Kildare Focus 05.08.22

Kildare Focus

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Friday, 5 August 2022 - 36 minutes

Gerard Brady
Chief Economist, IBEC
• Irish food and agri-businesses are bracing themselves for the impact of a year-long recession in Britain, which represents 30% of their export market

Declan Kennedy
Brady’s Clockhouse Maynooth and Chairman of the Kildare Vintners
• New Drinks Industry Group of Ireland report finds a 21% decline in the number of Irish pubs since 2005 - over 13% decline in Co. Kildare
• Impact on rural Ireland

Brian Mooney
Education Columnist, Irish Times and Guidance Counsellor
• Over 4,000 applicants receive CAO Round Zero offers today

Erica Hargaden
Child Sleep Consultant, Babogue
• Co-sleeping: the impact of parents sharing their beds with their kids and how to ease them out of the habit and get them used to sleeping alone