HOME-GROWN Irish food, grocery and alcohol products are making a dramatic recovery in the consumer market, with some of the country’s top selling grocery brands originating from within our borders.

IRELAND’S oldest brewery has thrown down the gauntlet to its competitors by announcing a price freeze.

The drinks firm Diageo is reportedly planning to impose a 2% price hike that could put an extra 10 cents on the cost of a pint of Guinness.

TESCO will not honour orders placed on its website for 1 cent beer because it has run out of stock.

THE town of Dundalk has pledged to try and fight the proposed closure of the Diageo plant with the loss of at least 85 jobs.

ST JAMES’S Gate is to remain the home of Guinness, despite losing half its site and one third of its production.

Drinks giant Diageo will today make a major announcement on the future of its landmark Guinness brewery in Dublin.

The price of a pint could increase by as much as eight cent from today.

NINE out of 10 elderly people in the Republic and eight out of 10 in the North would prefer to live at home rather than in care, a new survey has found.

BREWER Beamish & Crawford put pressure on rivals yesterday by announcing a price freeze for the remainder of the year.

Beamish and Crawford has extended a freeze on its wholesale prices in an effort to take more business away from Diageo.

DRINK suppliers are being urged not to increase prices as speculation grows that a hike could be imposed as early as next month.

SALES of Bulmer's cider grew by 4% in the six months to the end of August, outperforming the rest of the alcohol market, which has seen volumes decline because of the smoking ban and a shift to drinking at home.

Plans to freeze the price of a pint of Guinness are merely a stay of execution for Irish publicans, it was claimed today.

THE Government last night warned brewers and publicans they will do serious damage to the tourism industry if they go ahead with a combined 15 cent hike in the price of a pint.

The Labour party has accused the Government of permitting the “ugly spectre” of a €5 pint of beer to become a reality following reports of a 15c increase.

The Consumers’ Association has called on publicans to absorb the possible 15c increase in the price of a pint next week.

The price of beer in the Republic is set to shoot up by as much as 15c a pint next week.

THE price of Guinness draught beers is being topped up with a six cent on the pint increase from March 1.

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Pickets are set to go on Guinness plants from 6am tomorrow as a last ditch peace effort in the row collapsed overnight.