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Proposals will allow Berlin D2 to open again, while keeping pubs like Grogans closed

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250 Dublin pubs closed for 252 days, including iconic venues like Grogans, McDaids and O’Donoghues Government guidelines recognise restaurants, food pubs and wet pubs as “controlled environments” New proposals to keep wet pubs closed in December while restaurants reopen will see Berlin D2 trading again while the likes of Grogans remains closed, according to the […]

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LVA, VFI and Diageo - #KEEPTHELIGHTSON campaign

#KEEPTHELIGHTSON – Pubs turning on their Christmas lights tonight at 5pm to highlight readiness for a safe reopening

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Pubs across Ireland will simultaneously switch on their Christmas lights tonight Friday November 20th at 5pm. Consumers are being asked to show their support for a safe reopening by sharing #KEEPTHELIGHTSON with images of their local lit up on social media. Yesterday saw the launch of the #KEEPTHELIGHTSON campaign, which sees the LVA, VFI and

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LVA, VFI, Diageo - #KeepTheLightsOn campaign

#KEEPTHELIGHTSON – Pubs nationwide turning on their Christmas lights to highlight readiness for safe opening

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Pubs across Ireland will simultaneously switch on their Christmas lights this Friday November 20th at 5pm. Consumers are being asked to show their support for a safe reopening by sharing #KEEPTHELIGHTSON with images of their local lit up on social media. The LVA, VFI and Hospitality Ulster have joined forces with Guinness Raising the Bar

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Acting CMO gave commitment that all Dublin pubs would reopen together

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The Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ronan Glynn made a commitment that the distinction between food and wet pubs would not apply when current lockdown of the hospitality sector ended, according to the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA). During a conference call with a range of stakeholders on the 18th September when the lockdown of the

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Will there be a two tier Christmas in Ireland for the hospitality sector?

Country faces Two-Tier Christmas if hospitality sector kept closed – LVA & VFI

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Vintners seeking indoor service for pubs and hospitality sector in December when lockdown ends The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) has warned that the country will face a “two-tier Christmas” if the hospitality sector remains closed when we emerge from the current lockdown. Pub staff from all across the

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LVA publishes Irish Hospitality Industry Manifesto

Positive measures in Budget 2021, but they will need to be extended as long as restrictions continue

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  The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) has welcomed a number of measures announced in Budget 2021 which they say should keep some pub doors from permanently closing.  However they also cautioned that the these measures will need to be extended if the period of restrictions is prolonged. This was particularly true of the Covid Restrictions

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LVA publishes Irish Hospitality Industry Manifesto

Government on verge of destroying own plan 3 days after publication – LVA

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Government and NPHET practising “pick and mix approach” to national strategy No correlation between HPSC data on outbreaks which show zero open outbreaks in pubs and NPHET advice The Government is on the verge of destroying their own plan only three days after they published it, according to the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA). The LVA were speaking in reaction to media

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Empty gestures, hollow words from a Government that breaks its commitments

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Arbitrary Separation of Wet Pubs from Other Hospitality Businesses Completely Unfair and Unjustified  The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) has described the Government’s decision to further delay the reopening of pubs in Dublin as being an “empty gesture, backed by hollow words from a Government that broke its commitment to non food pubs again.” One week ago the Government had committed to not singling out the

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