There's a warning that there will be even more restaurant and café closures in the north west.

It comes as its emerged that 150 restaurants, cafés, gastropubs and food businesses shut their doors nationally in the first three months of this year.

That's according to a survey by the Restaurants Association of Ireland, which says it offers a sobering snapshot of an industry grappling with rising costs and shrinking margins.

Sligo Restaurateur Anthony Gray says the local industry needs support and is calling on the Government to act now: