There's a warning that local rural pubs face extinction.
That's the view of publican and Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae.
It's after new figures showed there are over 1,800 fewer pubs in the country since 2005.
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Publicans want the government to cut excise duty on alcohol in the budget to help them deal with rising costs.
Deputy Healy-Rae says the closure of pubs is a big loss to our culture:
