Shane Mitchell
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New dining ban a death knell for restaurants, says leading chef
- Food & Drink
- December 18, 2020, 16:10
“I’m devastated. I couldn’t sleep last night. We still owe Revenue from before the first lockdown and with rent due on all three premises, I don’t kno(...)

Failure to cut 13.5% VAT rate a ‘nail in the coffin’ for Border hospitality businesses
- Irish News
- July 24, 2020, 01:00
The Government’s €125 “staycation” tax voucher may help to extend the tourist season, but the failure to cut the 13.5 per cent VAT rate is a crippling(...)

‘This will lead to closures’: restaurants criticise lack of VAT cut in stimulus package
- Food & Drink
- July 23, 2020, 19:55
There has been a mixed reaction from the restaurant sector to measures announced on Thursday as part of the €7 billion “July Jobs” stimulus plan. Whil(...)

New restaurant rules: ‘It doesn’t make any sense to reopen’
- Food & Drink
- June 9, 2020, 16:00
“We won’t be opening on June 29th, and it’s a really hard decision, because we have customers ringing up all the time saying they would like to book a(...)

Asador restaurateur plans to serve up new Dawson Street eatery
- Agribusiness & Food
- January 10, 2020, 05:34
A company backed by restaurateur Shane Mitchell and Jobbio entrepreneur John Quinn is looking to open a new restaurant on Dublin’s Dawson Street as pa(...)

Trad group Dervish’s 30th anniversary to be marked by council
- Music
- May 29, 2019, 22:19
Sligo-based traditional music group Dervish are to be given a special reception by Sligo County Council to mark 30 years of the band performing. The (...)

New Continental-style food hall to open in Dublin city centre
- Food & Drink
- November 3, 2018, 06:00
A Continental style food hall, with 15 outlets serving up to 400 diners, is to open in Dublin city centre next summer, following a €6 million fit-out (...)

Mighty meat: Would you eat beef that's been aged for months and encased in suet?
- Food & Drink
- December 2, 2016, 13:00
Almost five years ago, at the international chefs’ conference Madrid Fusión, Magnus Nilsson of Fäviken, a 12-seat restaurant in remote northern Sweden(...)

Maria Borell facing cruelty to animals charges
- Racing
- June 30, 2016, 19:07
The horse trainer and Breeders’ Cup winner Maria Borell has been charged with 43 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals. The charge followed he(...)