3/1/2011 Removal of restrictions on Alcohol

The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) today called for a reversal in the tax increases on alcohol that were introduced in last year’s budget, as almost a pub a day closes and sales continue to decline. In a pre-budget submission to Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, DIGI has warned that last year’s tax increases are threatening jobs and tourism and damaging the Government’s tax take.

Peter O’Brien, Chair of the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland and Diageo’s European Corporate Relations Director said: “The reality is that taxes kill jobs, the excise increase killed jobs.”

The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland

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Spitbank Fort – the first of three abandoned 18th century coastal defense forts in the Solent off Portsmouth to be redeveloped for tourism.

Spitbank is a luxury 8-berth hotel with spa, firepit, recreation room and outdoor heated pool. Horse Sands Fort is now a museum and No Man’s Land Fort is currently being developed into an even larger luxury hotel.

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