Taoiseach Micheal Martin said laws to allow pubs and nightclubs to stay open until up to 6am won’t be delayed too long.
Micheal Martin said reforming the State’s alcohol licensing system was “complex”. The plans were first announced in the government’s Justice Plan 2022 earlier this year and it was expected they would have been enacted before Christmas.
However, it has since emerged the bill will be delayed until next year. When asked if he was disappointed about the delay, the Fianna Fail leader said: “I can’t say I’m that disappointed, as if I was waiting with bated breath to stay out longer.
