Christmas trade period critical for restaurants with 30% of income at risk, RAI says

The RAI said business takings at Christmas are critical for the restaurant sector. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Restaurant's Association of Ireland (RAI) is calling for a 'circuit breaker' lockdown to save the sector's Christmas business takings.

The Tánaiste Leo Varadkar had described the idea of a short shutdown as experimental last week, however, yesterday said it may be needed.