Counter screens and hand sanitiser: Wetherspoons outlines plans for how it can re-open its Irish pubs

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Counter screens and hand sanitiser: Wetherspoons outlines plans for how it can re-open its Irish pubs
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The chain said each pub will hire two full-time workers to regularly clean surfaces and touch points throughout, with more employed in larger pubs.

Inside Wetherspoons' Forty Foot pub in Dun Laoghaire. Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland Inside Wetherspoons' Forty Foot pub in Dun Laoghaire. Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland WETHERSPOONS HAS SAID it will spend an initial £11 million making its 875 pubs in the UK and Ireland Covid-19 secure ahead of reopening, including screens at bars and tables.

Vintners, however, have argued that pubs should be permitted to open earlier and this week said a survey of Dublin pubs found four in 10 are planning to re-open as restaurants in June. On Wetherspoon’s plans, the company said customers would be closely watched to ensure social distancing. “There will be an average 10 hand sanitiser dispensers around the pub, including at the entrance for customers and staff to useCustomers will be asked to pay via the Wetherspoon’s app or use contactless debit and credit cards.

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