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Published May 10, 2021 •
Updated on May 11, 2021 at 9:56 am
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Save for brief re-openings last summer and Christmas, bars, restaurants and hotels have been largely shut since March 2020.
Now, as the vaccination campaign gathers pace, Coffey and others are preparing for June 2 when they can begin allowing some guests back through the doors.
Then over the following weeks, bars and restaurants can open up, albeit with restrictions on numbers and guidelines on indoor and outdoor dining.
DUBLIN When Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced the phased re-opening of hospitality businesses for June, hotel managers like Niall Coffey breathed a sigh of relief.
Published May 11, 2021 •
Updated on May 11, 2021 at 12:56 pm
Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images
Save for brief re-openings last summer and Christmas, bars, restaurants and hotels have been largely shut since March 2020.
Now, as the vaccination campaign gathers pace, Coffey and others are preparing for June 2 when they can begin allowing some guests back through the doors.
Then over the following weeks, bars and restaurants can open up, albeit with restrictions on numbers and guidelines on indoor and outdoor dining.
DUBLIN When Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced the phased re-opening of hospitality businesses for June, hotel managers like Niall Coffey breathed a sigh of relief.