Table service part of the price publicans will pay to reopen

Documents obtained by The Irish Examiner reveal that wet-pubs are to open with similar legislation as those serving food. Picture: Getty

Not serving customers at the bar is the price publicans have to pay in order to reopen, according to draft Government plans.

Lobby groups for the 3,000-plus pubs in the country have given a cautious welcome to the 25-page plan, obtained by the Irish Examiner, which reveal that so-called wet pubs will have to operate largely on the same lines as those serving food.