Building a future - Eat for Ireland

IRELAND’S restaurants employ more than 64,000 people and have a turnover of over €2 billion each year.

In these straitened times these are significant figures. The sector also sustains a great number of jobs in food production, transport and ancillary services.

If a town is lucky enough to have an award-winning restaurant, especially one with coveted international awards, it has a good source of employment and training for anyone aspiring to follow Paul Flynn or Denis Cotter to the food premiership.