Plans to allow bars and clubs open until 6am unlikely to happen by summer

The Government previously announced it wishes to allow pubs trade from 10.30am to 12.30am seven days a week, and permit nightclubs to remain open until 6am. Picture: iStock

Plans to allow nightclubs and late bars to remain open until 6am this summer will not happen despite previous promises. 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that, despite “pressing” Justice Minister Helen McEntee to progress the laws, it has not yet happened.