Covid-19: Taoiseach indicates takeaway pints could be banned 

The sale of takeaway pints from pubs is to be reviewed after the Taoiseach hit out at crowds who gathered in Dublin and Cork over the weekend. Picture: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

The sale of takeaway pints from pubs is to be reviewed after the Taoiseach hit out at crowds who gathered in Dublin and Cork over the weekend.

The Government is to look at ways of "tightening up" the sale of takeaway alcohol with Micheál Martin claiming the scenes over the weekend had undermined efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19.