Families will be allowed to travel home and gather together for Christmas as the Government has taken a "calculated risk" in easing Covid-19 restrictions. Restaurants and gastro-pubs will be allowed to serve indoors from next Friday, December 4, but so-called wet pubs will remain shut. Mr Martin also warned that the Government will "not be slow to act again" in reimposing level 5 restrictions in January if cases spike over Christmas. Businesses will receive a "bonus week" of the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme (CRSS) payments during the first week that they reopen. Seven additional deaths and 206 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday.

Source: Irish Examiner November 28, 2020 06:30 UTC