The reopening of pubs, hotel bars and nightclubs will now not go ahead on 10 August, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Pubs will not reopen until 31 August at the earliest and the decision will be reviewed in three weeks' time.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin also said that pubs serving food and restaurants will have to close by 11pm. However, he said he would not use the word "curfew".
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said all customers would have to be off these premises by 11pm but staff could stay to clean up and he said they could stay open for takeaways and deliveries.
He said they want to stop any restaurants that may have been operating almost as pubs. Reacting to the delayed reopening of pubs, the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and the