A LOOK of mock horror flashes across Brendan Mee’s face when asked if a planned new extension to the office accommodation at MTM Engineering will be a fancy Google-style plush affair.
Subcontractors who helped build Amazon’s huge new Dublin warehouse claim the main contractor on the project – British construction giant ISG – owes them millions of euro in delayed payments.
It’s been a long, hot summer for Ireland’s 2,500-plus restaurants. The hoped-for post-Covid bounce has failed to materialise for many. Instead, restaurants have found themselves struggling to cope with escalating energy bills, labour shortages and runaway food prices.
