This article is from May 5 but this is the current official position on pubs reopening.
'There's a long way to go': Coveney says pubs reopening early is 'a possibility'
TÁNAISTE SIMON COVENEY has said there is “a possibility” that pubs would open before 10 August but that this would need to be “rigorously assessed” before any change to the current roadmap is made.
Under the plan laid out in the roadmap, pubs will not be able to open until phase five, currently scheduled to begin on 10 August.
However, restaurants and cafes will be allowed to reopen on a limited basis from phase three, which is currently expected to begin on 29 June.
Yesterday (May 4), the Licensed Vintners’ Association (LVA) and the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) said pubs should be allowed reopen at the same time and on the same basis as cafes and restaurants if
they implement radical new social distancing measures.
Speaking on RTÉ’s
Today with Seán O’Rourke programme, Coveney said changes to the roadmap can be made but that each amendment must be discussed with the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).
"Every three weeks, and in between those decision points, the government will debate the issues, take the advice from Nphet and make decisions either to stick with the plan, or to amend it. To either fast forward restrictions or to delay restrictions, or reimpose restrictions, if that’s what’s necessary to protect public health."
'There's a long way to go': Coveney says pubs reopening early is 'a possibility'