Covid-19: No Temple Bar Christmas market despite Garda support Occasion would have been restricted to 15 people in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines
Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 19:49 Updated: Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 22:32
Olivia Kelly Dublin Editor Listen now 4:12
Organisers have been told that despite a weekly food market in the square, and several Christmas market stalls in the city, their market has been classed an ‘event’, under Covid-19 rules. File photograph: The Irish Times
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Plans for a Christmas market in Dublin’s Temple Bar have been thwarted, despite having the support of the Garda and city council. The market, selling crafts and gifts, had been due to start at the weekend and run in Meeting House Square on Fridays and Sundays throug