11.30pm curfew axed in almost full hospitality reopening despite 'very serious threat'

'It’s the best we can do,' said arts minister Catherine Martin, as the Government announced revised reopening guidelines for the hospitality and entertainment sectors.

File photo of people queueing outside the Button Factory nightclub in Dublin. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Government is pressing ahead with an almost full reopening of hospitality and entertainment from today, despite HSE warnings that the health service is under "very serious threat”.

Socially distanced queues at bar counters are to be allowed and nightclubs can operate at 100% capacity from today.