Wetherspoon pubs in Ireland 'traded well through Christmas but faced significant costs'   

'A high level of interest' in the four Irish pubs Wetherspoons put up for sale last year, Tim Martin, founder and chairman of the pubs group, tells the Irish Examiner 

Founder and chairman of Wetherspoons Tim Martin: Wetherspoon is seeking buyers for pubs based in Waterford, Galway, Carlow, as well as the Linen Weaver in Cork.

Wetherspoons across Ireland traded well through Christmas, but the business weathered a "significant inflation in costs" in line with other hospitality businesses here, Tim Martin, founder and chairman of the pubs group has said. 

The remarks come as the pubs group said in an update it was on course to meet earnings expectations in its financial year despite facing a rise in costs across the 814 pubs it has in Britain and Ireland.