The group representing thousands of restaurants in Ireland is preparing to begin a legal challenge against the Government’s decision to allow hotels to reopen their indoor dining facilities to residents from early next month while forcing restaurants that cannot offer outdoor dining to stay closed. He said if hotels were allowed to offer indoor dining based on the density, space and ventilation in their dining rooms, restaurants should be allowed to do the same. He said the resumption of indoor dining in hotels would “lay the groundwork” for further reopening of the rest of the restaurant sector. In response Mr Cummins said he wanted “to see what the guidelines around density, ventilation and space are. “The outdoor dining was about supplementing the indoor space which was limited as a result of social distancing restrictions,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times May 02, 2021 12:33 UTC