'It feels I'm working for nothing': Cafe owner calls on Government to help struggling businesses

With rising costs, the increase in the minimum wage, and the decision to raise the Vat rate back to 13.5%, owner of popular coffee shop feels the Government is 'stabbing small businesses'

Gregory Autret, owner of Le Petit Breton in Drumcondra, Dublin. Pictures: Moya Nolan

Working a 90-hour week is not a pleasant prospect for most of us. It is something even the most desk-bound of us will never experience.

For Gregory Autret, it is the reality of his life and his business, Le Petit Breton, an artisan creperie and coffee shop in Drumcondra on the northside of Dublin city near Croke Park.