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Irish Mirror
National
Cormac O'Shea

Hugely popular Irish takeaway forced to close due to Covid rule breakers

A hugely popular Donegal takeaway has been forced to close due to people breaking rules to visit it.

Killybegs Seafood Shack announced on Friday they would be closing immediately in a bid to "contain the virus".

The owner said they had been seeing people coming from many different counties to get their food and didn't feel it was in the countries' best interests to stay open.

They said in a statement: "Folks we are closing the Shack today because we are seeing people from other Counties come to visit us still.

"Not a lot but there has been a few and we all know the cases are increasing in the town too. While I welcome people so wholeheartedly to the town normally. 

"We can’t take this risk right now as being a reason people come to town. I just implore everyone to stop travelling right now while we try and contain this virus. 

"We will keep everyone updated as we figure out our plan for the season ahead once the numbers have started to fall and we feel that it is safe to do so. 

"It’s very last minute and I apologise for this. If there are any further developments, I will update on these pages. Ya gotta love social media for this reason. Great way to get the word out about all."

Under level three restrictions people are not supposed to leave their counties for non-essential reasons.

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