{"id":520631,"date":"2026-06-27T04:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/520631\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:09:25","slug":"watch-more-than-a-pint-the-fight-to-save-roscommons-pubs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/520631\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: More than a pint: The fight to save Roscommon\u2019s pubs &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">\u201cA problem shared is a problem halved.\u201d For generations, that old saying came to life in the rural Irish pub \u2014 a place as much about companionship and conversation as it was about drink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Now, however, that tradition is under growing pressure, particularly in counties like Roscommon, where closures and rising costs are reshaping the fabric of rural life.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3856296_2_articleinline_Third_20generation_20publican_20D_c3_b3nal_20Rattigan.jpg\" alt=\"Third generation publican D\u00f3nal Rattigan, owner of Rattigan\u2019s Bar in Kilrooskey.\" title=\"Third generation publican D\u00f3nal Rattigan, owner of Rattigan\u2019s Bar in Kilrooskey.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Third generation publican D\u00f3nal Rattigan, owner of Rattigan\u2019s Bar in Kilrooskey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A 2025 report from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland outlined the scale of the challenge: Roscommon has the fourth-highest rate of pub closures nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Since 2005, 82 pubs have shut their doors \u2014 a sharp decline in a county already facing depopulation and a limited range of local amenities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">We got the views of two local publicans about the challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cA problem shared is a problem halved.\u201d For generations, that old saying came to life in the rural&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-520631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520631","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=520631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}