Tickets will be needed for nightclubs with guidelines reviewed in three weeks

Ms Martin formally announced revised reopening plans for the hospitality and live entertainment sectors, which will take effect from today. File picture: Pexels

Standing at gigs will be allowed under new guidelines issued this evening, but nightclubs will have to be all-ticket from next week.

The anomaly of dancing being allowed in nightclubs but not at gigs was criticised when the latest easing of restrictions was announced on Tuesday, but has been rectified after a meeting between Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Minister Catherine Martin and the sector this evening.