Baby Luke Moran from Dublin enjoying lunch with social distancing in place in Toners Pub on Baggot Street. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews Baby Luke Moran from Dublin enjoying lunch with social distancing in place in Toners Pub on Baggot Street. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews HALF OF IRELAND’S restaurants could close without a Government aid package next month, the industry has warned.
Chief executive Adrian Cummins said: “Unless we get a July stimulus package, 50% of the restaurants will close and some have not even got to the starting line yesterday – they have closed already.” The Dail’s Special Committee on the Covid-19 Response took evidence from members of the hospitality industry today.
“Everyone needs to step up to the plate in this crisis, the banks, the landlords, the utility providers.”