REPRESENTATIVES from a number of restaurant groups – the RAI, VFI, LVA and IHF – joined forces last week for a meeting with politicians to express their fears for the future of the industry, if there isn’t a return to the 9pc vat rate in the forthcoming budget.
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Having invited all politicians to meet with them at Buswell’s Hotel in Dublin, approximately 65 turned up, including West Cork TDs Michael Collins and Holly Cairns.