Extension of ban ‘body blow for the rural pub’


RURAL pubs across the county are preparing for another “body blow” as growing suspicion mounts as to whether or not Stormont will give the green light for wet-only pubs to reopen next Monday. Publicans remain dubious after Stormont’s “quick change of plan” for pubs to reopen back in July had been swayed after the South […]


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‘Rural Uber’ could save the day for country pubs


A NEW ‘Uber’ type taxi service for country areas could help revive Fermanagh’s rural pubs and improve social isolation.  That was the view of publicans in the county regarding an ambitious plan currently being considered in the South, that could work equally well in Fermanagh.   Proposed by Cork TD Jim Daly as a way […]