Wetherspoon's Irish pubs show 'steady' recovery but short of post-pandemic boom conditions

Founder and chairman of pubs chain Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, said: “Lockdowns and associated restrictions have had more profound and longer-lasting consequences than most economists, politicians and commentators predicted."
Wetherspoon pubs in Ireland are generating "steady improvements" but are still short of the boom conditions that some anticipated following the lifting of the pandemic restrictions, Tim Martin, the founder of the pubs and hotels chain has said.Â
Mr Martin, who is the non-executive chairman at the pubs and hotels chain which owns extensive properties in most large cities in Britain, said its UK pubs were "much slower than anticipated" to recover from the covid lockdowns and restrictions.    Â