Micheál Martin: Difficult decisions on pubs at end of lockdown

There were calls from TDs including Barry Cowen and Christopher O’Sullivan for pubs and restaurants to be allowed re-open.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned his party that decisions to be taken at the end of the six-week lockdown will be “difficult”.

Mr Martin told his colleagues that the hospitality sector “will be a problem” but he did say the Irish are the best in Europe at fighting Covid-19.