Pub owners in Ireland fear for future with restrictive reopening guidelines

Angus Fleming has a pint of Guinness in Mary Mac’s pub, Dublin. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Draft guidelines on reopening “wet” pubs in Ireland are so restrictive many may question whether they will have to stay closed, one industry body has warned.

The bleak assessment from the Licensed Vintners Association came after the proposals were circulated to the sector on Sunday.