PUBLICANS in 5,500 establishments throughout the country have been told to call time on a co-ordinated price freeze.

PUBLICANS are paying up to €20,000 every year for their sports TV coverage, despite more and more people choosing to drink at home.

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

PUBLICANS were fully prepared to accept restaurants serving a full range of alcohol, if Justice Minister Micheal McDowell’s café bar plan was dropped.

THE introduction of café bars in Ireland will do nothing to tackle the problem of binge drinking, according to a leading publicans’ organisation.

DRUNKEN behaviour in the streets on St Patrick’s Day has tarnished the reputation of Dublin, the Lord Mayor claimed yesterday.

Publicans should show some seasonal goodwill and end the post midnight practice of hiking up drink prices in Dublin’s pubs and clubs, according to the Consumers’ Association.

PUBLICANS are the biggest rip-off merchants in the country, according to the findings of a survey of various professions.

Despite the controversy, threats of legal action, opinion polls and outrage, the smoking ban finally begins today in workplaces throughout the country.

PUBLICANS’ proposals to allow smoking in half of a pub’s premises and to exempt up to 1,000 pubs with less than five employees from the smoking ban were dismissed out of hand by Health Minister Micheál Martin yesterday.