500 hospitality businesses in plea to Taoiseach to be allowed reopen

Bars, restaurants and hotels plead their case to be allowed reopen next month

The open letter was signed by 486 trade associations and businesses including bars, restaurants and hotels. Picture: iStock

Ireland's hospitality industry have told An Taoiseach Micheál Martin that their industry has been hit disproportionality by Covid-19 restrictions without sufficient evidence to back such moves.

In an open letter signed by 486 trade associations and businesses including bars, restaurants and hotels, the industry called on the Government to give them an opportunity to reopen in December in a planned and sustained manner.