Government urged to extend outdoor dining waiver for pubs and restaurants

In Cork City, Covid restrictions forced businesses into a move towards outdoor dining which was seen as a success with the city council pedestrianising a number of city streets. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan /OSM 

The Government has been urged to extend the waiver on the fees restaurants and pubs must pay to have tables outside their premises.

Introduced last year to help facilitate outdoor dining during periods of Covid restrictions indoors, the measures removed the €125 fee per table businesses were charged to serve customers outside.