Pub-goers adapt to 'new normal', others are more wary

Here is the "new normal". An almost relaxed place with hairdos, sit-down meals and permission to travel outside county bounds.

A din of laugher and rattling crockery punctuated customers' conversations - the premises was busy after a 14-week closedown. In a corner a group of four men in their early 20s sat closely together laughing loudly and drinking pints. "This is our first time out," they said. The Shack’s owner Mark Claffey said wearing PPE is important to staff and customer safety. "I just want to get things right. I want people to be safe," he said.

He added he is planning a foreign holiday because Ireland is too expensive. "It’s too expensive to stay in Ireland for the week. Lanzarote is very good in August. You get a very good holiday in August for €600 a week all inclusive. You can’t get that in Ireland."

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