12 PER CENT OF GALWAY PUBS CLOSE SINCE 2005

Date Published: 24-Oct-2011

12 per cent of Galway’s pubs have closed in the past six years.

The Irish Independent has obtained records from the Revenue Commissioner, which show that nationally one in eight pubs have closed down.

In Galway 67 pubs have closed down, leaving 507 of the 574 operating in 2005 at the height of the boom.

The number of closures is expected to rise further in the coming months, with even stricter drink-driving limits being intorduced and Government cuts set to further slash consumer spending.