Over 2 thousand pubs have closed down across the country over the last 10 years with dozens of rural villages left without a 'local' for the first time.
A survey of publicans revealed that 97 percent believe further closures are inevitable in the current economic and regulatory environment.
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However, the President of the VFI and Nenagh publican Noreen O'Sullivan says that the closure rate has slowed down somewhat as the economy improves.
