UK pub group JD Wetherspoon gung-ho on Ireland plans despite likely losses

It retains a target of having around 30 pubs operating in Ireland in the coming years and recently said it doesn’t see Covid changing consumers’ long-term pub-going habits and remains keen to open “many more pubs” here

Wetherspoon's aims to keep growing here despite Covid-19 restrictions.

British pub group JD Wetherspoon has warned it is likely to make a loss for its latest financial year and see subdued sales in the foreseeable future due to ongoing Covid restrictions.

However, the group – which has seven pubs in Ireland and either a live presence or development plans in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Carlow – is continuing to roll-out its ambitious Irish expansion plans.