If you want to understand how a pandemic and a war have impacted the Irish hospitality industry, Rearden’s Group, Cork’s biggest pub chain, is a decent place to begin. The group controls a number of prominent pubs and nightclubs, including Rearden’s on Washington Street, Le Cabaret, and the Secret Garden. It also has property interests. In early 2019, before the pandemic, there was a significant restructuring of its shareholder base – ownership of the group moved to Margaret Kenneally after she bought out her father Edmund and former husband Paul Montgomery. The buyout consolidated the structure of the group through…