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''We found majority of pubs & clubs are not fully checking covid certs''

80% of pubs and restaurants are not fully checking Covid certs in line with Government guidelines...

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13.12 1 Nov 2021


''We found majority of pubs & clubs are not fully checking covid certs''


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13.12 1 Nov 2021


80% of pubs and restaurants are not fully checking Covid certs in line with Government guidelines, a sample of premises visited by the Irish Mail on Sunday has found.   

Just two out of a dozen pubs, less than 20%, that they visited asked to see a Covid cert and cross-checked it with photo identification as per the rules. 

What has been your experience? Are pubs, clubs & restaurants looking for certs and checking with ID? 

Andrea discussed with Debbie McCann is a journalist with the Irish Mail on Sunday, Roslyn Dee,  Reporter with The Irish Independent and Fiona Byrne, owner of Bobby Byrnes Gastropub in Limerick...

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