'Devastated': Covid outbreak closes West Cork town for business

“The timing of this could not possibly be worse,” Diarmuid O’Sullivan, owner of O'Sullivan's Bar and Nottage's bar and restaurant said.

The timing of the closure means O'Sullivan's will not be able to join pubs and restaurants around the country who will welcome customers in their doors tomorrow for the first time this year. Picture: Ellie O'Byrne

As publicans, restaurateurs, and the public eagerly await the reopening of indoor dining tomorrow, a west Cork town has been effectively closed for business by an outbreak of Covid-19.

Crookhaven was facing into what should have been its busiest week of the year as tourists flock to the scenic coastal town and indoor hospitality was to reopen.