Publicans are today reeling from the prospect of having their establishments closed for the remainder of the year.
Level 5 restrictions will come into force at midnight tonight, and the plan is to exit to Level 3 in six weeks time, which would mean that pubs would still be closed.
Ireland is currently in the grip of a hard resurgence of the coronavirus, with record number of new infections every day.
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