Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI): latest industry news and updates | Hospitality Ireland

Diageo To Increase Price Of Pint

Diageo has written to all publicans in Ireland advising that the price of a pint will increase by four cents (five cents when VAT is included) from August,...

Publicans Cautiously Optimistic For Future, Finds Survey

Almost three quarters of publicans outside Dublin say turnover is now similar or greater than pre-COVID, with many expected to upgrade their pubs in the co...

Padraig Cribben Talks About Challenges For Rural Pubs

What’s next for the publicans of rural Ireland? Hospitality Ireland talks to Padraig Cribben, CEO of the VFI, about the challenges just past, and the...

Pub Trade Calls For 'Urgent And Substantive' Energy Supports

More than four in 10 Irish adults plan fewer visits to pubs for the remainder of 2022, due to cost of living pressures, new research shows.

LVA Calls On Government To Enable Hospitality To 'Reopen In Six Weeks'

The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) has said that following the publication of Northern Ireland's reopening plan, the Irish government should announce...

VFI, LVA Call On Government To Deliver A 'Roadmap' To Reopening

The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) has said that the 'continued absence of a coherent roadmap' to offer guidance on when the pub sector is sch...

VFI Calls For Increase In Earnings Limit For Students

The Vintners' Federation of Ireland (VFI) has appealed to the Department of Education to raise the earnings limit for students so that they can work more h...

Inaugural Irish Pub Awards Winners Revealed

The inaugural Irish Pub Awards took place on Wednesday November 8 with a gala banquet in the RDS where Irish publicans competed in nine different categorie...