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Hospitality should begin reopening in 6 weeks – LVA
First step should include outdoor service for all types of hospitality venues in late May Indoor service should follow shortly afterwards for all pubs and restaurants when hotels reopen in June Any long delay between NI and ROI will see thousands travel across the Border weekly to enjoy hospitality Following the publication of Northern Irelandâs […]
Hope is the glue that binds current social contract
Hope required for hospitality and other ânon essentialâ sectors still closed After such an extended closure Government has responsibility to provide pathway The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) has called on the Government to provide hope to hospitality and other sectors deemed ânon essentialâ by announcing a pathway that will facilitate their eventual reopening. With speculation […]
LVA Statement to Oireachtas Committee
The LVA appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht on Tuesday 23rd March 2021. The statement provided by the LVA to the Oireachtas Committee, where we pressed the need for all hospitality to #OpenTogether is published below. LVA Opening Statement / Submission  to the  Joint Committee on […]
LVA and VFI launch #NotDisposable Campaign
Encouraging pubs, hospitality, arts and entertainment to post photos of the people behind these sectors to social media Campaign aims to turn recent heartfelt remarks from Rory OâNeill (Panti) into rallying call  Will run on Monday 15th March, marking the one-year anniversary of pubs closing The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and the Vintners Federation of […]
No hope for hospitality in Government plan
The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) has said it is âdisappointedâ no hope was provided for hospitality and the 150,000 people from the sector currently on PUP in the Governmentâs revised âLiving with Covidâ plan. The LVA said they were not expecting any specific reopening dates to be included but they had hoped that the conditions […]
LVA welcomes High Court decision in publicans vs FBD case
The Licensed Vintners Association has welcomed the High Courtâs decision in favour of the publicans in their business interruption cover case against FBD. “The LVA welcomes today’s High Court decision in favour of three of our members (Noel Anderson, Chris Kelly Group, Loyola Group) and Sean’s Bar, Athlone in their case against FDB for Covid-19 […]
Government laying off 25,000 pub workers on Christmas Eve
Sustainable solutions needed or tug of war will start again at beginning of January Enormous levels of stress among publicans and staff The Government has laid off 25,000 people working in pubs across the country on Christmas Eve, generating enormous levels of stress amongst publicans and their staff, according to the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA). […]
Latest suggested hospitality lockdown highlights failure of Government strategy
Government needs to commit to roadmap for hospitality sector and proper level of support  âThe definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different resultâ The latest indication the Government is to once again lockdown the hospitality sector showcases the failure of the Governmentâs strategy to deal with […]
Government used misleading data to keep wet pubs closed – LVA & VFI
The Government used misleading data and information to keep wet pubs closed, according to the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI). In a strident rebuttal of the information published by the Government, the vintners representatives have highlighted 14 different flaws, deceptive uses of data and incomplete considerations. The vintners have characterised […]
