Pubs and restaurants that choose to maintain certain public health guidelines, after they cease to be enforced, must be supported.
That's according to a Longford GP who says businesses may make the choice to limit access to their premises in order to safeguard staff and customers.
Dr. Pádraig McGary says businesses could decide to maintain elements like social distancing or checking Covid vaccination certs in order to control the virus.
Speaking to Let's Talk this afternoon, Dr. McGary says many people may feel more comfortable with the widespread scrapping of health restrictions if it were more gradual: