Reality check ... Dev and the Sacred Heart on the wall of an empty bar

DAN BUCKLEY’S feature article concerning the vintners (August 28) is flawed in certain aspects.

He states that the tax-take on a pint of stout has increased by 26.9% while the non-tax element has increased by 69% during the same period.

He does not mention the near doubling of running costs in the same period – a lot of these costs for publicans being services and charges, in effect a tax.