The two major Irish vintners associations have criticised the "drip feed release" of guidelines on the reopening of pubs. The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) have called for the full and immediate publication of the guidelines for the reopening of pubs, saying the “drip feed” release is "creating more questions than answers". We are calling on Fáilte Ireland to make the guidelines available so that these 7,000 businesses can make all necessary preparations in time." Tara Kerry, registrar and accommodation development manager with Fáilte Ireland, said that guidelines will be available to pubs tomorrow. A discussion is currently ongoing as to whether the social distancing requirements in reopening pubs could be reduced to one metre.

Source: Irish Independent June 17, 2020 16:07 UTC