Darragh McAllister

Four FF candidates vying for vacant County Council seat

November 18, 2022

FOUR Fianna Fáil candidates have been selected for convention to see who will be co-opted onto Clare County Council and fill a vacant seat...

Call for excise help as quarter of Clare pubs closed since 2005

August 11, 2022

NINETY-TWO pubs closed in Clare between 2005 and 2021, almost a quarter of the total number, figures from the Vintners Federation of Ireland show. It's...

“A lockdown without calling it a lockdown”

December 17, 2021

FORCING pubs and restaurants to close at 5pm would amount to a lockdown, said publican and President of Ennis Chamber Darragh McAllister this afternoon....

Clare publican: continuing restrictions will shut more bars

October 21, 2021

WHILE publicans had been hoping to see the end of a dark chapter for the sector on Friday, those hopes were dashed with news...

Rain dampens publican’s trade

July 10, 2021

PUBLICANS received bad news last week when the return of indoor dining and drinking was put on hold, and that has been compounded since,...

Pub ‘over the moon’ to reopen but nervous too

June 6, 2021

Chamber chief and publican believes new reopening regime better than last year’s A NEW chapter in the Covid recovery story begins on Monday, when restaurants...

Publican hopeful, but cautious ahead of latest Covid-19 announcement

May 1, 2021

WHILE some Covid-19 restrictions are about to be lifted, Ennis publican Darragh McAllister feels it could be a little while yet before pubs are...