Indoor events capacity limits dash wedding hopes for couples

Michael Magner, owner Vienna Woods Hotel in Glanmire, whose hotel is confined to only 50 guests per wedding due to Covid 19 restrictions. File picture: Howard Crowdy

Strict rules limiting the number of people at indoor events to 50 have been met with frustration by hoteliers, with weddings among the events worst hit by the regulations.

There were hopes that the number may be increased next week but these were dashed by the government's announcement that the country would not be moving to phase four of removing Covid-19 restrictions.