Letter to the Editor: Many of the country's pubs will never open again
The Government has missed an opportunity to inject some common sense into the pub crisis. Some parts of the country are seeing far higher incidence of Covid-19. In other parts, there is very little Convid-19 in the community. Many pubs are of a size that the serving of drinks would be possible while observing all social distancing regulations. Many others have beer gardens.
In city centre locations, restaurants and pubs have been allowed to use parts of the street to provide seating for customers. Similar could have been achieved for rural pubs also. A one size fits all rule does not make sense in many cases.
