At a meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party on Tuesday, politicians suggested reducing opening hours of off-licences in order to clamp down on house parties and prevent the spread of coronavirus. “We cannot pretend that house parties aren’t going on when they clearly are,” he added. He already reduced his opening hours, and now closes at 8pm instead of 10pm, because “there is no business after 8pm”. What’s being mentioned on the news, saying there are people coming in buying slabs and slabs just isn’t the case,” he said. “If you look at supermarkets, they’re selling slabs of beer for cheaper than we can buy them in for.

Source: The Irish Times October 07, 2020 19:17 UTC