excise duty

Excise Duty Makes Sparking Wines Prohibitive, Says Wine Importer

The excise duty makes the cost of very good, but relatively inexpensive sparkling wines, prohibitive in Ireland, Neal Cassidy, managing director of Cassidy...

Excise Increase On Tobacco Announced In Ireland's Budget 2017

The Irish government has announced its Budget for the coming year, in which it has increased the rate of excise duty on a packet of 20 cigarettes by 50 cen...

Ireland Has The Highest Alcohol Prices in Europe: Eurostat

The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) called for the reversal of excise duty on alcohol, after new figures from Eurostat revealed that alcohol prices...

Wetherspoon to Raise Prices as Profits Dip

JD Wetherspoon is set to hike its prices in Ireland as the group announced a dip in the first-half pre-tax profits. A spokesman for the group told the I...

Budget A 'Missed Opportunity' To Tackle Excise: DIGI

The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland has said that Budget 2016 represents a 'missed opportunity' to further support drinks businesses and off-licences, by...

No Tax Hike for Alcohol in Upcoming Budget

Taioseach Enda Kenny has indicated that duty on alcohol will not be changed in next week's budget, according to reports. Excise duty was raised in the 2...

Fáilte Ireland Downplays the Affect Alcohol Prices Have on Tourism

A representative of Fáilte Ireland has dismissed the hospitality industry's claim that alcohol prices are negatively affecting tourism. Paul...

Over Half of Visitors Come to Ireland for the Pubs

Some 54 per cent of people who visit Ireland do so for the pubs, according to a survey carried out by a pub advocacy group. The new survey, carried out...