Varadkar: No guarantee pubs will open on August 10

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar: Pubs "will open no sooner than August 10". File Picture. 

The reopening of pubs on August 10 is not guaranteed, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has warned.

The government yesterday voted to pause the reopening of Irish society, with pubs that do not serve food being told they will not open on Monday as planned. The industry has called the decision "a hammer blow".