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DIFFICULTY in sourcing staff is proving a persistent problem for Clare businesses, especially in the hospitality sector. Shannon restaurant Tea and Tones has had to close on Mondays and Tuesdays of late, due to the issue, although the closure is set to be confined to Mondays in the future. Proprietor Elaine Donnellan said she has been left with no choice because it is so hard to get a chef. “I just can’t get one anywhere. I’ve advertised, I’m 30 years working in the industry and I’m always ringing people who I worked with over the years and you can’t get anyone.” She said that in some cases experienced chefs left the sector during Covid, and got jobs in factories with much more social hours. “They have their weekends off and they say never again will they go back cheffing. We’ve rang LIT and there’s nobody, there doesn’t seem to be anyone coming through.” In the past Elaine worked at Carrygerry …
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