Summer Staff Crisis
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Máire and Paul Flynn, of The Tannery in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, tweeted recently: “In our 25 years in business we’ve never gone through such a staffing crisis. Thank goodness for TY students (paid) who kept us afloat this spring. Absolutely no waiting staff available.”
Riba, the popular restaurant in the Dublin suburb of Stillorgan, posted that they, being in the industry, had always made Mondays their own “going out” night for dinner, a glass of wine and so on. However, “it’s been difficult to find somewhere to go on a Monday of late. So, we’ve decided it’s time to help fill that gap and we’re now open on Mondays for dinner.” With so many restaurants struggling for staff, they’ve found a gap in the market to fill their restaurant, on what would previously have been the quietest night of the week.
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First Published In The Sunday Independent