Letters to the Editor: Staggering costs of keeping businesses safe 

One reader says the need for private security means some businesses will ultimately pay by closing their doors, while another letter-writer suggests a time delay may solve the Dublin-New York portal issues

Businesses face a perfect storm of 'converging and competing costs'.  Picture: Denis Minihane

Returning the Vat rate to 9% is touted as a panacea for all that ails the hospitality industry today.

Indeed, to do so would bring a modicum of relief to small family-run businesses but I fear that measure alone will only give temporary respite in what is a perfect storm of converging and competing costs for businesses to bear.