Working for Christmas: Growing trend in eating out on Christmas Day

Over the last number of years, heading out for Christmas dinner has become more and more popular. It’s a trend Martin Gallagher, who has been in the hotel business for the last 42 years, knows only too well.

Born in Sligo, Martin spent some time working in the UK before returning to Ireland for jobs in Wicklow and Kilkenny.

“I’ve been operations manager at Mount Juliet for the last nine months and I was at the Rivercourt Hotel for 14 years before that,” he said.