Hoteliers criticise government's 'meaningless' Covid-19 intervention

The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) has criticised the Government’s measures to help the hotel industry during the Covid-19 epidemic, saying they don’t go far enough.

The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) has criticised the Government’s measures to help the hotel industry during the Covid-19 epidemic, saying they do not go far enough.

The IHF wants local authority rates payments for hotels to be waived until the crisis is over. Elaina Fitzgerald Kane, IHF president, said proposals to defer rates payments were “wholly inadequate.”