Even before the Covid-19 crisis decimated Ireland’s hospitality industry, the restaurant sector was already suffering heavily. Five Irish restaurants pulled down the shutters in the first two days of the year and Crowe Ireland, the business advisers, predicted as many as two restaurants a week to close their doors throughout 2020, a forecast that, if correct, would have led to 100-plus closures. Even in January, as the economy grew and consumer confidence increased, the industry was calling for a reversal of the 2018 decision to increase the Vat rate from its reduced level of 9 per cent back to the…

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