Government urged to set out vaccine percentage necessary to allow pubs to reopen

Deserted Temple Bar in Dublin’s city centre during the coronavirus lockdown (PA)

The Government needs to outline what percentage of the population needs to be vaccinated before pubs will be allowed open, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) chief executive Donall O’Keeffe said publicans have been “hit extraordinarily hard” since the onset of the pandemic.