Successive Governments "Hammering" Pub Trade Blamed For Clare Closures

Clare FM

Successive governments "hammering" the pub trade is being blamed for pub closures in Clare. New Department of Housing Data shows local authorities around the country have received 92 notifications to redevelop vacant pubs as residential properties across 2022 and 2023. In Clare, six former pubs are to be redeveloped as 18 residential units. With the number of pubs in Clare down 26% since 2005, Chairperson of the Vintners' Federation of Ireland in Clare and owner of O'Dea's Pub in Ennis Charlie O'Meara believes the State has taken a hypocritical attitude to the sector.