'How are we going to survive'? - Pub and club owners devastated by 'ridiculous' Covid-19 measures

Booking events manager Eoin Aherne with four out of the one hundred staff which are looking forward to working at the jazz festival at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Included are Aaron O'Neill, Roger Escriba, Talita Rodrigues and Francisco Bueno. Picture Dan Linehan

“Discriminatory” new public health measures have been announced for the hospitality and events sectors that have left the industries with “less clarity than ever”.

Although the hospitality, entertainment and night-time economy sectors can fully reopen on Friday, they can only do so with “the full range of protective measures in place”.