It’s all to play for

As the industry said goodbye to 2011 a few glitches appeared on the horizon. The contentious JLC issue has re-emerged and is set to cause problems for all concerned. The government recently published legislation to reform the Joint Labour Committee, which was deemed unconstitutional by the High Court during the year. The euro crisis rolls on and shows no sign of abating.

The RAI are not happy with the JLC issue and are considering a constitutional challenge. In a recent statement Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland said, "We will be getting our constitutional.......