reporting - Cabinet members to meet NPHET soon re 2 metre
#covid19
social distancing rule, after many Ministers spoke today re World Health Organisation guidance that 1-metre is considered safe
@rtenews
🚨Statement
Government announcement has divided the Hospitality Industry
Restaurant customers must dine on the street, whilst hotel guests can eat & drink indoors
No Medical or Public Health reason to keep Restaurants & Cafes restricted if Hotels reopen
#IndoorDiningEquality
🚨Update
Restaurants, gastro pubs & cafes should open in line with Hotel restaurants on June 2nd.
There’s no difference in dining in a hotel restaurant than any other food service establishment. 🍽
Update
England 🏴 restart its Restaurant & Hospitality economy tomorrow with Outdoor Dining plus Beer Gardens - plus the resumption of indoor dining from 17 May
The earliest for Ireland 🇮🇪 is possibly June for Hotels & Guesthouses
No Dates / No Metrics
Sun 2pm
The Cabinet will meet to tomorrow.
What I’m hearing is the scale of the collapse of Irish Hospitality hasn’t gone unnoticed by
@LeoVaradkar
@simoncoveney
@Paschald
Officials are working on specific measures for Hospitality - details being worked out
#StopTheSpread
Update
A dark day for Irish Restaurant & Hospitality industry with 150,000 workers being let go on Christmas Eve
Restaurant & Hospitality is the first, worst & longest hit sector since the pandemic started
Government must step up to the plate with a meaningful Aid Package
This is my last communication tonight.
If you’re a Hospitality Business owner, staff member or even a customer - now is the time to ask
@Paschald
where is the
#helpforhospitality
?
⚠️Update
🔴Breaking news from NPHET is putting huge mental pressure & strain on hospitality employees & business owners across the State
🔴Education Minister said Schools being a controlled environment, "by their nature are safe environments”
Restaurants are controlled also
⚠️Statement
@RAI_ie
- Restaurants are prepared willing & able to open for Christmas. They provide a safe, controlled & comfortable environment for family units this December
In order to achieve this, an amendment to level 3 is required to allow indoor dining for Restaurants
Breaking
The
@RAI_ie
would like to see to abolition of Local Authority table & chair licenses during the
#Covid_19
crisis
Utilising outdoor street space will support businesses who what to adhere to social distancing guidelines
It’s only one piece of many supports required
Update
Getting 2m Social Distance reduced to 1m for Hospitality businesses - hopefully next week, is only the start of a long road to recovery
Urgently required
👉 0% vat
👉 Grants
👉 Relief on Rents
👉 Commerical Rates write Off
👉Wage Supplement Scheme
👉Excise Reduction
🚨‘I hope that I get a transplant within the next two years’
Thank you 🙏
@LucindasIreland
for writing about my journey towards getting a transplant.
I hope this article will help highlight the challenges facing hundreds of Irish people on dialysis every day.
Tomorrow is a giant leap forward for 20,000 Restaurants, Pubs and Cafes across our country with 180,000 employees having a job to return to.
For some they reopen for the 1st time since March 2020
Far from ideal in terms of guidelines, restrictions.
Amendments will be required
Update
The Wage Suppliment Scheme reduces by 42% in 11 days
The Restaurants Association of Ireland 🇮🇪
@RAI_ie
will campaign ferociously to maintain the current level of support for Restaurants & Hospitality businesses - a sector 1st & worst hit
Join the campaign
⚠️Statement
Restaurants Association of Ireland
@RAI_ie
is lobbying for the restoration of indoor dining for Restaurants in Level 3
Restaurants are controlled environments, subject to penalties in breach of regulations and have adapted the
@Failte_Ireland
Covid safety charter
In the last 24hrs
793 people sadly died in Italy 🇮🇹
To those who are not
#SocialDistancing
Wake up and think about your family , your friends , your work colleagues.
Play your part
#FlattenTheCurve
On behalf of the Restaurants Associations of Ireland
@RAI_ie
, we want to thank the four publicans for bringing the case to the High Court
@NoelAnderson_
& colleagues have paved the way for hospitality businesses across Ireland to claim for business interruption due to COVID
If politicians across all parties are to provide leadership at this critical time - legislation regarding Mandatory Quarantining must become law next week
No more stalling - just get it done.
Otherwise, we are going around in circles & SMEs will collapse
Text from a Member this morning -
"Adrian, every week I'm closed in June, July is the equivalent to a months revenue in the Winter time.
We need the summer tourist season here in Connemara to survive.
Whats the difference between my restaurant and the local hotel restaurant"
Indoor Hospitality Resumes across the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 from today
Best of luck to every Restaurant, Pub and Cafe across our country including our -180,000 employees heading back to work.
It’s being a long road - but we got there.
Thank you 🙏 ❤️
FAO - All Politicians
If you want to judge the mood of hospitality business owners today
Our industry is at the heart of urban, regional & rural Ireland 🇮🇪
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Photo Credit - Small business owner Cork
What I heard from our Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
There is a plan, there is leadership & the Government deeply care which is very reassuring
"This is the calm before the storm, before the surge"
"will get people back to work and get businesses open again."
#FlattenTheCurve
#LockdownIreland
is starting to happen by the people - what I mean - some licenced premise owners are starting to close their doors at 9pm tonight and will do so because
#SocialDistancing
is not happening.
They are being responsible - please so leadership
🚨Statement
In light of NPHETs Public Health advice to stand down many of the COVID restrictions - the Restaurant’s Association of Ireland
@RAI_ie
is calling on the Government to allow All Hospitality businesses trade as normal from tomorrow Friday 21st January
The Minster for Health has signed off on the creation of a 2 tier Hospitality Sector
Hotels & Guesthouses can operate indoor dining from 2 June
Restaurants, Gastro Pubs and Cafes must operate outdoors from the 7 June and still have no date for equal treatment