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Co-Owner, Kinara Restaurant Group & President of Restaurant Association of Ireland

Last Tuesday at the InterContinental Dublin Hotel I had the great pleasure of taking on the role as President of the Restaurants Association of Ireland for the next two years. I would like to thank Paul Lenehan for his considerable efforts over the last two years, in particular the last six months advocating for our sector in many Government meetings and with the media. In the years to come, in my view, individually we must all take our business opportunities, but it is so crucial that those of us who work at the coalface of the hospitality industry day in and day out that we have our collective voices heard and as a member of the Restaurants Association of Ireland along with Adrian Cummins we will continue to make sure your voice is heard.   People are the core of the hospitality industry, those who work in it and those who visit our independent cafes, restaurants or gastro bars throughout Ireland. It is vital that this important part of Ireland's social fabric is valued at Government level. I will endeavour to do my best to protect and encourage growth for all in the food led hospitality sector.

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Alexandros Vassilikos

Owner & CEO of the Airotel Group of Hotels | President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) | President of Hotrec

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Congratulations Sean Collender for your election! Pleasure to be working with you over the next two years in HOTREC - Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe! All the best!

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Felim Meade

Retail Specialist Food & Technology

2w

Sean your talk last week was excellent precise and on point. well done

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Rob Lyons

Business Development Director: fostering long-term relationships, identifying new growth opportunities and deploying bespoke solutions to improve customer success while leading high-performance teams.

2w

Well done Sean, you will rock it

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Robert McKeon

MD at McKeon Bros Ltd Mechanical Engineering Contractors

2w

Congratulations Sean and wishing you every success in your role over next 2 years

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Finbarr Crowley

Retired Solicitor, former Chairman IRFU, former Chairman EMIT,

2w

Congrats Sean. Wishing you every success in your role over the next two years

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Brian Goff

Retail expert ,entrepreneur and business leader.

2w

Congrats on taking on the role at such an important time for our industry Sean. Best of luck for your 2 year term .

Con Downing

Retired editor of The Southern Star, writer, gardener, swimmer, cyclist and gentleman of leisure!

2w

Best of luck Sean. Hope the new role goes well for you.

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All the best in the new role Sean Collender 👏

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Vaunnie Sweeny McDermott

Managing Director at Connelly Partners Dublin

2w

I know you will do an amazing job Sean Collender and are so committed to make change. It is so sad to read about so many cafes and restaurants close down and that trend needs to change..

Joe Goode

Director of Global Product Operations & Supply Chain at GenDigital

2w

Sean no better spokesperson and advocate to get govt to realise an industry on its knees. The very best with the presidency you will make waves I am pretty sure.👍

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