Pubs intending to open from the end of the month can provide a time slot of an hour and three quarters for customers under final guidelines for the industry. “The 15 minutes has been added to allow for adequate cleaning and to ensure customers leave and enter without mixing,” the guidelines state. Pubs will be required to serve a “substantial meal” for which it would be reasonable to charge not less than €9. Pubs reopening as restaurants would not need a restaurant licence to do so, the Government has said. Fáilte Ireland chief executive Paul Kelly said the guidelines are “intended to provide clarity to businesses so that they can reopen safely on June 29th.”

Source: The Irish Times June 17, 2020 21:11 UTC