2018

2018 proved to be another busy year for the VFI and our members. Here’s a short video capturing some of the people, places and events that made up the past 12 months….

‘Pure Brew’ launch Christmas campaign along with the help of Rory O’Connor, comedian and social media star behind ‘Rory’s Stories’. Earlier today, Pure Brew, non-alcoholic lager from the brewers of Guinness, unveiled its  ‘Pure Sound’, festive campaign which celebrates

Coca-Cola’s Designated Driver campaign returns to encourage the nation to give the ‘Gift of a Lift’ this Christmas. The campaign will once again offer free soft drinks to those drivers who stay sober to ensure

The Glyde Inn, based in Annagassan Co. Louth, has won the overall Irish Pub Awards National Irish Pub of the Year 2018. The Co. Louth pub was crowned national champion after winning the Best Food

The National Hygiene Partnership (NHP) ”Food Safety Day” will take place on Tuesday 20th of November 2018. The purpose of this day is to create awareness, draw attention of food businesses to food safety and promote

A VFI-produced supplement, ‘Loving Your Local’, is being distributed with ten regional newspapers across Ireland this week. The supplement is also available on each newspaper’s website and supported through social media. Loving Your Local dedicates

Donegal publicans were celebrating after four of their pubs took home awards last night(11th October 2018) as the Irish Pub Awards North East region winners were announced in The Squealing Pig, The Diamond, Monaghan Town.

A new food programme developed by Failte Ireland in partnership with the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) is training publicans about the possibilities of of providing great Irish food and drink experiences in pubs across

The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) says today’s decision by the Government to increase the hospitality VAT rate to 13.5% is a shocking and retrograde step that will cause excessive damage to the sector. Padraig

Stepping up to the rural challenge in The Vines, Saltmills, Co. Wexford How to survive and thrive in a small rural village where all the shops and businesses have closed is a question many publicans

The Irish Pub Awards Connuaght Regional finals were held in Maxwells Pub, Claremorris last night(2nd October 2018) with Gilroy’s Pub, Enniscrone, Co Sligo named Best Local. There were nine categories in total and all nine winners

Pubs in the counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny and Tipperary are celebrating following their success at the 2018 Irish Pub Awards Regional Finals, which took place in Rafter Dempsey’s Pub, 4 Friary Street Gardens, Kilkenny yesterday

Some of the finest pubs in the South West representing counties Limerick, Clare and Kerry are celebrating following their success at the 2018 Irish Pub Awards Regional Finals, which took place in Bobby Byrne’s Pub,

Many thanks to the seventeen teams who travelled to participate in the VFI Benevolent Fund Golf Classic held in The Heritage, Killenard on Wednesday 19th September, despite the conditions caused by Storm Ali. Congratulations to

Some of the finest pubs in counties representing the East Region are celebrating following their success at the 2018 Irish Pub Awards Regional Finals, which took place in Lock 13, Sallins, Co Kildare yesterday evening

Any move to increase the hospitality VAT rate could do lasting damage to the growing pub food trade, impacting on pub jobs across the country according to the two groups representing publicans.  The VFI and

Some of the finest pubs in Cork City and County are celebrating following their success at the 2018 Irish Pub Awards Regional Finals, which took place in The White Horse, West Village, Ballincollig, Co. Cork

Donegal members of the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) have today (Wednesday 5th September) launched an anti-drugs awareness campaign in partnership with An Garda Síochána. The new campaign will see posters appearing in all VFI

Roddy Doyle’s Two Pints has returned for a short run in VFI member pubs in Carlow, Louth and Longford. Following the shows in Ireland, the Abbey Theatre production moves to the UK in late September

There were 1,477 less pubs in Ireland last year than in 2005, representing a 17.1% drop in businesses across the country, according to the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI, of which the VFI is