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Sunday 29 November 2020
Restaurants will be allowed reopen from next Friday.
Cabinet abandoned plans to introduce fines for drinking takeaway pints outside today.
The Vintners Federation of Ireland said outdoor-only service is “useless” for many pubs.
Once the six-week lockdown is over, it is envisaged that the country will remain at Level 3 until the New Year.
New rules state drinks must be pre-ordered online or by phone.
Once the six-week lockdown is over, it is envisaged that the country will remain at Level 3 until the New Year.
Paschal Donohoe announced the various reliefs for the hospitality sector today.
Paschal Donohoe announced the various reliefs today.
Live music venues, big and small, will be able to apply for a minimum of €10,000 under the scheme,
In what are seen as important test cases lawyers representing four publicans have brought cases challenging FBD Insurance Plc’s refusal to indemnify them.
First Minister Arlene Foster told the Stormont Assembly the measure is being introduced to attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Currently around one in four cases are identified as community transmission.
Gardaí also conducted 500 checkpoints in and around Dublin last weekend as part of Operation Fanacht.
So-called ‘wet pubs’ in Dublin will have to wait at least another three weeks to reopen.
Senior civil servant Liz Canavan said that counties Louth, Waterford, Limerick, Kildare, Donegal Leitrim and Offaly have shown “concerning trends”.
Pubs and restaurants have condemned the mixed messaging from the government.
The industry has said that few cases are linked to pubs and restaurants but international studies suggest dining out could be a factor in the spread of the disease.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said meat barons are playing with people’s lives.
The breaches occurred between 7 and 13 September.
Outside Dublin, wet pubs are set to reopen as planned next Monday.
Pubs in all 26 counties were due to reopen next week but rising cases in Dublin mean some will remain closed.
So-called ‘wet pubs’ in Ireland are permitted to reopen from 21 September.
Many of the 3,000 pubs that don’t serve food have been closed since March.
Gardaí said that to date, the vast majority of licences premises have been complying with regulations.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly called for political solidarity.
Yesterday, Cabinet agreed that ‘wet’ pubs can reopen their doors on 21 September.
Cabinet ministers have highlighted that case numbers have not resulted in a big hike in ICU, hospitalisation numbers, or deaths.
The pubs have been given the green light to reopen on 21 September.
Cabinet agreed that pubs which do not serve food can reopen from 21 September, subject to local restrictions.
Cabinet is expected to permit the reopening of wet pubs from 21 September.
Local restrictions may be implemented in some areas with high incidence of Covid-19, however.
“No one in Ireland has died of Covid in the last 14 days,” Leo Varadkar said today.
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Under the draft guidelines group numbers would still be limited to six people from no more than three households.
Ireland is the only country in Europe in which pubs that do not serve food are still fully closed.
Minister Simon Harris said the government doesn’t care “whether you went for the banoffee”.
Leo Varadkar said the publication of daily figures should continue but said more ‘common sense’ needed to be heard now.
One Fianna Fáil TD condemned the new rules as ‘authoritarian’.
‘We do want to open up other sectors of the economy, including pubs,’ said the Taoiseach.
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