Cabinet Ministers have given the green light for restaurants and pubs that serve food to open next week as part of a three stage re-opening.
Next Tuesday December first will see retail, gyms, hotels, hairdressers, barbers, museums, golf courses and cinemas allowed to open.
The time limits in these settings will be lifted if tables are more than 2 metres apart.
Finally the third stage will be when people are allowed to travel outside their county and visit other people's homes
That will start on December 18th and last until January 6th.
Cabinet has approved the re-opening of the country in three stages.
Dec 1st: retail, gyms, hairdressers, cinemas, museums, churches, golf
Dec 4th: restaurants & gastropubs
Dec 19th-Jan 6th: Inter-county travel allowed & gatherings of up to three households
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Up to three households will be allowed to meet during this window.
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However, Christmas gatherings will come with guidelines.
The government will recommend not hugging or shaking hands with your guests.
Whoever is cooking Christmas dinner will also be told to wear a facemask while preparing and serving food.
People will also be told if they intend to have gatherings at Christmas to limit their contacts from now.
The cabinet meeting is ongoing with an announcement around 6pm this evening.
