The major insurance companies’ refusal to pay legitimate payouts to businesses affected by Covid-19 has been branded as “deeply cynical” and “not acceptable”.

They want payments to Revenue, banks, and local authorities to be postponed as a first step in supporting the sectors.

Italy’s education minister says a final decision on the nationwide closure of schools has not yet been confirmed following reports in the media the measure had been approved to limit the spread of Covid-19.

A coalition of business leaders, hoteliers, publicans and restaurateurs in Cork say their focus remains on doing everything possible to ensure the delivery of the Cork event centre as it faces yet about obstacle.

The Baltimore restaurant opened in 2015 and earned a Michelin star in 2018, retaining it last year.

Restaurant owners have been urged to object to government plans to require calorie information to be displayed on menus.

Restaurants and cafes have asked for a bailout from the Government similar to the one given to creches after it emerged that four of the main insurance providers are pulling out of the Irish hospitality market.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland was notified of the news that four insurance companies would be pulling out of the Irish café and hospitality market by a broker, according to a spokesperson.

DUBLIN is to be the third home in Europe for the luxury Anantara hotel brand, joining Anantara Vilamoura Algarve Resort in Portugal and the Anantara Villa Padierna Palace in Marbella, Spain.

Beef processors have been forced to temporarily lay off thousands of staff as a result of the crisis.

Key figures in Cork’s business and hospitality sectors have asked to meet developers, BAM, to seek reassurances about the stalled event centre project.

Five restaurants in Cork have picked up awards at the 2019 Irish Restaurant Awards, which honoured the best of Ireland’s culinary talent at a ceremony in Dublin.

In 2003, a bypass finally and forever diverted the bulk of traffic between Dublin and Cork from the infamous bottleneck that was Watergrass-hill.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland says the increase - from 9%to 13.5% - has led to an average of one restaurant closing down every week.

The European Commission’s president has warned Britain “patience runs out” in the clearest sign yet Brussels is prepared to cut its losses and accept a no-deal Brexit outcome in just 11 days’ time.

A body representing restaurants has joined the hotel and tourism industry in calling for Vat to be retained at 9% in the Budget, saying it is necessary as the “most immediate threat of Brexit” lurks in the shadows.

John and Francis Brennan are “thrilled” at taking the title of Ireland’s best hotel restaurant.

A right-wing extremist suspected in the shooting rampage that wounded six Africans in central Italy was "lucid and determined, aware of what he had done" and exhibited no remorse for his actions, an official said.

The move has been met with some caution from the Restaurants Association of Ireland.

Hundreds of people turned up to eat at a Dublin restaurant that was giving its day’s taking to homelessness.

Italian police have detained a man caught on video head-butting a reporter from state-run RAI television amid an interview about hissupport for a neo-fascist movement.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) has reiterated its call for a hike in the 9% Vat rate for tourism and hospitality firms, saying it “is subsidising companies who continue to increase prices for customers”.

West Cork has been named as Ireland’s premier “foodie” destination for 2017.

BBQ for a great cause: Sage Restaurant in Midleton will host a Summer BBQ on Monday (July 24) as a fundraiser for the Time for Tilara fund. 

The re-establishment of a tourism training agency is “the only show in town” to tackle a chronic shortage of qualified chefs in Ireland, an industry body has said.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland claims that some businesses are being forced to close on Mondays and Tuesdays because of the shortage of trained chefs.

It’s another chapter in the success story of Chapter One, with the fine dining Dublin venue voted the best restaurant in Ireland for the ninth time by the Restaurant Association of Ireland.

At least 16 people have died after a bus taking Hungarian students home from a school ski trip to France slammed into a highway barrier in northern Italy and burst into flames.

Police in Italy have issued 17 arrest warrants for Iraqi Kurds on terrorism-related charges in a Europe-wide blitz.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland has claimed the mandatory display of calories counts on menus will cost its industry €110m and thousands of jobs.

The tourism industry has broadly welcomed the retention of the 9% Vat rate for the sector — but has been warned that rising hotel prices in Dublin meant the case for maintaining it is “diminishing”.

Restaurateurs have criticised plans to issue a single licence to business owners allowing them to play music on their premises. They say the development is useless if licences aren’t cheaper.

A renowned travel and adventure show which broadcasts to millions of people across the US has been touring Ireland this week.

A lobby group representing Ireland’s restaurants has urged the Government to resist calls to increase the minimum wage.

Restaurateurs have hit out at Dublin City Council for raking in a “sunshine tax” on outdoor tables and chairs.