# pubs - Thursday 17 February, 2022
# Payout
# Payout
A policy sold by FBD covered losses pubs sustained by having to close due to the pandemic.
# pubs - Monday 14 February, 2022
# IHREC
# IHREC
Human Rights Commission says current law disproportionately impacts minority groups.
# pubs - Friday 21 January, 2022
# Reopening
# Reopening
Martin announced the news this evening.
# pubs - Thursday 20 January, 2022
# Your Say
# Your Say
New legislation aims to place tips and gratuities outside the scope of a person’s contractual wages.
# pubs - Friday 17 December, 2021
# Omicron
Pubs and restaurants will have to close at 8pm from Monday until 30 January The number of people attending sporting and live events will be capped at 50% capacity A maximum of 100 people can attend wedding receptions, which must end at midnight
# pubs - Tuesday 9 November, 2021
# Covid-19
The head of the restaurants association has said the hospitality sector shouldn't be used as a “scapegoat” for rising case numbers. It follows data showing that just over a third of customers were asked for their Covid certs in restaurants in October, Christina Finn writes.
# pubs - Wednesday 27 October, 2021
# Covid Pass
# Covid Pass
HSE officers inspected 500 premises, while HSA inspectors carried out 123 inspections.
# pubs - Tuesday 26 October, 2021
# Ticketing System
All nightclub events must be ticketed from this week. LVA CEO Donall O'Keeffe said the ticketing system will impact live music in pubs and musicians. Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy said that the Government’s handling of the situation “was and is an absolute shambles”.
# pubs - Thursday 21 October, 2021
# Covid Pass
# Covid Pass
Speaking in Brussels today, he said the Government was looking at further options to ensure Covid rules were being followed.
# pubs - Sunday 17 October, 2021
# Restrictions
# Restrictions
Nphet will meet on Monday to consider its recommendations to Government ahead of the planned lifting of restrictions on Friday.
# pubs - Friday 1 October, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Leo Varadkar says hospitality venues will be able to operate at full capacity when restrictions are lifted.
# pubs - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Time Please
# Time Please
A memo gone to Cabinet today sets out that the country’s licensing laws need to be updated as some date back to the 19th century.
# pubs - Wednesday 4 August, 2021
# Indoor Dining
# Indoor Dining
CEO of the Restaurants Association of Ireland Adrian Cummins has called for the limit on closing times to end from September onwards.
# pubs - Friday 30 July, 2021
# Indoor Dining
# Indoor Dining
As of Monday, customers can avail of indoor hospitality if they have proof of Covid-19 immunity.
# pubs - Monday 26 July, 2021
# Indoor Dining
# Indoor Dining
Outdoor dining recommenced last month but many businesses didn’t have capacity to open.
# pubs - Friday 23 July, 2021
# Open Doors
One restaurateur said he had received a message saying: “You’ll get what you deserve", Aoife Barry reports. Some pubs have been reporting receiving abusive phone calls and social media abuse. Telegram users have been encouraging each other to make bookings but leave when asked for their cert.
# pubs - Tuesday 20 July, 2021
# Fully Vaccinated
Cabinet will meet tomorrow with 26 July still the target date for full reopening. CO2 monitors will be used in restaurants. Unvaccinated children can accompany adults as long as their table is 2m away from others
# pubs - Monday 19 July, 2021
# Pubs
# Pubs
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said Ireland is the last country in Europe to reopen indoor dining.
# pubs - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Indoor Dining
# Indoor Dining
The Tánaiste denied that the time limit had no scientific basis.
# pubs - Thursday 8 July, 2021
# Pubs And Restaurants
Six proposals will be discussed before a Cabinet meeting on the issue next Tuesday, Christina Finn reports. Sources indicate any return of indoor dining is likely to be in line with advice from NPHET. Talks to centre on use of vaccine passes and antigen testing.
# pubs - Tuesday 29 June, 2021
# Remain Outdoors
# Remain Outdoors
The hospitality sector is not happy.
# pubs - Monday 28 June, 2021
# Food Chain
# Food Chain
From wasted food to cancelled bookings, an extension of restrictions could mean large losses for pubs and restaurants.
# pubs - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Hospitality Industry
# Hospitality Industry
Both restaurateurs and vintners’ representatives have called on the Government to explain the impact of the Delta variant.
# pubs - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Evening Fix
# Evening Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# pubs - Monday 7 June, 2021
# Reopening
# Reopening
The sun was shining as some opened their doors for the first time in 15 months.
# Beer Gardens
Reporter Hayley Halpin chats to publicans ahead of the reopening of outdoor dining today. Some wet pubs will be reopening for the first time in 15 months. One-metre distance is required between tables for outdoor service and there is no time-limit if this is in place.
# pubs - Thursday 27 May, 2021
# Summer Review
# Summer Review
There was fury from TDs both inside and outside government over the new rules.
# pubs - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# 105 Minutes
# 105 Minutes
A 105-minute time limit will be in place for indoor dining where there is social distancing of one-metre.
# pubs - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# Hospitality
# Hospitality
There is no fixed date set for the return of indoor dining but it’s expected to be some time in July.
# pubs - Sunday 23 May, 2021
# Reopening
# Reopening
The government is expected to lay out plans for the next stage of easing restrictions this week.
# pubs - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# The Big Reopening
# The Big Reopening
Varadkar said he hopes that indoor dining could return in “early July”.
# pubs - Monday 12 April, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
There are variations in the way each part of the UK is easing restrictions today.
# pubs - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Reopening Plans
# Reopening Plans
The LVA also wants an end to the distinction between ‘wet’ pubs and venues serving food.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Publicans are calling for guarantees that the rule won’t be a feature once a wider reopening of society begins.
# pubs - Friday 12 March, 2021
# Coronavirus
It's been a year since the Taoiseach's speech from Washington Pubs shut a few days later, and many have remained closed for the past 12 months Workers in the most affected industries are hoping for brighter days ahead, but are realistic about short-term prospects
# pubs - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
The justice minister has said some of the current rules are decades old and need to be modernised.
# pubs - Sunday 21 February, 2021
# Nightlife
# Nightlife
Minister Helen McEntee is set to unveil the plans later this week.
# Let Down
# Let Down
The Irish Hotels Federation say a closure until mid-summer would significantly impact the tourism industry.
# pubs - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Shuttered
# Shuttered
Minister Simon Harris said Covid-19 has had a “devastating” effect on the sector.
# pubs - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Take Away Takeaway
# Take Away Takeaway
Licensing laws do not prohibit takeaway alcohol being sold.