Analysis: Delay to reopening of indoor dining puts pressure on to get vaccine passport system working

The government has stuck with Nphet’s advice to defer the reopening of indoor hospitality past July 5 but now it has to deliver a new plan in a short space of time and it won’t be easy

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the delay of the reopening of indoor dining until at least July 19 allowed for hundreds of thousands of more people to get vaccinated. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that the reopening of indoor dining in pubs and restaurants has been pushed back at least two weeks while officials work on a new plan for vaccination passports.

The planned reopening on July 5 is going to be delayed until at least July 19 due to government fears of the impact of the new Delta variant.

In a lunchtime address to the nation, Martin said there had been many twists ...