Excitement mixed with trepidation as Limerick and Kerry pubs reopen

Owners on high alert as 'things could change very quickly'

Customers Jono Crute and Joel Anderson enjoy their pints at Mother Macs on High Street in Limerick, which reopened today. Picture: Liam Burke/Press 22

Wet pubs in Limerick City tentatively opened for the first time in six months on Monday, while in Kerry, the excitement was building as much-loved rural pubs welcomed back their regulars.

However, Limerick's pub owners remain on alert of potentially having to close their doors again, should there be a spike in Covid cases.