
She's appealing to the government to have more empathy.
Rural pubs are as clean as "hospital wards", according to a midlands TD.
Independent Carol Nolan is appealing to the government to allow pubs that don't serve food to re-open.
She say the covid restrictions in place lack empathy and are causing unnecessary hardship to small communities.
The Laois-Offaly TD says the approach to covid contradicts the Programme for Government: