Changing pub scene goes down well in Cork city

Conall Ó Fátharta finds publicans in Cork are very upbeat about the trade’s future.

A look at any headlines regarding the pub sector over the past few years has generally made for depressing reading.

Before the last budget, the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland claimed that, in the last five years, over 6,000 jobs had been lost in the industry, with an estimated 2,000 in jeopardy this year.