Bars, restaurants and live events venues must close at 8pm from today as part of new restrictions to tackle the Omicron variant.
Cinemas and theatres must also shut at that time, while many indoor and outdoor events have to be capped at 50 percent capacity.
The measures are to remain in place until the end of January but will be kept under review.
Padraig Cribben of the Vintners Federation says it’s devastating:
