{"id":251340,"date":"2026-01-18T16:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/251340\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:20:14","slug":"its-never-been-this-challenging-pubs-feel-the-pinch-as-guinness-price-hike-adds-to-costs-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/251340\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s never been this challenging\u2019\u2013 Pubs feel the pinch as Guinness price hike adds to costs crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Hike is latest blow to a sector that was already struggling&#8230; but several publicans say their glasses remain half full,\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Noel Anderson, managing director of Dublin\u2019s Grand Slam Bars, said there would likely be significant price increases to maintain margin cover at pubs. Photo: Steve Humphreys\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SN Noel Anderson new.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Noel Anderson, managing director of Dublin\u2019s Grand Slam Bars, said there would likely be significant price increases to maintain margin cover at pubs. Photo: Steve Humphreys<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Irish publicans are facing a squeeze on profits as higher labour, insurance and entertainment costs are compounded by the latest price hike for Guinness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Many pub owners remain upbeat about the trade\u2019s long-term prospects despite rising costs. Publicans said footfall around Dublin is recovering, while those outside the capital are doing more to engage locals and promote their establishments as community centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hike is latest blow to a sector that was already struggling&#8230; but several publicans say their glasses remain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,5913],"class_list":["post-251340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sean-pollock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}