brian goff

love sports, Rugby, Clontarf FC, former chairman and president. Play golf badly and West Ham fan, red wine lover.Music,books,cinema- culture vulture.

[Clontarf Rugby Club @ClontarfRugby]

A Super Sunday for our U20s programme!

The U20As claimed the JP Fanagan Premier 1 title, with our U20Bs awarded the JP Fanagan Premier 3 title today as well!

Well done to all involved on such a brilliant feat!

The future is bright!
#ClontarfRugby #LeinsterRugby

[Clontarf Rugby Club @ClontarfRugby]

Unreal defence keeps Lansdowne out.

Thats some value of rugby for €10!

Clontarf 49 - 46 @LansdowneFC

#WhoAreWe #ClontarfRugby #EnergiaAIL

[Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇵🇸 @adriancummins]

🚨Hospitality industry believes Budget 2025 'failed abysmally' to protect sector

“Government ideology is to let these businesses fail”

[Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇵🇸 @adriancummins]

Hospitality lobby overplayed its hand on VAT reduction

Cantillon is wrong & it’s easy to look back in hindsight

At every meeting & juncture a flat no was not mentioned to the industry representatives

Why was 11% discussed right up to the night before https://t.co/SGXIYDjSVt

[Carol Nolan TD @CNolanOffaly]

A tsunami of small business closures will occur if the 13.5% VAT rate remains unchanged
Unless Government takes immediate steps to reduce the current 13.5% VAT rate applicable to the hospitality, tourism and retail sectors it can expect rolling closures

[Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇵🇸 @adriancummins]

Interesting to hear Government spokespeople out this morning on local radio stations defending not supporting the Hospitality sector in this years #Budget2024

They spin is Hospitality got a reduced vat rate for years and substantial supports during the pandemic

I’m sorry but the Hospitality businesses in question were shut by Government order for nearly two years plus the reality is the 9% vat rate for food led businesses is the correct rate for survival of the sector

[Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇵🇸 @adriancummins]

Budget 2023

“Many other local food-led businesses will not be able to withstand the VAT rate increase and are going to close over the coming months, unless a change occurs.” https://t.co/w41vRQebD4

[Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇵🇸 @adriancummins]

🚨Budget 2023

Let’s see what the support package for small businesses in the Budget will be.

Government stating they are “well aware” of the difficulties facing small businesses.

🔴50% increase in the vat rate from 9% to 13.5%

🔴Increase in Energy costs

🔴Pension Auto enrollment

🔴Minimum wage increase to €12.70

🚨Time to deliver for small businesses

[brian goff @brianwgoff]

@cctvidiots 22

[brian goff @brianwgoff]

@adriancummins A terrible response from a politician I hold in high regard .
The 9% was not a “support “ but a reduction in VAT from a level now rising to the second highest in the EU.

[Adrian Cummins 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇵🇸 @adriancummins]

🚨9% Vat

11 days until the 9% Vat rate is due to increase to 13.5% for Hospitality.

A 50% increase in the rate which will put Ireland 🇮🇪 to 2nd highest Hospitality rate after Denmark 🇩🇰 within the EU 🇪🇺

Consumers Lose❌

Small Businesses Lose ❌

Big win for the Government ✅

[St Michael's College Union @StMichaelsColl1]

Appalled to confirm that many key elements of @mailonline coverage of this horrendous tragedy are false and indeed quotes fabricated.
⁦@PressOmb_Irl⁩ will receive a full report in due course

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

After watching RTÉ appear before the Public Accounts Committee last week, retired solicitor John Mark Downey wrote a letter to the Editor, saying: "I cannot understand why any potential witness would co-operate with the PAC, based on what I saw." 🧵 1/6

[Dublin Airport @DublinAirport]

We have return flights to anywhere in Turkey to give away, with thanks to @TurkishAirlines ✈️🇹🇷

To be in with a chance to win this amazing prize:

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Competition closes tomorrow.

Good Luck 🤞

[Central @WestHam_Central]

“We’ve got a 62.5k sold-out capacity. We’re the 14th most valuable club in the world, the ­7th in the PL. We’ve got the 3rd biggest stadium and a ­turnover of £152m – all those things stemmed from ­securing that stadium, that’s my proudest ­business achievement.”

– Karren Brady

[Virgin Media Sport @VMSportIE]

Lovely moment between David Moyes and his dad.

#UECLfinal

[Ogham Whiskey @oghamwhiskey]

Tomorrow morning 10am https://t.co/4p0L66yfSu

🥃1,094 bottles
🥃 Individually Numbered
🥃 7 Year Old Single Malt
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🥃 47.23%
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[Ogham Whiskey @oghamwhiskey]

Whiskey is meant to be shared with family and friends and Ogham has been crafted to bring people together.

May your home always be too small to hold all your friends🥃

Discover the perfect blend of tradition and taste with Ogham Irish Whiskey - launching on May 18th, 2023.

[Nick Smith @NickSmiith]

Best goal kicking performance I’ve ever seen on a rugby pitch.

[Sam O'Byrne @samobyrne]

2/2 a reprint of reports that @IrishRugby commission and distribute for free (and end up behind newspages’ paywalls).

@theclubscenepod do an unreal job, but rugby in ireland is thriving at club level, the “mainstream” rugby media would do well to have a look next season

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