Indoor dining: 'One-metre rule will work, two metres won't'

CEO of the Restaurants Association of Ireland Adrian Cummins welcomed the one-metre space between tables as anything bigger would leave many businesses unviable.

The CEO of the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) Adrian Cummins has said that the hospitality sector was looking forward to returning, but he repeated a call for all restaurants to be allowed to serve food indoors from June 2, the same date on which hotels will be allowed to do so.

Mr Cummins said rules permitting hotels to serve food indoors should be extended to all restaurants. “We would like to open in line with hotels because there is no difference between a hotel restaurant and an independent restaurant next door to them,” he told Newstalk Breakfast.