Publican representatives have welcomed the Government announcement that pubs will reopen on 20th July, three weeks earlier than originally planned and that pubs who serve food can reopen at the same time as the rest of the ...

Pubs across Dublin closed on 15th March 2020. Some have been waiting to reopen for 496 days 11 hours 29 minutes 28 seconds.

Operational Guidelines Now Urgently Required

First step should include outdoor service for all types of hospitality venues in late May. Indoor service should follow shortly afterwards for all pubs and restaurants when hotels reopen in June. Any long delay between NI ...

Extending Wage Subsidy and Rates Waiver vital for facilitating recovery of sector. LVA warmly welcomes waiving of Government charges on late night venues for rest of year.

Late pubs and nightclubs important employers and also venues for live musicians/ DJs. Plan also needs to provide for use of bar counter and normal trading resuming in hospitality.

The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) has described the new ticketing rules announced for live music and late night hospitality as a disaster for late bars, nightclubs and musicians. They also said the Government process ...

Hope required for hospitality and other ‘non essential’ sectors still closed. After such an extended closure Government has responsibility to provide pathway.

Choices came down to keeping indoor hospitality shut for several more months or proceed with 'hugely challenging' system. Huge political will now required to achieve 19 July reopening date.