Guidelines detailing how restaurants can operate when they reopen at the end of the month are to be published by Fáilte Ireland on Friday morning. Earlier this week the tourism body published guidelines for how pubs can reopen on June 29th, if they operate as restaurants. Pubs will be required to serve a “substantial meal” costing at least €9, the guidelines state. Fáilte Ireland had published early guidance for how restaurants could operate during the coronavirus pandemic on June 9th, based on businesses observing the two-metre distancing rule. Adrian Cummins, chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI), was critical of the delay in producing the final guidelines for the sector.

Source: The Irish Times June 18, 2020 21:22 UTC